Set 4 Flashcards

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Abstain

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To choose to not participate in something. Ex. I abstain from having sex until I meet the one.

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Approbation

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Approval or praise. Ex. I want approbation for sending important documents.

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Cherish

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  1. To love something deeply.
  2. Keep (a hope or ambition) in one’s mind.

Ex. I want to cherish the memories of a previous romantic partner.

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Corroborate

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Confirm or give support to something. Ex. I want to corroborate that I have deep feelings for my wife.

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Disparate

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Just different; essentially different in kind; not able to be compared to. Ex. I’m disparate; I’m just different from the rest.

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Emulate

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Usually with copying, either matching or surpassing a person or achievement. Ex. I want to emulate your skills on Valorant so I can be better than you one day.

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Enervate

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To make someone feel like they’re drained of energy or vitality. Ex. Hanging out with people I feel like I have to impress enervates me

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Ephemeral

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Lasting for a very short time. I am ephemeral in bed if you sleep with me

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Fervid

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Intense enthusiasm or passion to an excessive degree. Ex. There was a fervid Lebron James fan today and he hit me because I said Michael Jordan was better

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative, even with trivial matters. Ex. She is garrulous on our first date, it was so enervating

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Incendiary

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  1. Tendency to stir shit up.
  2. (Of a device or attack) designed to cause fires.
    Ex. Dad showcases incendiary because he just be assuming I’m always playing video games
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Inimical

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Tendency to obstruct or harm. Ex. My ex is inimical, she always finds a way to hurt me even after our break up

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Intimate

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  1. Closely familiar with.
  2. State or make known.
    Ex. I have intimate relationships that I consider to be lovely as they are important
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Invigorate

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Giving strength or energy to. Ex. Splashing water on my face after a sweaty run is invigorating

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Mitigate

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Making something that was bad kinda less severe, serious or painful. Ex. I want to mitigate the pain my ex left me by just crying it out

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Obsolete

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No longer available after production; out of date. Ex. They don’t have the old IOS13’s anymore for Pokémon Go; they’re obsolete

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Opaque

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  1. Not able to be seen through something, or not being transparent.
  2. (Especially in language) hard or impossible to understand. Ex.’s That opaque box is black matte; you cannot see anything inside of it unless you open the box(1). Understanding my teacher who has an accept is seemingly opaque(2).
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Paradigmatic

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  1. Serving as a general example of something.
  2. Understanding the relationship between a set of linguistic terms that form in mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles. Ex. I’ll use the head of this traitor as a paradigmatic lesson to all traitors
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Pedantic

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Too concerned with minor details or rules. He is pedantic; everytime I talk in lecture he always gotta say add little shit no one cares about

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Placid

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  1. Not easily upset or excited.
  2. Calm and peaceful, with little to no movement or activity.
    Ex. He’s like those placid main characters in anime where they j chill all the time and don’t get mad about anything
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Polemical

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Heated arguing either in writing or speech. Ex. My ex and I were polemical at some random argument about the North Star Boys, like bru

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Precipitate

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Cause an event or situation that you typically didn’t want to happen very suddenly. Ex. I wonder if my ex precipitated the conversation about our break up, or if it was a long time coming from her end

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Profundity

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Great depth of insight or knowledge. Ex. Anyone who has a master is probably profundity on their field

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Prophetic

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Getting predictions about the future right. Ex. I am prophetic; I predict my ex and I will never get back together

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Prudent

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Acting or showing care and thought for the future. Ex. Holding my parents hand in the crosswalk is them showing prudence

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Punctilious

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Showing great attention to detail or behavior. Ex. I consider myself punctilious because of my attention to detail and observant eyes and feelings

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Recondite

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Of a subject or knowledge, little known. Ex. I am recondite in anything math or science subject related

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Scrupulous

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Of either a person or a process, extremely attentive and careful to details. Ex. I am scrupulous when it comes to getting work done in my 9-5

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Tranquil

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Calm. (I want to have a tranquil life full of looking a green grass with a nice soft breeze*

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Vacillate

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Wavers between opinions or actions; is indecisive. Ex. My ex was vacillate; she said she didn’t know if she likes me then said she did like me then broke up with me lol