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Unit 4 vocab test Flashcards

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1
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To damage the good nam or reputation of, to slander

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Defame

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Physically or mentally exhausting, stressful

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Grueling

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To teach a specific body or point of view, excluding other opinions, to impose a partisan or one-sided way of thinking

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Indoctrinate

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Giving in to the authority of others, obedient, unresisting

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Submissive

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Quietly resentful, bitter, irritable, disagreeable

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Sullen

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To oppose and defeat, obstruct, frustrate, to block

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Thwart

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Lacking agreement, lacking harmony

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Discordant

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To charge with an offense, blame, to accuse

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Indict

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Warm and friendly

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Cordial

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Senseless, mindless

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Wanton

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Not capable of being influenced or prevented, relentless, unstoppable, unyielding

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Inexorable

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Restricted to a narrow scope or outlook, narrow minded, limited

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Parochial

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13
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Attacking human vice or foolishness through irony or wit

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Satirical

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To weaken, rob of strength or energy, to exhaust

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Enervate

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Impossible to disprove, indisputable

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Irrefutable

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A feeling of resentment or anger because of wounded pride, a sense of injury

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Pique

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Able to float or rise, capable of floating

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Buoyant

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Strongly supporting a specific party, cause or person, one-sided

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Partisan

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Made less perfect through injury or damage

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Marred

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Uncontrollable, unmanageable, not capable of being corrected or reformed, incurable

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Incorrigible

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21
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To give in, to yield

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Capitulate

22
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Feeling or expressing respect or awe, worship

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Referent

23
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Having an honored name or reputation, having prestige, highly valued

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Prestigious

24
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A state of mental numbness, a daze, a drowsy state

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Stupor

25
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A person who tries to win favor through flattery

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Sycophant

26
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Wildly silly or comical, absurdly funny

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Zany

27
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Smooth in manner, elegant, polished, suave

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Urbane

28
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A feeling that something bad is going to happen, refined, a warning in advance

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Premonition

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Highly noticeable in a negative way, conspicuously bad

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Egregious

30
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To persuade with flattery, to sweet-talk, to plead with

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Cajole

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Calmness of mind or manner, self-possession, cool-headedness

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Composure

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Very challenging, demanding, difficult

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Formidable

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An oddity , something different from what is normal or expected

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Aberration

34
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To praise highly, exalt, to glorify

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Extol

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Tending to escape, hard to catch hold of or identify

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Elusive

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Alarm or dead, anxiety

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Trepidation

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Very injurious, lethal, deadly, destructive

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Virulent

38
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Showing unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental ability

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Precocious

39
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Difficult to interpret or understand, puzzling, mysterious

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Inscrutable

40
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Referring to a condition present at birth, in born

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Congenital

41
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To deprive of strength or energy, to weaken

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Debilitate

42
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Having the supposed power to see things not perceived by the normal senses, seeing beyond the sense

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Clairvoyant

43
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Offering unwanted advice or services, meddlesome, interfering

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Officious

44
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To make impossible in advance, prevent, to rule out

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Preclude

45
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Sharing an edge or a boundary, adjoining

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Contiguous

46
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To destroy or erase completely, to wipe out

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Obliterate

47
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To reject or refuse with scorn

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Spurn

48
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Habitually non talkativ, uncommunicative, reluctant to talk

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Taciturn

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Moving or acting in a cautious, deceptive way, sneaky, secretive

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Stealthy

50
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To provide with something needed, make or have room for, to hold

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Accommodate

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