Lessons 4-6 Flashcards
Define:
ambiguous
adj. of unclear meaning, something that can be
understood in more than one way
adv. ambiguously Syn. vague
n. ambiguity
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apparent
adj. to be clear in meaning or open to view, easily
understood
adv. apparently Syn. Visible
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arbitrary
adj. an action or decision made with little thought, order, or reason
adv. arbitrarily
n. arbitrariness Syn. haphazard
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assert
n. to express or defend oneself strongly, to state positively
adv. assertively n. assertiveness Syn. declare n. assertion adj. assertive
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astounding
adj. very surprising
v. astound Syn. astonishing
adv. Astoundingly
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astute
adj. very intelligent, smart, clever
adj. astutely Syn. perceptive
n. astuteness
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authorize
v. to give permission or power to do something
adj. authorized
n. authority
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deceptively
adv. to make someone think that something is
true or good when it is false or bad; adj. deceptive
v. deceive Syn. misleadingly
n. deception
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determined
adj. to be strong in one’s opinion, to be firm in conviction ; n. determination v. determine Syn. Resolute
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elicit
v. to get the facts, to draw out, to evoke
n. elicitation Syn. Extract
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forbid
v. to command not to do something
to have a dangerous look, bad feeling; adj. forbidden ; adj. forbidding
adv. forbiddingly Syn. Ban
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petition
v. to make a request
n. petition Syn. appeal
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relinquish
v. to give up control
n. relinquishment Syn. abdicate
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resilient
adj. strong enough to recover from difficulty or disease; adv. resiliently; n. resilience Syn. Tenacious
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tempt
v. to make it attractive to do something wrong
adv. temptingly
n. temptation adj. tempting Syn. Entice
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amaze
v. to fill with great surprise
adv. amazingly Syn. astonish
n. amazement adj. amazing
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baffle
v. to confuse to a point at which no
adj. baffling progress can be made
n. bafflement Syn. Puzzle
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bear
v. to produce, to carry; to show; to endure
adj. bearably
adj. bearable
Syn. Yield
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block
v. to prevent movement progress, or success; n. blockage; adj. blocked Syn. Obstruct
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blur
v. to make something difficult to see
adj. blurred Syn. cloud
n. blur
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brilliant
adj. intensely bright or colorful, intelligent
adv. brilliantly Syn. radiant
n. brilliance
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caution
v. to alert someone of danger, the act of taking care of, or paying attention to something; adj. cautious; adj. cautionary
adv. cautiously; n. caution Syn. Warn
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challenge
n. an invitation to complete, something that
demands competitive action or much thought;
adj. challenging v. challenge Syn. Dare
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delicate
adj. needing careful treatment, sensitive, easily broken
adv. delicately
Syn. Fragile
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enhance
v. to increase in a positive way, such as in value, power, or beauty
n. enhancement
adj. enhanced Syn. Strengthen
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intrigue
a. to interest greatly
adj. intriguing Syn. fascinate
adv. intriguingly n. intrigue
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persuade
v. to change a belief or behavior by argument or reason
adv. persuasively
adj. persuasive Syn. convince
n. persuasion
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replace
v. to change for another thing; to take the place of
adj. replaceable; n. replacement Syn. Substitute
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shed
v. to throw off naturally, to give out
Syn. Discard
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unique
adj. to be the only one of a kind; special
adv. uniquely; Syn. rare
n. uniqueness
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chiefly
adv. most importantly or most commonly
adj. chief Syn. Mostly
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coarse
adj. not fine or smooth, not delicate
adv. coarsely Syn. rough
n. coarseness
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commonplace
adj. ordinary
Syn. Frequent
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comparatively
adv. being measured or judged by comparison
adj. comparative Syn. relatively
v. compare n. comparison
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complex
adj. difficult to understand or explain; having many parts; n. complexity
Syn. Complicated
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conventional
adj. following accepted rules or standards
adv. conventionally Syn. traditional
n. convention
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curious
adj. odd or strange; eager to learn
adv. curiously; Syn. Peculiar
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exceedingly
adv. Very,to an unusual degree
v. exceed Syn. extremely
n. excess adj. excessive adv. Excessively
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exclusively
adv. no one else, nothing else,not shared
adj. exclusive with others
n. exclusion Syn. restrictively
v. exclude
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immense
adj. extremely large
adv. immensely Syn. massive
n. immensity
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indeed
adv. Certainly, really (used to make a statement
stronger)
Syn. truly
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rigid
adj. not easy to bend; firm, inflexible
adv. rigidly; Syn. stiff
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routinely
adv. regularly, usually done
adj. routine Syn. ordinarily
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sufficiently
adv. enough, in a satisfying manner
n. sufficiency Syn. adequately
adj. sufficient; v. suffice
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visibly
adv. can be seen
adj. visible; n. vision; v. view, adj. visionary
Syn. noticeably
* power of imagination or wisdom, especially with regard to the future
