Mid-term Flashcards

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An advance indication,sample,or warning

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Foretaste

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To ask questions,examine by questioning.

Synonym: query

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Interrogate

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Not important, minor ordinary, commonplace

Synonym:trifling Antonym: important

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Trivial

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To repair, restore to good condition, make new again

Synonym repair

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Renovate

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A person who starts up and takes on he risk of a business

Synonym: businessperson

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Entrepreneur

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Risk, peril

Danger

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Hazard

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Near,next to,adjoining

Synonym: alongside

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Adjacent

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Absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

Synonym:essential
Antonym: unnecessary

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Indispensable

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To apply oil or grease; to make smooth, slippery,or easier to use

Synonym: oil

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Lubricate

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Allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood; easily seen through or detected

Synonym:clear
Antonym: unclear

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Transparent

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To give in to a wish or desire, give oneself up to

Synonym: humor
Antonym: deny

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Indulge

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Able to read and write; showing an excellent educational background having knowledge or training

Synonym: educated
Antonym: unlettered

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Literate

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Mixed,of different kinds

Synonym:varied

Antonym: identical

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Miscellaneous

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One of a kind; unequaled; unusual; found only in a given class, place, or situation.

Synonym: unparalleled
Antonym: ordinary

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Unique

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To establish the truth or accuracy of, confirm

Synonym: prove
Antonym: disprove

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Verify

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A joining together for some common purpose

Synonym: pact
Antonym: rift

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Alliance

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To puzzle completely, confuse

Synonym: perplex
Antonym: set straight

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Bewilder

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Unfriendly: unfavorable; warlike, aggressive

Antonym: friendly

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Hostile

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Deadly, extremely harmful, evil, spiteful, malicious

Synonym: wicked
Antonym: wholesome

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Malignant

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Completely empty: having no legal force or effect: empty or nullified space,, to cancel or nullify

Synonym: invalid
Antonym: in effect

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Void

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To combine, unite, to make solid or firm

Synonym: strengthen
Antonym: scatter

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Consolidate

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An imitation designed to deceive: not genuine, fake; to make an illegal copy

Synonym: false
Antonym: real

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Counterfeit

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One who flees or runs away. Fleeting,lasting a very short time;wandering;difficult to grasp

Synonym:deserter
Antonym: permanent

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Fugitive

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Possible,able to happen;something that can develop or become a reality

Synonyms:possibility
Antonym: actual

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Potential

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Skilled in handing difficult situations or people, polite

Synonym: skillful
Antonym: clumsy

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Tactful

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Unnamed, without the name of the person involved;unknown;lacking individuality or character

Synonym: nameless

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Anonymous

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To root out, get rid of,destroy completely

Synonym:uproot
Antonym:promote

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Eradicate

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To order as a rule of course to be followed; to order for medical purposes

Synonym:specify

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Prescribe

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Unwilling,holding back

Synonym:loath
Antonym: eager

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Reluctant

30
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Punishment in return for an injury or a wrong; unusual force or violence

Synonym:reprisal
Antonyms:pardon

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Vengeance