Vocab 13/14 + 15/16 Flashcards

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Migr

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To wander

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2
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Miss, Mit(t)

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To send

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Mob, Mot, Mov

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To move

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4
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Mod

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Measure, Manner

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Mor(t)

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Death

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Nov

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New

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Omni

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All

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pater(n), patr

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Father

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Commodious

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(a) with due or ample measure, and thus comfortable, spacious, suitable, or well-appointed

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Emissary

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(n) A person (or group) sent on an important, often secret, mission | A messenger or agent

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Emotive

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(a) related to the emotions | expressive of emotion

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12
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Intermittent

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(a) stopping and starting at intervals. | Periodic. | Pausing from time to time.

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13
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Migratory

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(a) Moving from place to place, especially seasonally or annually

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14
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Modicum

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(n) A small measure of | a small portion of quantity, as of something that may occur in a much larger amount

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15
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Modish

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(a) in the latest manner or style

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16
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Premise

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(n) a basic statement or position from which one develops an argument | a beginning position

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Amortize

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(v) to pay off or liquidate, as a debt, by installment payments | to depreciate the value of | as a building or equipment, over a period of time

18
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Moribund

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(a) near death, or death-like, coming to an end |without the vitality of life

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Omnipresent

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(a) present in all places at the same time

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Patron

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(n) one who supports, protects, or encourages another or other - often with money.

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Ped

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Foot

22
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Pend, Pens

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To hang, to weigh

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Plac

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To please

24
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Pon, Pos(e), Pound

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To put, to place

25
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Port

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To carryS

26
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Scrib(e), script

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To write

27
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Sign

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Sign, seal, mark

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Simil, simul

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Like

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Appendage

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(n) anything add to something else | an adjunct

30
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Expound

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(v) literally, to put forth, and thus to explain in a point by point manner

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Impediment

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(n) something that gets in the way of or entangles

32
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Implacable

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(a) Refusing to be pleased or pacified | Relentless | Hard-nosed

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Pensive

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(a) deep or heavy in thought, as over some sadness or melancholy thing

34
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Placate

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(v) To calm another’s anger | To appease or pacify

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Ascribe

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(v) to attribute to a specific person, source cause or origin | to assign as an attribute | to give credit

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Consign

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(v) to hand over to another’s care | to transfer into someone else’s hands | to assign to a specific, sometimes undesirable, place or location

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Verisimilitude

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(n) having the appearance of truth | similarity to the truth

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Insignia

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(n) a distinguishing mark or sign | a badge or office, rank, or membership | an emblem

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Rapport

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(n) A generally harmonious relationship between or among people | a feeling of carrying mutual trust an emotional affinity