Barron part 8 Flashcards

1
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Solicitous

A

worried / concerned

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2
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Specious

A

something reasonable but incorrect

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3
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Sage

A

person celebrated for wisdom

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4
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Solubrious

A

healthful / favourable

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5
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Satiate

A

satisfy fully

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6
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Savor

A

enjoy // distinct taste / flavor / quality

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7
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Secrete

A

produce and release a substance into organism / hide away

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8
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Shard

A

fragments

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9
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Stint

A

token of disgrace

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10
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Stipulate

A

specify / make express conditions

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11
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Stolid

A

dull / impassive

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12
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Striated

A

marked with // bands / grooved

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13
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Strut

A

pompous walk / supporting bar

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14
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Subpoena

A

summon a witness to apppear

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15
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Substantiate

A

establish by evidence / verify

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16
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Supersede

A

cause to be set aside / replace

17
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Supposition

A

hypothesis / surmise

18
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Tangential

A

only slightly connected

19
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Tenuous

A

thin / rare / slim / weak

20
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Torpor

A

sluggish / lethargy / dormancy

21
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Tortuous

A

full of twists and turns

22
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Transgression

A

break a law / sin

23
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Truculence

A

agressiveness

24
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Vacillate

A

fluctuate / waver

25
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Venetrate

A

reverent

26
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Vituperative

A

abusive / tirade

27
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Volatile

A

changeable / explosion / evaporate

28
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Warrented

A

justified / authorized

29
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Wary

A

very cautious

30
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Welter

A

turmoil / jumbled

31
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Whimsical

A

capricious / unusual / playful

32
Q

Zealot

A

fanatic / zealous