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Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 9 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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detest, abhor, dislike, hate, execrate

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Abominate (v)

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illness, disease, trouble, hardship, infirmity, tribulation, adversity, difficulty

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Affliction (n)

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alive, living, viable, moral, vital, moving

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Animate (adj)

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continual, habitual, incurable, persistent, inveterate, recurrent, protracted

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Chronic (adj)

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capitalize, manipulate, abuse, use, utilize, profit from, mine

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Exploit (v)

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visualize, create, conceive, think, conjecture, envision, fantasize

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Fancy (v)

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chop, drop, prostrate, level, slash, hew, down

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Fell (v)

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friendly, outgoing, extrovert, social, convivial, cordial, sociable

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Gregarious (adj)

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harmless, inoffensive, bland, insipid, innocent, safe

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Innocuous (adj)

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confine, detach, disengage, remove, quarantine, segregate, sequester

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Isolate (v)

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confident, assertive, absolute, certain, sure, decisive, firm

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Positive (adj)

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expedite, hasten, accelerate, dispatch, speed, launch

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Precipitate (v)

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assumption, premise, supposition, suspicion, guess, posit

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Presumption (n)

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preceding, antecedent, previous, former, before, preexistent

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Prior (adj)

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opportune, advantageous, beneficial, fortunate, favorable

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Propitious (adj)

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excess, unnecessary, superfluous, extravagant, inessential, unneeded

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Redundant (adj)

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blueprint, design, game plan, procedure, method, scheme, scenario

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Strategy (n)

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ad interim, provisional, contingent, dependent, conditional, indefinite

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Tentative (adj)

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arrogance, pride, conceit, narcissism, ostentation, egotism, self-admiration

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Vanity (n)

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skilled, trained, experienced, steady, seasoned, disciplined, sophisticated

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Veteran (adj)

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