Test Prep Set 1 Flashcards

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Abridge

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To Shorten

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Acclaim

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Enthusiastic public praise

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Accord

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Agreement

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Adept

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Skilled

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aghast

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Shocked and horrified

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Allay

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Make less severe, to calm

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Aloof

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Not sociable or friendly toward others

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Altruistic

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Actions that show unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Appropriate

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To take for one’s own use; to put toward a particular use

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Ascertain

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To determine with certainty

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Arresting

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Capturing one’s attention

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Avarice

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Greed

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Auspicious

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Signaling future success

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Beget

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To bring into existence (of offspring)

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Blunder

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A careless or stupid mistake

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Bumbling

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Awkwardly clumsy or prone to mistakes

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Canny

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Clever and showing good judgment

Granny is canny

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Certitude

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Certainty

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Circuitous

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Circular or winding, not direct

20
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Circumvent

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To find a way around something; to clearly avoid

21
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Contend

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To assert as true

22
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Cosmopoilatan

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Worldly and well-traveled

23
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Covert

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Secret

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Contempt

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Someone or something is unworthy of respect

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Deft

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Skillful and quick (of mind and body)

Deaf- skillful in other ways

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Din

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A loud continued noise: unpleasant

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Gaffe

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A clumsy or embarrassing error made in a social situation

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Dubious

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Doubtful

29
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Fanciful

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Imaginative in an unrealistic way
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