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Q3 Vocabulary Flashcards

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atrophy

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to wear down, lose strength, or become weak, as from disuse, disease, or injury (as said of a body part); to wither away

  • TO WASTE AWAY
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to aggravate (a situation or condition); to make more severe

  • TO MAKE WORSE
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exacerbate

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mitigate

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to make less severe or less intense; relieve

  • TO RELIEVE
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unprecedented

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being the first instance of something; never having occurred before

  • UNHEARD-OF
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panacea

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something supposed to cure all disease, evils, difficulties
- the solution to everything

  • A COMPLETE SOLUTION
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lack or shortage of one or more basic necessities

  • DEFICIENCY
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deprivation

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imperative

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necessary; urgent

  • ESSENTIAL
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objective

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not influenced by emotion or personal prejudice; based only on what can be observed

  • FAIR
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made or intended for practical use; stressing usefulness over beauty or other considerations

  • PRACTICAL
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utilitarian

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deplore

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to feel or express disapproval of

  • TO CONDEMN
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conduct; outward behavior; manner

  • BEHAVIOR
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demeanor

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lazy; avoiding or disliking work

  • UNWILLING TO WORK
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indolent

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unassuming

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modest; not boastful or arrogant

  • HUMBLE
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to thin out or scatter and gradually vanish; drive away

  • TO SCATTER
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dissipate

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calm, carefree, and casually unconcerned

  • RELAXED
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nonchalant

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to become more similar to a large whole; especially to blend into or adjust to a main culture

  • TO BE ABSORBED
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assimilate

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involving or done by only one side

  • ONE-SIDED
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lateral

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existing as a natural or essential quality of a person or thing; built-in

  • NATURAL
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inherent

19
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belligerent

  • QUARRELSOME
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quick or eager to argue or fight; aggressive

20
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denunciation

  • CRITICISM
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a strong expression of disapproval; an act of condemning, especially publicly

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decorum

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correctness in behavior and manner; standards or conventions of socially acceptable behavior

  • PROPER CONDUCT
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having a little substance or basis; weak; poorly supported

  • SHAKY
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tenuous

23
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exhilaration

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cheerfulness; high spirits

  • HAPPINESS
24
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to free from a tangled situation or a difficulty

  • TO UNTANGLE
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extricate

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rejuvenate

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to make (someone) feel or seem young again; to make (something) seem fresh or new again

  • TO GIVE NEW LIFE TO
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to support, argue for, or adopt (an idea or cause)

  • TO SPEAK FOR
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espouse

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to cause to occur at exactly the same time; to cause (clocks) to agree in time

  • TO COORDINATE
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synchronize

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to make it easier to do or get

  • TO MAKE POSSIBLE
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facilitate

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orthodox

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following established, traditional rules or beliefs, especially in religion; following what is customary or commonly accepted

  • TRADITIONAL
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excessive, especially in amount, cost, or price; beyond what is reasonable or appropriate

  • EXTREMELY HIGH
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exorbitant

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analogy

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  • A COMPARISON
    a comparison between two things in order to clarify or dramatize a point
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vindicate

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  • TO PROVE INNOCENT
    to clear from blame or suspicion; justify or prove right
33
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  • A FAKE MEDICINE
    a substance that contains no medicine, but which receiver believes is a medicine
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placebo

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emanate

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  • TO COME OUT
    to flow or come out from a source; come forth
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  • TO WIPE OUT
    to destroy completely; reduce to nothingness
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annihilate

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  • STANDARD
    a standard by which something is or can be judged
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criterion

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subversive

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  • INTENDED TO DESTROY
    acting or intended to undermine or overthrow something established
38
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staunch

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firm; loyal; strong in support
- FAITHFUL

39
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holistic

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emphasizing the whole and the interdependence of its parts, rather than the parts separately
- HOLISTIC

40
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skilled; highly competent
- EXPERT

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proficient

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