Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 2 Flashcards

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Alter

A

change; modify

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Apparel

A

attire; dress; garb

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Distort

A

misrepresent; misstate; garble

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Farce

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mockery; burlesque

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5
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Fickle

A

inconstant; capricious

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Flimsy

A

weak; inadequate; unconvincing; thin

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Harbinger

A

omen; forerunner; precursor; herald

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Interpret

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explain; construe

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Intimate

A

hint; suggest; imply

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Irrelevant

A

inapplicable; extraneous

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Lucrative

A

moneymaking; profitable; gainful

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Malign

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vilify; defame; slander

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13
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Monumental

A

huge; massive; immense

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14
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Negligible

A

slight; trifling; inconsequential

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Ogre

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monster; fiend; tyrant; despot

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Prestige

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influence; status; reputation

17
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Quiver

A

tremble; shiver; shudder

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Rout

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defeat disastrously and put to disorderly flight; over-whelm; conquer

19
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Sage

A

person distinguished for wisdom; scholar; philosopher

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Weird

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Strikingly odd; strange; fantastic; bizarre