PSAT Vocab - 5th Six Weeks Flashcards by Anisha Khan | Brainscape

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Emulate

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imitate

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Amity

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friendship

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Assuage

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mitigate

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Fortuitous

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lucky chance

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Innocuous

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harmless in other ways

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Benign

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harmless (used medically)

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Compliant

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inclined to agree

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Zeal

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passion; zeal

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Stringent

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strict; precise

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Willful

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stubborn

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Trepidation

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fear; apprehension

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Desecrate

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be disrespectful to a place

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Vehement

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passionately

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Furtive

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secretive

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Paucity

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scarcity; a lack of

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Fickle

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changeable; not constant

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Voluminous

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occupying or containing much space

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Auspicious

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favorable

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Amass

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gather together (large # of valuable things) over a period of time

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Bastion

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stronghold

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Prodigious

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remarkably great in extent, size or degree

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Verbose

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expressed in more words than needed

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Fanatic

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person filled with single minded zeal

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Enhance

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further improve quality

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Innumerable

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too many to be counted

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Hackneyed

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unoriginal; cliche

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Lethargic

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tired

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Torpid

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mentally/physically inactive

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Supercilious

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arrogantly superior

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Pedestrian

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dull

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Retract

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Draw or to be drawn back or back in

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Rescind

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revoke, cancel or repeal

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Meander

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follow a winding course