Step 1 Flashcards

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Sentinel

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A guard or watchman

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Altercation

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A noisy argument or disagreement

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3
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Buttress

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To support, strengthen, or reinforce

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4
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Enigmatic

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Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

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5
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Inexplicable

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Impossible to explain or understand

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Precautious

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Taking care in advance

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7
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which of your vocab words means A guard or watchman

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Sentinel

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8
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which of your vocab words means A noisy argument or disagreement

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Altercation

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9
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which of your vocab words means To support, strengthen, or reinforce

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Buttress

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10
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which of your vocab words means Difficult to interpret or mysterious

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Enigmatic

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which of your vocab words means Impossible to explain or understand

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Inexplicable

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12
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which of your vocab words means Taking care in advance

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Precautious

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13
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Despair

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The complete loss or absence of hope

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14
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Disingenuous

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Not candid or sincere

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15
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Plausibility structure

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The framework of beliefs or assumptions within which any particular statement is plausible

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16
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Anchored

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Firmly based or grounded

17
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Obfuscation

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The action of making something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

18
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Precarious

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Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse

19
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which of your vocab words means The complete loss or absence of hope

20
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which of your vocab words means Not candid or sincere

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Disingenuous

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which of your vocab words means The framework of beliefs that make something seem believable

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Plausibility structure

22
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which of your vocab words means Firmly based or grounded

23
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which of your vocab words means Making something unclear or unintelligible

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Obfuscation

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which of your vocab words means Dangerously likely to fall or collapse

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Precarious