ela vc midterm Flashcards
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Astute
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clever, keenly observant
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apprise
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to provide information
3
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concoct
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to create or prepare
4
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peruse
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to review with care
5
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Miscreant
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immoral person
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Untoward
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vulgar
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Asinine
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foolish
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Obsequious
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excessively flattering
9
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Unsavory
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distasteful, morally questionable
10
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Infamous
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well known for negative reasons; notorious
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Slovenly
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sloppy in appearance
12
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Pathological
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caused by disease; compulsive, obsessive
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Servile
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slavishly submissive; obsequious
14
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bias
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favoritism towards a particular person, thing, group, etc.
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nefarious
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villainous, notorious
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Prestigious
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highly regarded; exclusive
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Zenith
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the highest point of trajectory
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Feasbie
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realistic; possible
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Fortutios
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accidentally favorable
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Ascend
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to rise
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Efficacy
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effectiveness
22
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Ramification
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consequences
23
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Incapacitate
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to disable
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Acclaim
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public recognition
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Viable
offering a prospect of success
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Laudable
worthy of praise
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Prodigy
person possessing great talent
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Harbinger
a sign of bad luck
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debacle
a complete disaster
30
carnage
bloodshed and violence
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succumb
to give in; to die
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besiege
to attack relentlessly
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thwart
to stop another’s success or progress
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quandary
a dilemma
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abscond
to sneak away
36
fruitless
futile; unproductive
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Repulse
to drive back or fend off
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Subterfuge
deceit used to achieve one’s goals; trick to gain advantage
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duplicity
falseness of character; the quality of being two-faced
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impasse
a situation in which progress is impossible; a deadlock
