New Vocab Words Flashcards

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REFUTE

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v. To prove false by argument or evidence

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ARTIFACT

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n. Something created by humans, usually for a practical purpose

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COMPILE

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v. To put together by gathering from many sources

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ANTHROPOLOGY

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n. The science or study of human beings, including their physical characteristics and cultures

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PRESUMED

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adj. Thought to be true

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FRACTIOUS

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adj. Hard to manage or hold together

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POSSE

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n. A band

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EXODUS

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n. A mass departure

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MARAUDING

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adj. Roaming about in search of plunder

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SUBSIST

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v. To support oneself at a minimal level

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BOON

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n. A benefit; blessing

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MOMENTOUS

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adj. Of great importance

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DEFAULT

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v. To fail to keep a promise, especially a promise to repay a loan

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LEGITIMATE

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adj. Justifiable, reasonable

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MILITANCY

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n. The act of aggressively supporting a political or social cause

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INEXTRICABLY

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adv. in a way impossible to untangle

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STATUS QUO

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n. The existing state of affairs

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MEAGER

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adj. Lacking in quantity or quality

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NEUROLOGICAL

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adj. Having to do with the nervous system

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ERADICATE

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v. To do away with completely

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STALK

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n. A stem or main axis of a plant

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DIMINUTIVE

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adj. very small

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DEFTNESS

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n. The quantity if quickness and skillfulness

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VALOROUS

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adj. brave

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GRIP
A strong hold or gasp
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IT DOESN'T PAY
It's not worth doing
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LATTER
The second of two things just mencioned
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SWEAT
(Informal) to worry about something
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UPTIGHT
(Informal) tense
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WEAVE
To move around things and change direction quickly
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JOURNEY
a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a journey to China.
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DAYDREAM
a pleasant series of thoughts imagined while awake;
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PRINCIPLE
[countable] a fundamental law that describes how a thing moves, works, or acts: the principles of modern physics.