Practive Test Vocab Flashcards by Desmond Fambrini

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Vexation

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The state of being annoyed

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Augmented

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Having been made greater in size or value

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Meliorate

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Ameliorate: to make something bad better

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Truncate

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Shorten

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Contend

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Assert or come to terms with struggle to surmount

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Surmount

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To overcome, to be placed on top

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Promulgate

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Promote or make wildly known

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Discern

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Perceive or recognize

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Arbitrate

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To reach an authoritative judgment

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Pathogens

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A bacterium or virus

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Incursion

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A invasion or attack

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Exigent

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Pressing and/or demanding

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Specious

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Superficially possible but actually wrong

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Ineffable

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To great or extreme to be described in words

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Foment

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Instigate or stir up

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Ferment

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Stir up, experience fermentation

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Obloquy

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Strong public criticism or verbal abuse

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Diaphanous

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Light, delicate, translucent

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Amorphous

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Without a clearly defined shape or form

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Ingenious

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Clever, original, intelligent

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Ubiquitous

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Present, appearing, or found everywhere

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Insoluble

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Impossible to solve

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Esoteric

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Likely to be understood by a small number of people

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Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

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Contumacious

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Stubbornly disobedient to authority

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Estimable

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Worthy of great respect

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Irresolute

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Showing or feeling uncertainty

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Seditious

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Inciting or causing people to rebel

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Cabal

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Secret political faction

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Artifice

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Clever devises or expedients

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Expedients

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Convenient and/or practical

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Hegemony

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Leadership or dominance

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Imprecation

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A spoken curse

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Plucky

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Having or showing determination and/or courage

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Conciliatory

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Intended or likely to placate or pacify

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Despondent

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In low spirits

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Diffident

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Modest or shy because a lack of self confidence

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Recompense

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Make amends to