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Unit 1-6: Definitions Flashcards

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1
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Abscond

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To run off and hide

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Accomplice

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A peron who takes part in a crime

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Adjourn

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To stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

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Admonish

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To caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

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Alien

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A citizen of another country

Foreign, strange

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Altercation

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An angry argument

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Anarchy

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A lack of government and law; confusion

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Annihilate

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To destroy completely

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Arduous

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Hard to do, requiring much effort

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Atone

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To make up for

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Auspicious

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Favorable; fortunate

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Biased

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Foavoring one side unduly; prejudice

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Bondage

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Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

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Brigand

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A bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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Catalyst

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A substance that causes or hastens a chemical reaction; any agent that causes change

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Compensate

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To make up for; to repay for services

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Condone

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To pardon or overlook

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Credible

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Believable

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Deadlock

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A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or fraction
To bring to such a standstill

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Debris

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Scattered fragments, wreckage

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Diffuse

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To spread or scatter freely or widely

Wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

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Dilemma

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A difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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Disentangle

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To free from tangles or complications

24
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Erratic

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Not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable

25
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Exorcise

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To drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

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Fodder

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Food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

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Illegible

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Difficult or impossible to read

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Impoverished

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Poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

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Incessant

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Never stopping, going on all the time

30
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Incorrigible

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Not able to be corrected; beyond control

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Intrepid

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Very brave, fearless, unshakable

32
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Larceny

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Theft

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Latent

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Hidden, present but not realized

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Lucid

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Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

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Marauder

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A raider, plunderer

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Mediocre

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Average, ordinary, undistinguished

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Militant

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Given to fighting; active and aggressive in support of a cause
An activist

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Opaque

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Not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense stupid

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Pauper

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An extremely poor person

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Perennial

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Lasting for a long time, persistent

A plant that lives for many years

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Prattle

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To talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble

Baby talk; babble

42
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Prim

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Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

43
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Proliferate

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To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

44
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Rebut

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To offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute

45
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Rectify

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To make right, correct

46
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Sardonic

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Exceeding what is sufficent or required, excess

47
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Semblance

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A likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

48
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Slapdash

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Careless and hasty

49
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Stagant

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Not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull

50
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Supplant

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To take the place of, supersede

51
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Tenacious

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Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

52
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Trite

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Commonplace; overused, stale

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