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ABRUPT

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sudden or unexpected

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ADAMANT

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extremely stubborn; fixed in one’s viewpoint

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ABUNDANT

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  • plentiful
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ACCENTUATE

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  • to make more noticeable or prominent
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ACCLAIM

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  • enthusiastic and public praise
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ADAPTATION

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  • a change made to accommodate new circumstances
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ADVANTAGEOUS

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  • creating favorable circumstances
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AESTHETIC

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  • concerned with
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AFFECTING

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  • touching the emotions; moving
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AFFINITY

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  • a strong attraction or liking
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AMBIGUOUS

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  • unclear; open to more than one interpretation
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AMELIORATE

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  • to make better; improve
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AMBIVALENCE

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  • having mixed feelings
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AMORPHOUS

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  • shapeless; synonym for “nebulous”
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ANALOGY

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  • a comparison intended to provide clarification
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ANIMOSITY

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  • strong feelings of dislike or hatred
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ANNOTATE

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  • to make notes to help explain or clarify
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ANOMALY

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  • deviation from the norm; atypical
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ANTITHETICAL

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  • characterized by extreme contrast
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APPEASE

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  • to make peace by giving into demands
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APPRAISE

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  • to assess the value or quality of something
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APPROXIMATE

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  • close but not completely accurate
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AUGMENT

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  • to increase
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AUSTERE

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  • very plain, without decoration
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CATALYZE

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  • to cause or speed up a reaction
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CATASTROPHIC

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  • utterly disastrous
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CEASE

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  • to stop, halt
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CIRCUMVENT

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  • to find a way around; avoid
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CITE

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  • to quote or reference from a work to support an argument
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COALESCE

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  • to come together to form a single mass
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COARSENESS

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  • roughness, harshness
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COLLABORATION

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  • the act of working with another person or people
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  1. COMMONPLACE
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  • common, ordinary
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  1. COMPRISE
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  • to include, contain
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  1. CONFINE
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  • to restrict within a limited area
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  1. CONFOUND
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  • to utterly confuse, baffle
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  1. CONSENSUS
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  • general agreement
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  1. CONSPICUOUS
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  • clearly visible; noticeable
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  1. CONSUMPTION
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  • the process of eating or using up
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  1. CONTINGENT
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  • dependent upon; subject to
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  1. CONTRIVE
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  • to think up
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  1. COPIOUS
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  • abundant; plentiful
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  1. CREDIBLE
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  • believable
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  1. CREDULOUS
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  • easily fooled
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  1. DEBACLE
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  • a complete failure; fiasco
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  1. DEPLETE
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  • to diminish
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  1. DESPONDENT
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  • feeling depressed
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  1. DEVIATION
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  • departure from what is normal
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  1. DEXTEROUS
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  • physically skilled, especially with one’s hands
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  1. DISCERNIBLE
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  • visible; detectable
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  1. DISCORD
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  • general disagreement
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  1. DISPARATE
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  • very different
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  1. DISPERSE
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  • to scatter
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  1. DISPOSITION
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  • inherent personality or character trait
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  1. DIVERGE
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  • to move apart
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  1. DOMESTICATION
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  • the process of taming an animal or cultivating a wild plant
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  1. DRACONIAN
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  • excessively harsh laws, rules, and punishments
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  1. ECCENTRIC
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  • highly odd or unconventional (person)
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  1. ECLIPSE
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  • to overshadow or block
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  1. ELICIT
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  • to draw out, usually a response
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  1. ENGENDER
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  • to cause or give rise to
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  1. ELUSIVE
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  • difficult to find, catch, or achieve
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  1. ENGULF
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  • to overwhelm; surround completely
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  1. ENHANCE
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  • to improve or intensify
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  1. EPHEMERAL
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  • very brief; short-lived
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  1. EQUITABLE
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  • fair
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  1. ERRATIC
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  • unpredictable; not regular
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  1. EVADE
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  • to escape or avoid
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  1. EVINCE
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  • to reveal or show one’s feelings
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  1. EXACERBATE
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  • to make worse
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  1. EXCAVATION
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  • the process of digging up, usually a historic site
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  1. EXORBITANT
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  • extreme and excessive
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  1. EXPLICIT
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  • stated directly and with complete clarity
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  1. EXPLOIT
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  • to take advantage of
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  1. EXPOSURE
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  • contact with someone or something (noun form of “expose”)
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  1. FABRICATE
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  • to invent or make up, typically with the intent to deceive
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  1. FAQADE
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  • (false) exterior
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  1. FOSTER
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  • to encourage or promote something typically seen to be good
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  1. FRUITFUI/FRUITLESS
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  • productive/unproductive
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  1. GALVANIZE
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  • to energize, spur into action
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HAPHAZARD

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  • random and disorganized
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HETEROGENEOUS

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  • varied, diverse; synonym for “multifaceted”
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HINDER

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  • to block, prevent; synonym for “impede”
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IDIOSYNCRATIC

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  • highly particular, unique to an individual
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IDEALIZE

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  • to imagine something as better than it is in reality
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ILLUSORY

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  • not real; based on an illusion
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IMMINENT

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  • about to happen
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IMPEDE

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  • to delay or prevent
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IMPECCABLE

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  • faultless, spotless
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IMPENETRABLE

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  • impossible to pass through
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IMPERATIVE

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  • of vital importance; crucial
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IMPERCEPTIBLE

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  • cannot be seen or perceived
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IMPOSING

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  • very large and impressive in appearance
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IMPOVERISHED

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  • very poor
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INCONGRUOUS

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  • out of place; something that contrasts with its surroundings
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INDECIPHERABLE

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  • unable to be read or understood
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INDELIBLE

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  • memorable; impossible to forget
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INDIFFERENT

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  • without interest or concern; apathetic
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INDIGENOUS

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native

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INDOCTRINATE

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  • to teach a person/people to uncritically accept beliefs
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INDUCE

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  • to persuade or influence someone to do something
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INDULGENT

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  • overly generous; too lenient
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INELUCTABLE

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  • inescapable; inevitable
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INFALLIBLE

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  • incapable of making mistakes
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INFINITESIMAL

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  • extremely small; approaching zero
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INGENIOUS

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  • very clever and cunning
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INNOCUOUS

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  • harmless; the synonym “benign” may also be used
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INNOVATIVE

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  • featuring new materials and ideas
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INSIGHT

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  • deep understanding
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INSTALLATION

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  • art exhibit consisting of large objects placed in a public space
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INSUPERABLE

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  • incapable of being overcome
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INSURMOUNTABLE

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  • too great to overcome
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INTERMEDIATE

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  • coming between two things
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INTRICATE

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  • very complex
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INTRIGUING

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  • arousing curiosity or interest
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INVASIVE

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  • spreading in a harmful manner (noun form of “invade”)
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INTUITION

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  • the ability to understand from an instinctive feeling
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IRATE

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  • angry
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IRREPROACHABLE

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  • beyond criticism; faultless
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IRREVOCABLE

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  • permanent
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JUXTAPOSITION t

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  • placement of two things next to each other for contras
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LACONIC

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  • using few words; brief and to-the-point
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LATENT

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  • existing but in hidden or dormant form
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  1. LEGACY
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  • a long-lasting impact
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  1. LINEAGE
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  • descent from a common ancestor or predecessor
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  1. LUCRATIVE
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  • very profitable
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  1. MANIFESTATION
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  • visible appearance of an object, trend, or idea
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  1. MERCURIAL
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  • unpredictable; constantly shifting moods
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  1. METICULOUS
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  • very careful and precise; the synonym ’’punctilious” may also be used
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  1. MIGRATION
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  • the movement of a person or group from one area to another
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  1. MISCONSTRUE
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  • to misunderstand
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  1. MITIGATE
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  • to make a problem less severe
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  1. MOBILIZE
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  • to prepare a person or group for action
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  1. MOMENTOUS
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  • having great significance (a decision or event)
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  1. MONETIZE
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  • to make money from
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  1. MORIBUND
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  • approaching death; on the verge of becoming obsolete
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  1. MULTIFACETED
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  • having many aspects
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  1. MUNDANE
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  • dull; uninteresting
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  1. MYRIAD
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  • many
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  1. NEBULOUS -
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vague; undefined; synonym for “amorphous”

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  1. NEFARIOUS
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  • wicked and evil
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  1. NUANCE
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  • a subtle shade of difference or meaning
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  1. NURTURE
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  • to care for and encourage growth and development
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  1. OBSCURE
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  • rare; understood by few people
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  1. OFFHAND
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  • done casually, without prior thought
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  1. OMINOUS
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  • threatening; giving the impression that something bad will happen
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  1. ORIENTATION
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  • a preference or liking for
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  1. ORTHODOX
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  • conforming to a standard theory or belief
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  1. OVERLOAD
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  • excessive burden or stress
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  1. OVERSHADOW
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  • to dominate; make someone or something seem unimportant
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  1. OUTMODED
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  • no longer fashionable; out of date
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  1. OUTSIZED
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  • disproportionately large
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  1. PALPABLE
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  • literally, touchable; often used to describe a very intense feeling
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  1. PAUCITY
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  • a small or limited amount
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  1. PERIPHERAL
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  • of secondary importance; not central
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  1. PERVASIVE
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  • widespread
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  1. POLAR
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  • very different; opposite
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  1. PRAGMATIC
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  • practical
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  1. PRECIPITATE
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  • to cause to happen especially suddenly and unexpectedly
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  1. PRECLUDE
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  • prevent or block; synonym for “impede”
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  1. PRECURSOR
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  • a person or thing that precedes; a forerunner
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  1. PREDATORY
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  • preying upon others
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  1. PRESCIENT
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  • showing great foresight
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  1. PRESCRIBE
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  • to lay down a rule; dictate
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  1. PRETENTIOUS
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  • affecting greater importance than one actually has
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  1. PRETEXT
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  • false excuse given to justify a course of action
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  1. PREVAIL
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  • to triumph over great odds
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  1. PRIORITIZE
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  • to list or rate in order of importance
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  1. PRODIGIOUS
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enormous; impressively large

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  1. PROFOUND
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  • intellectually deep; extremely insightful
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  1. PROFUSION
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large amount; synonym for “myriad”; antonym for “paucity”

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  1. PROHIBITIVE
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  • so high (a difficulty or price) that it prevents something from
    occurring
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  1. PROLIFIC
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  • very productive
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  1. PROVOCATIVE
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  • causing a reaction, often annoyance or anger
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  1. RECANT
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  • to take back; withdraw; renounce
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  1. RECIPROCATE
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  • to respond to an action by doing the same thing back to
    someone
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  1. RECONCILE
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  • to bring opposing people or things back together
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  1. REGISTER
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  • (n.) official list or record; (v.) to become aware of or record
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  1. RELEVANT/IRRELEVANT
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  • connected/unconnected to the topic at hand
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  1. RENOUNCE
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  • to give up
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  1. REPLENISH
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  • to refill; resupply
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  1. REPLICATE
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  • to copy
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  1. RESILIENT
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  • capable of quickly recovering from difficulty
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  1. RESURGENCE
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  • the act of rising again into life or activity
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  1. RETROSPECT
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  • hindsight; looking back
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  1. REVELATION
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  • something that is revealed and thus made known
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  1. RUDIMENTARY
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  • limited to basic principles; elementary
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  1. SABOTAGE
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  • to deliberately destroy or damage
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  1. SATIATE
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  • to fully satisfy
188
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  1. SCHEME
A
  • a clever and often devious plan
189
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  1. SCRUPULOUS
A
  • extremely attentive to details
190
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  1. SCRUTINIZE (n. SCRUTINY)
A
  • to examine very closely and carefully
191
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  1. SPECULATE
A
  • to form an explanation or theory; synonym for “conjecture”
192
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  1. SPURIOUS
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  • false or fake; the synonym “specious” may also be used
193
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  1. STIPULATE
A
  • to demand or specify as part of an agreement
194
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  1. STRENUOUS
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  • requiring great physical exertion
195
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  1. SUBJECTIVE
A
  • influenced by personal tastes, opinions, or feelings
196
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  1. SUBSTANTIAL
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  • of considerable importance, size, or worth
197
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  1. SUPERFICIAL
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  • shallow; lacking depth
198
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  1. SUPERFLUOUS
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  • more than enough; unnecessary
199
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  1. SUPPLANT
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  • to replace; supersede
200
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  1. SUPPLEMENT
A
  • (n.) an addition or reinforcement; (v.) to add on
201
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  1. SURPASS
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  • to exceed; go beyond
202
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  1. SWAY
A
  • to persuade to follow a course of action
203
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  1. SYNCHRONIZE
A
  • to cause multiple events to occur at the same time
204
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  1. SYNOPSIS
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  • a brief summary
205
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  1. TALLY
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  • (n.) a recorded account; a total; (v.) to count
206
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  1. THWART
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  • to block or get in the way of something negative
207
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  1. TEDIOUS
A
  • boring; dull and tiresome
207
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  1. TRANSCEND
A
  • to rise above normal limitations
208
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  1. TENUOUS
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  • very weak; connected only slightly
209
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  1. TRIVIAL
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  • unimportant
210
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  1. UBIQUITOUS
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  • everywhere; synonym for “universal”
211
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  1. UNATTAINABLE
A
  • cannot be reached or achieved
212
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  1. UNCANNY
A
  • strange or slightly supernatural; beyond what is ordinary
213
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  1. UNCLASSIFIABLE
A
  • unable to be assigned to a category
213
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  1. UNCONVENTIONAL
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  • not conforming to what is generally done or believed
214
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  1. UNDERMINE
A
  • to weaken; erode
215
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  1. UNDERSCORE
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  • to emphasize by drawing attention to a fact, idea, or situation
216
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  1. UNEQUIVOCAL
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  • leaving no doubt; certain
217
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  1. UNOBTRUSIVE
A
  • inconspicuous; not attracting attention
218
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  1. UNRESOLVABLE
A
  • unable to be resolved or settled
219
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  1. UNTENABLE
A
  • unable to be defended or supported
220
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  1. VACILLATE
A
  • to go back and forth between two options; synonym for “waver”
221
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  1. VALIDATE
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  • to confirm the truth of a claim
222
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  1. VERISIMILITUDE
A
  • the quality of seeming to be true
223
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  1. VINDICATE
A
  • to free from blame; prove correct
224
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  1. WAIVE
A
  • to voluntarily give up the right to do something
225
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  1. WAVER
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  • to go back and forth between two options; synonym for “vacillate”
226
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  1. WATERSHED
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  • a turning point

SAT Vocabulary (4 decks)

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