Deriv 2.5-2.8 Flashcards

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Fear or anxiety that makes one feel helpless or bewildered

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Consternation

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Erroneous, misleading, deceptive

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Fallacious

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Incapable of error

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Infallible

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4
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The nature of humanity as having to eventually die

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Mortality

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5
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Lying flat, prone, completely overcome

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Prostrate

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A person guided and helped by another influential person

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Protege

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Emptiness of mind, intelligence, interest, or thought

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Vacuity

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Characterized by lack of interest

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Vacuous

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9
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Causing doubt, questionable

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Dubious

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10
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An oath or exclamation

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Expletive

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To carry into effect, accomplish

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Implement

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12
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Unable to be conclusively determined or explained

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Imponderable

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13
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Specifying or prescribing punishment

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Penal

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Very heavy, bulky, massive

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Ponderous

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To surpass in amount, power, influence, or importance

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Preponderate

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Well-filled or plentifully supplied

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Replete

17
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To cut short an action because of some failure

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Abort

18
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To agree to without enthusiasm

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Acquiesce

19
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Showing a readiness of fight

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Belligerent

20
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To accuse

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Incriminate

21
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Senseless, unreasonable

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Irrational

22
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To slip from a higher standard, to come to an end

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Lapse

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Quiet, still, inactive

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Quiescent

24
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Clearly and briefly stated

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Succinct

25
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To laugh at in contempt or scorn

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Deride

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Contempt, ridicule

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Derision

27
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Having to do with horses or horsemanship

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Equestrian

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Immoderate, excessive, lacking restraint or moderation

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Inordinate

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To hint or suggest

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Insinuate

30
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A break or breaking apart

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Rupture

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Wavy, winding

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Sinuous

32
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Sorcery, black magic

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Sortilege

33
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Showing a delicate perception of the right thing to say or do

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Tactful

34
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Able to be touched, tactile

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Tangible