Practice Test 2 Vocab Flashcards by Desmond Fambrini | Brainscape

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Tepid

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Slightly warm, showing little enthusiasm

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Emaciated

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Abnormally thin or weak

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Prodigious

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Impressive to a great extent

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Quittance

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A release from debt or obligation

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Scintillation

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Flash of light

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Irascible

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Showing a tendency to be easily angered

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

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Disquietude

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State of uneasiness or anxiety

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Surreptitious

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Kept secret because it would not be approved

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Toil

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Hard work, moving slowly or difficultly

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Destitution

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Extreme poverty

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Impinging

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Having an effect or impact (usually negative)

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Abnegating

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Renounce or reject

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Excogitate

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Plan, think out

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change one’s views

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Lamented

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Conventional way to describe the deceased

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Embolden

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Give someone courage or confidence

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Ineptitude

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Showing lack of skill, clumsy

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Intemperate

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Showing a lack of self control, immoderate

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Immoderate

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Not sensible or restrained

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Affable

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Friendly, good-natured

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Abstemious

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Not self indulgent

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Veracity

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Conformity to fact, accuracy, dedication to truth

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Amplitude

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Breath range or magnitude of something

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Bemuse

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Puzzle or confuse

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Excoriate

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Criticize severely

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Extol

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Praise enthusiastically

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Aplomb

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Self confidence or assurance (especially in difficult situations)

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Taciturn

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Reserved in speech

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Furtively

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Attempting to avoid notice or attention

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Stentorian

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A voice that is loud and powerful

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative especially on trivial matters

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Poignant

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Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

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Perturbation

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Anxiety

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Probity

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Having strong moral principles

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Unctuous

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Excessively flattering

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Sonorous

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A sound imposingly deep and full

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Recitation

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Repeating something out loud for memory