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

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A strong hold or gasp

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IT DOESN’T PAY

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It’s not worth doing

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LATTER

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The second of two things just mencioned

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SWEAT

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(Informal) to worry about something

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UPTIGHT

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(Informal) tense

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WEAVE

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To move around things and change direction quickly

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JOURNEY

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a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time;
trip:
a journey to China.

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DAYDREAM

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a pleasant series of thoughts imagined while awake;

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PRINCIPLE

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[countable] a fundamental law that describes how a thing moves, works, or acts:
the principles of modern physics.