ISSE Vocabulary Flashcards

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Mortify

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To shame or humiliate

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Preposterous

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Outrageous

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Divert

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To amuse or distract

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Pretentious

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Being a show-off; arrogant

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Scruples

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Values; morals

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Trivial

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Unimportant; ordinary

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Incessant

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Endless; not ceasing

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Trek

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A long, difficult journey, often involving hiking

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Vivacious

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Lively; animated

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Emit

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To give off; discharge; to end

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Somber

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Gloomy; depressing; melancholy

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Unequivocal

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Clear; leaving no doubt

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Apprehensive

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Nervous or scare about something in the future

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; changing without reason; fickle

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Comical

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Funny; amusing

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Condemn

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To criticize; to sentence (condemnation)

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Elucidate

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To make clear; to explain

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Inhabit

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To live or dwell; to occupy

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Peer

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To look intently or with difficulty

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Placate

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To soothe; to satisfy; to appease

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Revere

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To honor; to worship

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Tact

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The ability to say the right thing at the right time; diplomacy