CHAPTER 5: THE MIGHTY PREFIXES Flashcards by KRYSTALE JOY LANZADERAS | Brainscape

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Delete; remove

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EXPUNGE, EXCISE & EXPURGATE

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An odd, unconventional person

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ECCENTRIC

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To get out of a difficult situation

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EXTRICATE

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Oustanding

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EXEMPLARY

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To list; to tick off

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ENUMERATE

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Out of reach; difficult to catch

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ELUSIVE

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Unreasonably expensive

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EXORBITANT

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To take back; disavow

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REPUDIATE, RECANT & RENOUNCE

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Doing or saying something again and again

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REDUNDANT

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To give something back

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RELINQUISH

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To bounce back

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RESILIENT

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To assert again

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REAFFIRM

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To hold back one’s thoughts and feelings

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RETICENT

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To repel or drive back; reject

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REBUFF

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To make new again

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RENOVATE

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To make young again

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REJUVENATE

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To rise again; surge back

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RESURGENT

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Harmful; injurious

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DELETERIOUS

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To express strong disapproval

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DECRY

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Feeling downcast; dejected

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DESPONDENT & FORLORN

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To speak against

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DENOUNCE

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The final ending of something; the downfall

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DEMISE

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To put down with contemptuous jeering

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DERIDE

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To put down by exposing false claims

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DEBUNK

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Completely lacking in something

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DEVOID

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Faultless; perfect

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IMPECCABLE

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Not capable of being appeased

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IMPLACCABLE

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Relentless; unstoppable

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INEXORABLE

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Lacking organization or logic

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INCOHERENT

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Not capable of being overcome

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INSURMOUNTABLE

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lacking proper respect; disrespectful

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IRREVERENT

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Cautious; careful

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CIRCUMSPECT & PRUDENT

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Circular and therefore indirect

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CIRCUITOUS

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To avoid by artful maneuvering

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CIRCUMVENT

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To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around

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CIRCUMSCRIBE

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Generous and forgiving

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MAGNANIMOUS

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Filled with errors; wrong

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ERRONEOUS

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