CARS 1. AAMC Flashcards

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What does annihilated mean?

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(verb)

To destroy utterly; wipe out.

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What does marginalia mean?

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(noun)

Marginal notes.

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3
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What does intuitive mean?

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(adjective)

Using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive.

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What does spontaneity/spontaneous mean?

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(adjective)

Performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without premeditation or external stimulus.

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What does milieu mean?

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(noun)

A person’s social environment.

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What does exalted mean?

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(adjective)

Placed at a high or powerful level; held in high regard.

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What does epitomized mean?

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(verb)

Be a perfect example of.

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What does caprice mean?

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(noun)

A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior.

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What does precocious mean?

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(adjective)

Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual.

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What does disastrous mean?

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(adjective)

Causing great damage.

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What does defensible mean?

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(adjective)

Justifiable by an argument. (arguable)

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What does hostility mean?

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(noun)

Conflict, opposition, or resistance in thought or principle.

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What does peculiarly mean?

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(adverb)

More than usually; especially

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What does coercion mean?

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(noun)

The practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.

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What does tangible mean?

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(adjective)

Noticed by touch.

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What does reverent mean?

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(adjective)

Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.

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What does esthetic mean?

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(adjective)

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

18
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What does innumerable mean?

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(adjective)

Too many to be counted.

19
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What does bequeathal mean?

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(verb)

To hand down or pass on.

20
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What does emancipated mean?

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(verb)

To set free.

21
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What does allurement mean?

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(noun)

Something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain

22
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What does facets mean?

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(noun)

One side of something many-sided, especially of a cut gem.

23
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What does infernos mean?

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(noun)

A large fire that is dangerously out of control.

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What does prudent mean?

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(adjective)

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.

25
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What does ambiguous mean?

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(adjective)

Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.

26
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What does mores mean?

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(noun)

The essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a community.