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Final Vocab Flashcards

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Commandeer

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Verb

To seize for military or official use

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Salvage

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Verb
To save from fire or shipwreck
Noun
Property this saved

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Brigand

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Noun

Bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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Dissolute

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Adj.

Loose in one’s morals or behavior

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Alien

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Noun
A citizen of another country
Adj.
Foreign, strange

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Dilemma

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Noun

A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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Opinionated

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Adj.

Stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

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Terse

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Adj.

Brief and to the point

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Condone

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Verb

To pardon or overlook

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Altercation

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Noun

An angry argument

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Irate

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Adj.

Angry

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Deadlock

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Noun
A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions
Verb
To bring to such a standstill

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13
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Posthumous

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Adj.

Occurring or published after death

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Rift

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Noun

A split, break, breach

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Inundated

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Verb

To flood, overflow, to overwhelm by numbers and size

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Brevity

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Noun

Shortness

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Candid

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Adj.

Frank, sincere, impractical, unposed

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Forestall

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Verb

To prevent by acting first

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Adherents

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Noun
Follower, supporter
Adj.
Attached, sticking to

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Pilfer

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Verb

To steal in small quantities

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Expulsion

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Noun

The process of driving a force out

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Exercised

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Verb

To drive out by magic, to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

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Assimilate

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Verb

To absorb fully, to adopt as one’s own, to adapt fully

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Mire

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Noun
Mud, wet, swampy ground, a tough situation
Verb
To get stuck

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Surly

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Adj.

Angry, bad tempered, rude

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Recoup

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Verb

To make up for, regain

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Illustrious

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Adj.

Very famous, distinguished

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Squandered

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Verb

To spend foolishly, waste

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Garble

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Verb

To distort in such a way as to make unintelligible

30
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Dilate

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Verb

To make or become larger or wider, to expand upon

31
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Superfluous

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Adj.

Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

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Obtrusive

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Adj.

Forward, undesirably prominent, thrust/jut out

33
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Circumspect

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Adj.

Careful, cautious

34
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Reprieve

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Noun
A temporary relief or delay
Verb
To grant a postponement

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Larceny

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Noun

Theft

36
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Arduous

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Adj.

Hard to do, require much effort

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Fated

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Adj.

Determined in advance by destiny or fortune

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Ghastly

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Adj.

Frightful, horrible, deathly pale

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Auspicious

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Adj.

Favorable, fortunate

40
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Rectify

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Verb

To make right, correct

41
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Incessant

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Adj.

Never stopping, going on all the time

42
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Hoodwink

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Verb

To mislead by a trick, swindle

43
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Flair

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Noun

A natural quality, talent, or skill, a distinctive style

44
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Monologue

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Noun

A speech by one actor, a long talk by one person

45
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Drudgery

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Noun

Work that is hard and tiresome

46
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Repugnant

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Adj.

Offensive, disagreeable, distasteful

47
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Shoddy

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Adj.

Of poor quality, characterized by inferior workmanship

48
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Exorbitant

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Adj.

Unreasonably high, excessive

49
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Facilitate

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Verb

To make easier, to assist

50
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Slapdash

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Adj.

Careless, hasty

51
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Anarchy

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Noun

A lack of government and law, confusion

52
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Succumb

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Verb

To give way to superior force, yield

53
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Reprimand

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Verb
To scold, find fault with
Noun
A rebuke

54
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Admonish

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Verb

To caution or advise against something, to scold mildly, to remind of a duty

55
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Condone

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Verb

To pardon, overlook

56
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Eminent

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Adj.

Famous, outstanding, distinguished, projecting

57
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Hamper

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Verb

To hold back

58
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Disentangle

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Verb

To free from tangles or complications

59
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Dross

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Noun

Refuse, waste products

60
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Ponder

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Verb

To consider carefully, reflect on

61
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Fabricate

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Verb

To make, manufacture, to make up, invent

62
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Compensate

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Verb

To make up for, to repay services

63
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Access

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Noun
Approach or admittance to places, persons, things, an increase
Verb
To get at, obtain

64
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Advent

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Noun

An arrival, a coming into a place or view

65
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Willy

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Adj.

Sly, shrewd, cunning

66
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Exploited

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Verb
To make use of, develop, to make improper use of for personal profit
Noun
A feat, deed

67
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Maltreat

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Verb

To abuse, use roughly, or crudely

68
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Sardonic

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Adj.

Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

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