Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards

1
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Lacking depth or meaning; shallow

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Superficial

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2
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Totally different; opposite; conflicting

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Contrary

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3
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A change from one activity, condition, or location to another

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Transition

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4
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Someone blamed for mistakes of others

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Scapegoat

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5
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To admit to something

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Concede

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6
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To prevent or discourage

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Deter

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7
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To reveal; make known

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Disclose

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8
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To openly condemn; express disapproval of

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Denounce

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9
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To keep something going; continue; maintain

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Sustain

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10
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Tending to resist change; favoring traditional values and views

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Conservation

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11
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Variety

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Diversity

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12
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To make suitable payment to; pay; repay

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Compensate

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13
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To do better than; go beyond in achievement or quality

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Surpass

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14
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To test or check the truth or accuracy of something; prove

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Verify

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15
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To add to, especially to make up for the lack of something

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Supplement

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16
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To receive from a source; get

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Derive

17
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Not definite; not final

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Tentative

18
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Medium; average; not extreme in quality, degree, or amount

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Moderate

19
Q

To think of; imagine

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Conceive

20
Q

To hold back; prevent

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Inhibit

21
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Continuing; lasting a long time; constant

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Chronic

22
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A false show or claim

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Pretense

23
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Someone who expects a good outcome

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Optimist

24
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To change

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Alter

25
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To hold oneself back from doing something

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Refrain

26
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More than enough; plenty of

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Ample

27
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A strong feeling of regret and guilt

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Remorse

28
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In the time order in which events happened

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Chronological

29
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Straightforward and brief, often rudely so

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Blunt

30
Q

To make something last longer

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Prolong