Kaplan Prep 7 Flashcards

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Emend

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Verb: to make corrections and improvements (as in a text)

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Frolicsome

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Adj: lively and playful

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Pulchritude

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Adj: beauty

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Vaunt

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Verb: to boast or praise (excessively)

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Potentate

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Noun: a monarch or ruler (especially an autocrat)

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Provenance

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Noun: a place of origin, the earliest known history of something

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Paucity

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Noun: a small quantity

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Spate

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Noun: a large quantity

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Dirigible

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Adj: capable of being steered
Noun: an airship, zeppelin

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Suborner

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Noun: one who bribes or induces

Verb form: suborn

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Interstitial

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Adj: living in interstices/very small spaces, like between grains of sand

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Gourmand

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Noun: a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much

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Myopic

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Adj: nearsighted, lack of imagination

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Recidivist

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Noun: a convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly

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Largesse

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Noun: generosity in bestowing gifts

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