Comp midterms Vocab 1-6 Flashcards
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to stop proceedings temporarily, move to another place.
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adjourn
2
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Foreign, strange
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alien
3
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having a pleasing appearance
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comely
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to make up for
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compensate
5
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loose in one’s morals
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dissolute
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different from what’s expected
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erratic
7
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the process of forcing out.
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expulsion
8
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a deliberately deceptive movement
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feint
9
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food for cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
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fodder
10
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to strengthen
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fortify
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tough to read
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illegible
12
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to make fun of rudely
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jeer
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brings in money
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lucrative
14
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average
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mediocre
15
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to reproduce
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proliferate
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to conquer by force, have control
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subjugate
17
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to soil, stain, or tarnish
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sully
18
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torment
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tantalize
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brief, to the point
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terse
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no signs of fear
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unflinching
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to make shorter
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abridge
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a follower
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adherent
23
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an angry argument
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altercation
24
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Resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a round face.
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Cherubic
25
to pardon, overlook
condone
26
to disagree
dissent
27
famous
eminent
28
to drive out by magic
exorcise
29
manufacture
fabricate
30
greed
gluttony
31
angry
irate
32
a raider
marauder
33
poor person
pauper
34
steal in small amounts
pilfer
35
a split or break
rift
36
a likeness
semblence
37
to overcome
sermount
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to bring to an end
terminate
39
overused
trite
40
to hold by force
ursurp
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to caution
admonish
42
a bandit
brigand
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to break through
breach
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cautious
circumspect
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to seize for military usage
commandeer
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clumsy
cumbersome
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to spread around freely
diffuse
48
difficult situation
dillema
49
wreckage
debris
50
standstill, stalemate
deadlock
51
to not be known
efface
52
to make a mess of
muddle
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to incline to beforehand
predispose
54
lasting a long time
perrenial
55
stubborn, closed minded
opinionated
56
sudden and violent, not long-lasting
spasmodic
57
not genuine
spurious
58
save from fire or shipwreck
salvage
59
lacking in restraint
unbridled
60
to give up
relinquish
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to run off and hide
abscond
62
an increase
access
63
lack of government
anarchy
64
hard to do
arduous
65
favorable
auspicious
66
to overcome with fear
daunt
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to free from tangles
disentangle
68
determined by destiny
fated
69
to mislead with a trick
hoodwink
70
not having life
inanimate
71
to burn to ashes
incenerate
72
very brave
intrepid
73
theft
larceny
74
bending readily
pliant
75
overly self-important in speech and manner
pompous
76
brink of disaster, end of a cliff
precipice
77
original model
prototype
78
to make right
rectify
79
temporary delay
reprieve
80
to attack with words
revile
81
one who takes part in a crime
accomplice
82
unreasonable
arbitrary
83
destroy completely
annihilate
84
shameless; made of brass
brazen
85
a substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction
catalyst
86
large scale departure
exodus
87
assist
facilitate
88
not able to be corrected
incorrigible
89
not letting light through, not clear
opaque
90
a gloomy manner
morose
91
aggressive for a cause
militint
92
chief of importance
paramount
93
not moving
stagnant
94
careless and hasty
slapdash
95
slavery
servitude / bondage (is both)
96
hidden, but not realized
latent
97
baby talk, babble
prattle
98
to refute
rebut
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to scold
reprimand
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to give way to a superior force
succomb
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to make up for
atone
102
believable
credible
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sad dreary
doleful
104
to pay for
defray
105
hardworking
diligent
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frightful, deathly pale
ghastly
107
to hold back
hamper
108
state of poverty
impoverish
109
never stopping
incessant
110
complex
intricate
111
easy to understand
lucid
112
cut down by an ax
hew
113
bitterly sarcastic
sardonic
114
to supersede
supplant
115
doing extra
superfluous
116
overly neat
prim
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published after death
posthumous
118
to insult
taunt
119
persistent
tenacious
