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Practice Test Vocab Flashcards

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Latent

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Dormant or functionless

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Inviolable

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Unchallengeable, untouchable, absolute

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Ubiquitous

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Present, found everywhere

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Haphazard

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Unplanned, random

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Corroboration

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Evidence to support or prove something

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Discerning

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Having good judgement

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Frivolous

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Not serious in purpose/value; joking; carefree

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Supplant

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replace

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Jubilation

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Happiness, triumph, joy

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Docile

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Submissive, obedient

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Thwarted

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Prevent someone from accomplishing something

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Transient

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Not lasting, brief, temporary

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Perfunctory

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An action carried out with minimum effort or reflection

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Efficacious

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Effective, successful

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Fleeting

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Lasting a very short time

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Arbitrary

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  1. based on a random choice or personal whim
  2. unrestricted tyranny
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Capricious

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Sudden change in mood/behavior

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Concerted

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Planned together; coordinated

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Superficial

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Surface/exterior

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Opulent

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Luxurious

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Utilitarian

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Useful/effective

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Tentative

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Not certain/fixed

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Superfluous

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Unnecessary

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Subversive

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Overthrow, destroy

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Contrived

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Brought about/created through trickery

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Paucity

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lack of

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Profusion

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abundance

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Verisimilitude

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Appearance of being true or real

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Buttress

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To strengthen/defend

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inconspicuous

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Not noticeable or prominent

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prudently

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shows care and thought for the future

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overtly

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without concealment; openly

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inadvertently

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without intention; accidentally

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cordially

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  1. warm of friendly way
  2. with Intense feeling
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antecedent

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a preceding event, condition, or cause

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impending

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something significant about to happen; forthcoming

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perpetual

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never ending or changing

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warranted

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Justified; good reason to do it

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sanction

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a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule

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ameliorate

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to make better or more tolerable

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postulate

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something you claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing

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