Exam Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Whimsical

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Playful, quaint and fanciful

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2
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Personable

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Having a pleasant appearance or manner.

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3
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Calamitous

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Involving calamity, catastrophic, disastrous.

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4
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Conventional

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Based on or in accordance with what is generally believed. The general belief

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5
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Judicious

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Having, showing or done with good judgement or sense.

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6
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Caustic

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Able to burn easily specifically chemical reactions

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7
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Embargo

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An official ban on trade

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8
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Nauseate

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Make one feel sick

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9
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Voracious

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Wanting or devouring great quantities of food

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10
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Dovetail

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To fit together perfectly

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11
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Haughty

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Arrogant or superior

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12
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Imperative

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Absolutely necessary or required

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13
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Loiter

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To stand about with no purpose or point

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14
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Amplify

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To make larger, greater, or stronger

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15
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Arrogant

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Make flames to superior important a or rights

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16
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Infinite

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Exceedingly great

17
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Naïve

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Nature that is unbothered by science

18
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Ramshackle

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Loosely made or held together

19
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Solvent

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Having the power of dissolving

20
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Epoch

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A distinguished part of history

21
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Quirk

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A peculiar action, behavior or personality - a mannerism

22
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Negligent

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Lazy careless- offhand

23
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Veneer

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A thin layer of wood placed on top of another material - like desk at school

24
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Tedious

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To cause boredom or weariness

25
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Impending

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About to happen

26
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Ragamuffin

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A ragged person- a child in ragged ill fitting dirty clothes

27
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Dexterous

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Demonstrating skill- especially with the hands