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Vocab 1 Quiz Flashcards

1
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Foreboding

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Feeling beforehand of coming trouble; misgiving

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Forecast

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Estimate beforehand of a future happening; prediction

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Forefront

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Foremost place/part; vanguard

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Foregoing

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Going before; preceding

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Foremost

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Standing at the front; leading

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Foreshadow

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Indicate beforehand

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Foresight

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Power of seeing beforehand what is likely to happen

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Foreword

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Front matter preceding the text of a book; preface

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Fore-

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Before; front

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Mis-

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Bad(ly); wrong(ly)

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Misbelief

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Wrong/erroneous belief

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Misdeed

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Wicked act

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Misfire

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Fail to be fired/explode properly

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Misgiving

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Feeling of doubt/suspicion; foreboding

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15
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Mishap

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Bad happening; misfortune

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16
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Mislay

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Put in an unremembered place; lose

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17
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Mislead

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Lead astray; deceive

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18
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Misstep

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Wrong step; blunder

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19
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Out-

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Beyond; more/faster/longer/better than

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20
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Outgrow

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Grow beyond/too large for

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21
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Outlandish

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Looking/sounding as if it belongs to a (foreign) land beyond ours; strange

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Outlast

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To last longer than; outlive

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Outlook

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A look beyond; prospect for the future

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24
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Output

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A yield/product

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25
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Outrun

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Run faster than

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Outspoken

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Speaking out freely/boldly; frank

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27
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Outwit

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Get the better of by being more clever

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Over-

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Too, excessively, beyond

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29
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Overbearing

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Domineering over others

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30
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Overburden

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Place too heavy a load on/burden excessively; overtax

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31
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Overconfident

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Too sure of oneself

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32
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Overdose

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Too big a dose

33
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Forearm

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Part of the arm from the wrist to the elbow

34
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Overestimate

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Make too high an estimate of something’s/someone’s size/worth; overvalue

35
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Overgenerous

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Too liberal in giving; excessively open-handed

36
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Overshadow

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Be more important than; outweigh

37
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Oversupply

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Excessive supply

38
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Overwhelm

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Cover completely; overpower

39
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Un-

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Not; lack of; remove/release from

40
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Forebear

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Ancestor; forefather

40
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Unabridged

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Not shortened; complete

41
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Unbiased

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Not prejudiced/in favor of or against; fair

42
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Unconcern

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Lack of concern/anxiety/interest; indifference

43
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Undeceive

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Free from deception/mistaken ideas; set straight

44
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Ungag

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Remove a gag/censorship from

45
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Unnerve

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Deprive of nerve/courage/self-control; upset

46
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Unquenchable

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Not satisfiable; in extinguishable

47
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Unscramble

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Do the opposite of scramble; restore to intelligible form

48
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Unshackle

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Release from a restraint/shackle (anything that confines the arms/legs)

49
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Unwary

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Not alert; heedless

50
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Under-

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Beneath; lower; insufficient(ly)

51
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Underbrush

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Shrubs/bushes growing beneath large trees in the woods; undergrowth

52
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Underdeveloped

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Insufficiently developed because of a lack of capital and trained personnel for exploiting natural resources

53
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Undergraduate

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College/university student without a degree yet

54
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Underpayment

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Insufficient payment

55
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Underprivileged

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Insufficiently privileged; deprived of fundamental rights through social/economic oppression

56
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Underscore

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Draw a line beneath; emphasize

57
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Undersell

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Sell at a lower price than

58
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Undersigned

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Person(s) who sign at the end of a letter/document

59
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Understatement

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Statement below the truth; restrained statement in mocking contrast to what might have been said

60
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Understudy

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One who studies under; learns a regular performer’s part to act as a substitute performer if necessary

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Upcoming

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In the near future; forthcoming

62
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Update

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Bring up to date

63
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Upgrade

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Raise the grade/quality of; improve

64
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Upheaval

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Violent heaving up; extreme agitation

65
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Upkeep

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Cost of operating/repairing; maintenance

66
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Upright

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Standing up straight on feet; erect

67
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Uproot

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Pull up by the roots; eradicate

68
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Upstart

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Person who has suddenly risen to wealth and power, especially if he’s conceited or unpleasant

69
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Upturn

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Upward turn towards better conditions

70
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Up-

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Upward

71
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With-

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Back; away; against

72
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Withdraw

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Draw back/away; take

73
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Withdrawal

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Act of taking back/drawing out from a deposit

74
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Withdrawn

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Drawn back/removed from easy approach; socially detached

75
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Withhold

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Hold back; restrain

76
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Withholding tax

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Sum withheld/deducted from wages as tax

77
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Withstand

A

Stand up against; endure

78
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Notwithstanding

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In spite of; despite

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