Practice Exam words Flashcards by Bryan Y

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recapitulates

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summarize

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polarize

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sharp division into opposing fractions

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facetious

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not meant to be taken seriously or literally

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pervasive

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to spread throughout

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painstaking

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careful and diligent effort

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construe

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give meaning, explain, interpret

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anoint

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to rub or sprinkle on (ointment); dedicate to the service of God

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cunning

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skilled or craft

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astonishment

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overpowering wonder or surprise, amazement

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ubiquitous

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existing or being everywhere

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solicitous

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anxious or concerned

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fastidious

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meticulous, paying attention to detail

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munificent

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generous (gift of money that’s more than usual)

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irresolute

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uncertain

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baseness

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lack of moral principles

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mendacity

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untruthfulness

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avarice

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extreme greed

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aspiration

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hope or ambition of achieving something

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judicious

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wise

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doctrinaire

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dogmatic (opinionated)

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cynical

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skeptical

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indefatigable

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persisting tirelessly

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unpretentious

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unaffected

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distill

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purify

jettison

dump something

pedestrian

walker, person on foot

startling

surprising

caricatured

imitation of a person

reverberant

persistence of sound in a particular place

intelligible

comprehensible

blighted

disease

picturesque

attractive

decimated

kill

apposite

appropriate, suitable

germane

relevant

pugnaciously

quarrel or fight, quick to argue with

irascibly

easily angered

inscrutable

impossible to understand or interpret

disordered

state of confusion