Mid-term Flashcards

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Detract

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To take away

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Destitute

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Without resources, lacking

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Impetus

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Anything that causes an action, increased activity resulting from a driving force

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Intermittent

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Not continuous

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Alacrity

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Promptness, eagerness

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Deduce

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Draw a conclusion

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Incontrovertible

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Unquestionable

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Ingenious

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Imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness

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Ubiquitous

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Appearing to be present on large numbers

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Allude

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Refer to in an indirect way

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Disseminate

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To scatter

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Exhort

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To urge strongly

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Pensive

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Deep I’m thought

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Wanton

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Ignoring what is right, unrestrained, frolicsome

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Camaraderie

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Good will and warm feelings among friends

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Extraneous

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Not necessary

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Meander

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To follow a winding course, to wander aimlessly

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Regale

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To entertain or delight

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Sedentary

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Doing or requiring a lot of sitting

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Callow

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Immature

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Cynical

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Doubtful of the sincerity of others motives, skeptical

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Sagacious

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Showing sound judgement, wise

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Venerate

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To show great respect for

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Voracious

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Ravenous, desiring and eating a large amount of food, greatly eager

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Apropos

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Fitting the occasion, suitable or apt.

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Dogma

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An unproven principle

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Impart

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To make known, to bestow

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Propagate

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To reproduce, to foster the spread of

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding normal bounds

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Moribund

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Close to death

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Sumptuous

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Extravagantly splendid or costly

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Voluble

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Characterized by a ready flow of words

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Avocation

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A hobby

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Erudite

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Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge

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Pariah

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A social outcast

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Protege

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One whose training or carrer is helped along by another

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Tactic

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Implied