ASVAB Vocab Flashcards

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Abrupt

adjective

A

Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly

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Acrid

adjective

A

harshly pungent or bitter

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3
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Becalm

verb

A

to make quiet

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4
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Buffoon

noun

A

a clown

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5
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Chaos

noun

A

utter disorder & confusion

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6
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Cognizant

adjective

A

taking notice of something

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7
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Defer

verb

A

to put off or delay to a later time

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8
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Derision

noun

A

the act of ridiculing or making fun of something

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9
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Effulgence

noun

A

splendor

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10
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Enmity

noun

A

hatred

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11
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Famish

verb

A

to cause extreme hunger or thrist

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12
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Fealty

noun

A

loyalty

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13
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Generalize

verb

A

to draw general inferences

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14
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Grotto

noun

A

a small cavern

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15
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Habitual

adjective

A

according to usual practice

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16
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Hideous

adjective

A

extremely ugly or appaling

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17
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Ichthyic

adjective

A

fish-like

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18
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Icon

noun

A

an image or likeness

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19
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Illusion

noun

A

an unreal image

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20
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Irritate

verb

A

to excite ill temper or impatience in something

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Jovial

adjective

22
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Juxtapose

verb

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to place close together

23
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Kernel

noun

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a grain or seed

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Kinsfolk

noun

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Laggard | adjective/noun
falling behind or one who lags behind
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Laud | verb
to praise
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Maize | noun
native american corn
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Malevolence | noun
ill will
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Nestle | verb
to adjust cozily in snug quarters
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Novice | noun
beginner
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Obese | adjective
exceedingly fat
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Obtrude | verb
to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence
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Pare | verb
to cut, shave, or remove the outside from anything
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Pedagogue | noun
a schoolmaster
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Quadrate | verb
to divide into quarters
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Quiescence | noun
quietness
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Rancor | noun
malice
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Raucous | adjective
harsh
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Sanguine | adjective
cheerfully optimistic or having the color of blood
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Sepulcher | noun
a burial place
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Teem | verb
to be full to overflowing
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Tenacious | adjective
unyielding
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Umbrage | noun
injury or offense
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Vacillate | verb
to waver
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Valid | adjective
founded on truth
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Velocity | noun
speed
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Wile | noun
an act or a means of cunning deception
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Wizen | verb
to become or cause to become withered or dry
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Yokel | noun
country bumpkin
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Zealot | noun
one who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner