LSAT vocab Flashcards
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Abide
If a document doesn’t abide by certain standards, you might not abide the situation.
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Follow, conform; tolerate
2
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Abrasive
Think sandpaper.
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Rough; causing irritation or annoyance.
3
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Aptitude
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An inherent ability to do something.
SAT = scholastic aptitude test
4
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Avant-garde
“works by artists of the Russian avant-garde”
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Ahead of its time; innovative; on the forefront
5
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Cohesive
You want your team to be cohesive, to “stick together”
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United, connected, causing the forming of a whole.
6
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Collude
“he accused his opponents of colluding with one another”
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Conspire; cooperate for illegal or fraudulent purposes.
7
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Deride
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Mock; scoff at; laugh at contemptuously.
It’s not fun to be derided, to be the subject of derision or derisive laughter.
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Derive
An idea derives from some inspiration./ You derived that idea from that inspiration.
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Acquire from a specific source.
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Dissuade
As a lawyer, you will likely be in the business of both persuasion and dissuasion.
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Prevent or deter from taking a course of action.
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Inductive
“instinct rather than inductive reasoning marked her approach to life”
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Characterized by the use of particular ideas or instances to form general principles.
You induce the general principles from the specific examples.
In contrast, deductive logic deduces specific examples from general principles.
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Inquisitive
“he was very chatty and inquisitive about everything”
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Curious, have a desire to know more or investigate.
Inquisitive: positive
Inquiring: neutral
Running an inquisition: negative
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Oppressive
“an oppressive dictatorship”
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Burdensome; harsh; cruel.
13
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Chastise
No one likes to be chastised.
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Intensely scold or condemn.
A word that carries with it the hint of being reprimanded by a teacher or another authority figure.
14
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Connoisseur
“a connoisseur of music”
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Expert who is able to pass critical judgment on the fine arts or matters of taste.
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Curtail
He had to curtail his speech when time ran out.
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Make less, cut down, or put a restraint on.
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Disdain
“her upper lip curled in disdain
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Having contempt toward someone, or a feeling that they’re underserving of interest or respect (as a noun). Disdain can also be a verb.
17
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Emit
“coal-fired power stations continue to emit large quantities of sulfur dioxide”
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Send, give forth, or issue.
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Incite
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Instigate, stir up or promote the growth of
Usually what you are inciting is something negative, like trouble
19
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Merit
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Excellence or worthiness.
20
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Sedentary
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Seated most of the time. Physically inactive.
E.g. Sedentary life style.
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Superimpose
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Set or lay something over something else.
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Teeming
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Swarming; full of things; abundantly filled.
These things are usually moving, like bugs or people
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Determinant
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An element that influences the nature or result of something.
A determinant determines the course of events.
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Diffuse
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Spread out over a large area.
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Envisage
Conceive of as a future possibility. Envisage can also simply mean “regard or view” something in some way.
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Heed
Take notice of.
When you tell people to take heed, they will. It’s rather a formal word.
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Indelible
Incapable of being forgotten, removed or erased.
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Manifest
Readily perceived by the eye or mind.
V. become or make evident
N. A list of the cargo or passengers on a vehicle
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Perplexing
Utterly baffling; bewildering.
Some LSAT questions are perplexing at first.
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Vehement
Exhibiting forceful, intense feeling or energy, even to the point of being antagonistic or otherwise negative.
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Mar
impair the appearance of; disfigure.
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militarism
the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
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Contention
heated disagreement
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intriguing
arousing one's curiosity or interest; fascinating
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Fore
adjective: situated or placed in front.
"the fore and hind pairs of wings"
noun: the front part of something, especially a ship.
exclamation: called out as a warning to people in the path of a golf ball.
preposition: nonstandard form of before.
"we'll be harvesting corn 'fore the end of the month"
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Rote
mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned
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epitomize
1. be a perfect example of.
2. give a summary of (a written work).
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Sleuthin
careful investigation into a crime or mystery
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disseminate
Scatter; spread about; broadcast.
The object is usually not physical but informational.
You disseminate a story, a message etc.
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Emulate
Copy in an attempt to equal or be better than.
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Exemplify
Illustrate, demonstrate by example.
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Mollify
Calm or soothe(an angry person); lessen or soften (hurt feelings etc.)
"nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists"
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Necessitate
Require as a result of; be grounds for.
"the severe arthritis eventually necessitated a total hip replacement"
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Proliferate
Increase or spread rapidly or excessively.
If asked, most people would be against nuclear proliferation.
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Rectify
Correct, amend; make right.
"mistakes made now cannot be rectified later"
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Relegate
Downgrade; lower the rank or position of.
Some multitiered sports leagues practice relegation, which is the downgrading of poorly performing teams to the next tier down.
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Repudiate
Reject; cast off; deny that something has authority.
"she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders"
Repudiate vs renounce:
If you renounce chocolate, that means you’re giving it up (and you used it eat it). But if you repudiate chocolate, you’re rejecting it forcefully. It’s unknown whether you used to eat the stuff.
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Simulate
Imitate how something looks or acts.
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Transliterate
Represent using the corresponding letters of another alphabet or language.
If you transliterate the Russian word HeT into the Latin alphabet, you get yet, which you can pronounce if you don’t read the Cyrillic alphabet. Translated, the word means “no”.
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Typify
Be an ideal or representative example of. If this painting typifies Rembrandt’s approach, then the painting is typical of his approach and represents the approach well.
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Adduce
Give reason or proof to support a theory.
A document may adduce a certain piece of evidence to argue a particular position.
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Deduce
Draw a conclusion based on logic or reasoning.
You will do a lot of deducing as you prepare for the LSAT.
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Dissipate
Steadily disappear or cause to steadily disappear.
"the concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated"
Also could mean spend foolishly, or live a spendthrift, drunken life.
"he had dissipated his entire fortune"
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Eradicate
Obliterate; remove or destroy completely.
When you eradicate something, you’re not just trimming back the leaves. You’re pulling it out by the roots.
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Obliterate
destroy utterly; wipe out.
"the memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind"
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Expropriate
Seize property from; dispossess (especially for public use).
"the land reform expropriated the Irish landlords"
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Induce
Persuade or influence into action; give rise to
Infer a general principle from specific examples
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Instantiate
Represent by an occurrence or use of a concrete example.
A concrete thing instantiates an abstract principle or pattern.
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Subordinate
Put in such a position; in a lower position.
"his subordinate officers"
"he was mild-mannered, especially with his subordinates"
treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else: "practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency"
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Eschew
deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
"he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence"
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Extoll
to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples.
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Nihilism
the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.
"they condemned the show for its cynicism and nihilism"
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Anarchism
a political theory advocating the abolition of hierarchical government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.
anarchists as a political force or movement.
"ruling-class fears of international anarchism during the 1890s"
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Ostensible
stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
"the delay may have a deeper cause than the ostensible reason"
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Anarchism
a political theory advocating the abolition of hierarchical government and the organization of society on a voluntary, cooperative basis without recourse to force or compulsion.
anarchists as a political force or movement.
"ruling-class fears of international anarchism during the 1890s"
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Allegation
A claim for which proof has not yet been provided.
"after leaving he made allegations of corruption against the company"
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Contention
1.
heated disagreement.
"the captured territory was one of the main areas of contention between the two countries"
2.
an assertion, especially one maintained in argument.
"statistics bear out his contention that many runners are undertrained for this event"
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Evasion
1. the action of evading something.
"their adroit evasion of almost all questions"
2. an indirect answer; a prevaricating excuse.
plural noun: evasions
"the protestations and evasions of a witness"
Evade: escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or trickery.
"friends helped him to evade capture for a time"
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Pretension
an allegation of doubtful value
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Prevarication
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth. synonyms: fabrication, lying
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Protrusion
something that bulges out/sticks out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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Rendition
1. a performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music.
"a wonderful rendition of “Nessun Dorma.”"
2. the practice of sending a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect covertly to be interrogated in a country with less rigorous regulations for the humane treatment of prisoners.
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Supposition
an uncertain belief.
"they were working on the supposition that his death was murder"
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Acuity
sharpness or keenness of thought, vision, or hearing.
"intellectual acuity"
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Affinity
1. a spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something.
"he has an affinity for the music of Berlioz"
2. a similarity of characteristics suggesting a relationship, especially a resemblance in structure between animals, plants, or languages.
"a building with no affinity to contemporary architectural styles"
3. relationship, especially by marriage as opposed to blood ties.
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Animosity
strong hostility.
"he no longer felt any animosity toward her"
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Civility
formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech.
"I hope we can treat each other with civility and respect"
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Multiplicity
A large number; a big variety
Derived from "multiple", but more
I have multiple friends (more than one)
I have a multiplicity of friends you're bragging)
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Precocity
a smartness or skill that's achieved much earlier than usual
Mental development that is achieved abnormally early.
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Propensity
an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.
"a propensity for violence"
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Veracity
: devotion to the truth : truthfulness. 3. : power of conveying or perceiving truth.
Habitual adherence to truth; accuracy.
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Virtuosity
A virtuoso is a highly skilled performer, and a virtuoso performance is one that astonishes the audience by its feats.
Great skill, aptitude, or mastery within the fine arts.
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Canonical
adjective
1.
according to or ordered by canon law.
"the canonical rites of the Roman Church"
Conforming to accepted rule or orthodox procedures.
2.
included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine.
"the canonical Gospels of the New Testament"
noun
the prescribed official dress of the clergy.
"Cardinal Bea in full canonicals"
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Inviolable
never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored.
Cannot be violated.
"an inviolable rule of chastity"
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Irreducible
not able to be reduced or simplified.
"literature is often irreducible to normative ideas"
not able to be brought to a certain form or condition.
"the imagery remains irreducible to textual structures"
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Nominal
1.
(of a role or status) existing in name only.
"Thailand retained nominal independence under Japanese military occupation"
2.
(of a price or amount of money) very small; far below the real value or cost.
"some firms charge only a nominal fee for the service"
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Pedagogical
relating to teaching.
"innovative pedagogical methods"
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Peripheral
relating to or situated on the edge/boundry or periphery of something.
"the peripheral areas of Europe"
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Trivial
of little value or importance.
"huge fines were imposed for trivial offenses"
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Unfathomable
1. incapable of being fully explored or understood.
"her gray eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion"
Incomprehensible, incapable of being fully understood
2.
(of water or a natural feature) impossible to measure the extent of.
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Viable
capable of working successfully; feasible.
"the proposed investment was economically viable"
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Archaic
very old or old-fashioned. Out of date.
"prisons are run on archaic methods"
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Conducive
Promoting or assisting. making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.
"the harsh lights and cameras were hardly conducive to a relaxed atmosphere"
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Corrosive
Causing to wear away; destructive; tending to cause corrosion.
"the corrosive effects of salt water"
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Erratic
not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable. Inconsistent; wandering.
"her breathing was erratic"
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Idiosyncratic
having strange or unusual habits, ways of behaving, or features: The film, three hours long, is directed in his usual idiosyncratic style.
Peculiar; distinctive; individualistic.
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Idyllic
(especially of a time or place) like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque. Pleasant in a natural, simple way.
"an attractive hotel in an idyllic setting"
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Imperative
1.
of vital importance; crucial.
"immediate action was imperative"
2.
giving an authoritative command; peremptory.
"the bell pealed again, a final imperative call"
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Irrespective
not taking (something) into account; regardless of.
"child benefit is paid irrespective of income levels"
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Lucrative
Profitable. producing a great deal of profit.
"a lucrative career as a stand-up comedian"
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Pragmatic
relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic. a pragmatic leader.
Dealing with actual facts and reality.
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Putative
1. : commonly accepted or supposed. 2. : assumed to exist or to have existed. putatively adverb.
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Barter
Exchange, trade in good or services for other goods or services.
In its modern definition, barter indicates an exchange that lacks money
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Compel
Force, urge a course of action.
If you find an activity particularly compelling, you might even become a bit compulsive about it.
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Frivolous
Senseless, lacking seriousness, excessively carefree.
(of a person) carefree and not serious.
"the frivolous, fun-loving flappers of the twenties"
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Impetus
Driving force, momentum, impulse. Neutral in value.
"hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses all its impetus"
the force that makes something happen or happen more quickly.
"the crisis of the 1860s provided the original impetus for the settlements"
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Superfluous
Excessive, not needed, more than enough (overflowing)
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Vacuous
Mindless, empty, lack of thought or intelligence.
"a vacuous smile"
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Amorphous
Shapeless, without structure.
"an amorphous and leaderless legislature"
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Contemporaneous
Occurring at the same time (appropriate for describing people or events that are active in the same time period)
"Pythagoras was contemporaneous with Buddha"
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Contiguous
Adjoining, touching, sharing a border.
The contiguous United States does not include Hawaii or Alaska, since touching through water or another country doesn’t count.
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Impervious
Impenetrable, not able to be harmed or emotionally disturbed.
"he worked, apparently impervious to the heat"
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Ingenious
Inventive, brilliant, clever.
"he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget"
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Innocuous
Harmless, inoffensive
"it was an innocuous question"
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Multitudinous
Abundant, numerous, existing in great number.
"the tinkling of multitudinous bells from the herd"
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Ominous
Threatening, giving the feeling that something bad is about to happen.
"there were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead"
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Overzealous
Too eager in the pursuit of something.
"he's been overzealous in handing out parking tickets"
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Rigorous
Meticulous, extremely through.
Rigor and rigorous are typically used in a positive sense, but rigid is not. Call your friend’s organized study plan rigorous, don’t call your friend rigid.
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Tenuous
very weak or slight.
"the tenuous link between interest rates and investment"
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Ruinous
Destructive, harmful, devastating.
Something ruinous causes ruin.
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Treacherous
Untrustworthy or unfaithful, not dependable, dangerous or deceptive. Treachery is betrayal.
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Vicarious
Secondary, experienced through imagined participation in another’s experience.
A vicarious thrill is what you get when you see your friend jump into a ravine with a bungee cord tied to his or her legs.
"she was living vicariously through her children"
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Voracious
Insatiable, having a really big appetite, having an extremely eager approach.
wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
"he had a voracious appetite"
having a very eager approach to an activity.
"his voracious reading of literature"
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bereft
Deprived.
"her room was stark and bereft of color"
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Myriad
Countless, huge in number, or a huge number.
"networks connecting a myriad of computers"
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Profusion
Extravagant amount, a great quantity.
"a rich profusion of wildflowers
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Quorum
Minimum number of members needed for a meeting. When you have a quorum, the meeting can be official.
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Scant
Barely enough. A scant increase in your wages provides a minimal, almost negligible uptick in your bank account.
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Substantial
Ample. Something substantial has real substance, weight, or heft to it. of considerable importance, size, or worth.
"a substantial amount of cash"
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on·omatopoeia
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
"a relatively large number of bird names arise by onomatopoeia"
the use of onomatopoeia for literary effect.
"the language in her picture books is notable for its playfulness and onomatopoeia".
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Dearth
a scarcity or lack of something.
"there is a dearth of evidence"
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Abundant
present in great quantity
present in great quantity; more than adequate; oversufficient: an abundant supply of water. well supplied with something; abounding: a river abundant in salmon.
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Inadvertent
not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
"an inadvertent administrative error occurred that resulted in an overpayment"
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Unsubstantiated
not supported or proven by evidence.
"unsubstantiated claims"
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Ordinance
a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
"a city ordinance banned smoking in nearly all types of restaurants"
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Impervious
unable to be affected by.
"he worked, apparently impervious to the heat"
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Calibrated
(of an instrument) marked with a scale of readings.
"the position of a pointer on a calibrated scale"
(of an instrument's readings) correlated with those of a standard.
"a calibrated radiocarbon date range"
carefully assessed, set, or adjusted.
"core reforms need calibrated policies"
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Irrefutable
impossible to deny or disprove.
"irrefutable evidence"
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Eschew
deliberately avoid using; abstain from.
"he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence"
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Aggrieved
Afflicted, resentful, or distressed from experiencing unfair treatment. If you frequently feel aggrieved in your life, look for ways to turn your forms upside down.
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Afflicted
(of a problem or illness) cause pain or suffering to; affect or trouble.
"his younger child was afflicted with a skin disease"
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Convoluted
Twisted; very complicated.
"its convoluted narrative encompasses all manner of digressions"
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disinclined
Unwilling; hesitant; unenthusiastic.
Nice to deploy in conversations when you really don’t want to do something: “I’m disinclined right now to wash these pans.”
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Dispersed
Scattered over a broad area.
As workforces become more and more physically dispersed, good internet connections and effective tools for collaboration have become all the more critical.
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Emboldened
Instilled with courage; give bravery to taken action; encouraged.
"emboldened by robust passenger traffic, the airlines put through major fare increases"
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Entrenched
Defensible; strengthened; supported; reinforced.
(of a place) provided with defensive works as protection against attack.
"a fortified manor house"
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Obscured
Concealed; darkened; cast over. keep from being seen; conceal.
"gray clouds obscure the sun"
make unclear and difficult to understand.
"the debate has become obscured by conflicting ideological perspectives"
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Predisposed
Inclined, or liable to do something.
make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude, action, or condition.
"lack of exercise may predispose an individual to high blood pressure"
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Protracted
Lengthy; continuing for a long time or longer than usual.
Your high school geometry class, which is where you probably last used a protractor, may have felt rather protracted.
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Reputed
Believed to be or act a certain way.
This movie is reputed to be excellent.
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Uninflected
Monotonous, without change in pitched or tone.
Do not deliver an uninflected closing argument, when the time comes.
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Vested
Guaranteed; fixed; absolute; without contingency.
I have a vested interest in the success of this book.
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Amendable
Willing to take suggestion; able to be influenced or controlled.
I am amendable to your suggestion.
Can also mean suitable, appropriate.
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Discernible
Observable, perceptible; able to be seen or detected.
If you are especially good at discerning things and understanding them, you have good discernment.
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Insoluble
Cannot be solved; unsolvable or unanswerable.
An insoluble problem cannot be solved.
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Ostensible
Professed; evident or pretended; outwardly appearing in a certain way.
Ostensible indicated surface characteristics in a relatively neutral way, while ostentatious passes a negative judgment on people as “showy, gaudy; seeking to attract envy.”
"the delay may have a deeper cause than the ostensible reason"
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Permeable
Able to be penetrated;
If the disposable diaper has a permeable barrier, then something unfortunate might permeate (=pass, spread) right through it.
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Recidivate
to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior and especially delinquency or criminal activity : to exhibit recidivism.
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Contemptuous
showing contempt; scornful.
"she was intolerant and contemptuous of the majority of the human race"
If you are contemptuous of quinoa, then you feel that quinoa is contemptible
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Censure
Disapprove strongly and officially. express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.
"a judge was censured in 1983 for a variety of types of injudicious conduct"
Do not confuse with censor = edit out unacceptable parts
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Lament
Mourn passionately.
"his mother's night-long laments for his father"
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Malign
V. Speak ill of; slander;
"she had a strong and malign influence"
Adj. evil, bad, malignant
"don't you dare malign her in my presence"
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Reprehensible
Disgraceful, dishonourable.
"his complacency and reprehensible laxity"
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Sardonic
Mocking, often with laughter; spiteful.
"Starkey attempted a sardonic smile"
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Subversive
Adj. Disruptive; trying to undermine some kind of established order.
"subversive literature"
N. a subversive person.
"they and their companions were identified as subversives"
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Unconscionable
Indefensible; unreasonable.
An unconscionable action is one that disregards conscience or reason.
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Adherent
"he was a strong adherent of monetarism"
Supporter, follower; devotee. someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas.
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Antithetical
"people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine"
Opposite; directly opposed. Mutually incompatible.
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Apex
He reached the apex of his career during that period.
Peak; high point.
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Ascribe
"he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach"
Attribute; chalk up to.
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Circumspect
"the officials were very circumspect in their statements"
Cautious, prudent; careful to consider the circumstances and consequences. Unwilling to take risks
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Circumvent
"if you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it"
"I found it quite easy to circumvent security"
Bypass or avoid; such as circumventing the rules.
Overcome, typically in a smart way
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Cogent
"they put forward cogent arguments for British membership"
Compelling; powerfully persuasive. Clear, logical, convincing.
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Concurrence
"the incidental concurrence of two separate tumors"
"delays can be avoided by arriving at political concurrence at the start"
1. the fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time.
2. agreement or consistency.
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Construe
"his words could hardly be construed as an apology"
Interpret, make sense of.
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Converse
The reversal of something.
( also mean engage in conversation.
"he fell in beside her and they began to converse amicably")
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Capricious
it's terrible to feel our livelihood hinges on a capricious boss"
Erratic; acting on caprice (whim, random impulse)
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Catalyst
Chemical catalysts accelerate reactions but are not themselves used up in those reactions
Cause of change.
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Didactic
a didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice"
"slow-paced, didactic lecturing"
1. Instructional; intended for instructional use.
2. in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way.
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Ephemeral
"fashions are ephemeral"
Fleeting; lasting only a short time.
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Hortatory
"the central bank relied on hortatory messages and voluntary compliance"
Strongly encouraging, urging onward.
(Underlying verb: exhort - urge; beseech; goad)
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Inexorable
(of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty.
"the seemingly inexorable march of new technology"
Relentless; unyielding; deaf to pleading.
impossible to stop or prevent.
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Render
An illness might render you unable to walk
Make; turn; give.
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Rhetoric
"he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole"
"all we have from the Opposition is empty rhetoric"
The art of persuasion; the skill of using language effectively.
Can also indicate the use of insincere, bombastic, or extravagant language.
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Tantamount
Her refusal to answer was tantamount to an admission of guilt.
Essentially the same; equivalent in significance.
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Vicissitudes
"her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune"
Twists of fate; ups and downs; changes in fortune.
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Disparate
they inhabit disparate worlds of thought"
Distinct; dissimilar; different in quality or kind. Not allowing comparison.
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Imminent
"they were in imminent danger of being swept away"
Looming; about the take place.
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Inflammatory
inflammatory slogans
Inflammatory cells
Incendiary; awaking violent emotion.
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Parameter
"the transmission will not let you downshift unless your speed is within the lower gear's parameters"
A value or settings that helps to describe a system.
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Prescribe
A doctor prescribes exercise or a daily dose of medicine for you.
Order; recommend.
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Proscribe
"strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces"
"certain practices that the Catholic Church proscribed, such as polygyny"
Forbid; condemn. Denounce.
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Surmise
he surmised that something must be wrong
Believe or guess on the basis of
limited evidence.
suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
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Temperance
"the whole multitude of men lack temperance in their lives, either from ignorance or from want of self-control"
Moderation.
abstinence from alcoholic drink.
"Davies was a strict advocate of temperance"
