Group II List Flashcards

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Amalgamate

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To combine several elements into a whole

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2
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Assuage

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To ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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3
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Bolster

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To provide support or reinforcement

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4
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Burgeon

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To grow rapidly or flourish

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5
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Buttress

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A support or prop, often an external prop used to bolster a wall

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6
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Capricious

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Inclined to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic; unpredictable

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7
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Caustic

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Burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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8
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Decibel

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Unit used in measuring the intensity of a sound, usually in relation to another sound

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9
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Desiccate

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To dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

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10
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Distill

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To purify or concentrate through a process of evaporation and concentration

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11
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Divest

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To remove or strip, especially clothing

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12
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Enervate

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To weaken, to reduce in vitality

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13
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Ephermeral

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Brief; fleeting

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14
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Inchoate

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In an initial stage; not fully formed

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15
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Infuse

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to Imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill

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16
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Imbue

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Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)

17
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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise

In Trans- In Transit, you will not compromise where you are going

18
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Inundate

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To flood or overwhelm

19
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Invigoration

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The quality of being energized or filled with liveliness

20
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Obviate

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To anticipate and make unnecessary

21
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Pervasive

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Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

22
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Plod

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To trudge, to move slowly and heavily

iPod- heavy

23
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Precipitate

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To act with excessive haste or impulse

24
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Precursor

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One that precedes and indicates or announces another

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Profilerate
To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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Rarefy
To make or become thin, less dense, to refine If forests become thin then animals will be rare
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Rectify
To make right or fix, to correct
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Viscous
Think, sticky