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vocab 13&14 Flashcards

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circumvent

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syn: avoid

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inert

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syn: dormant; passive
ant: dynamic; active

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latent

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syn: dormant
ant: manifest

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acquit

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syn: absolve
ant: convict

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deprecate

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syn: deplore
ant: approve; praise

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adulation

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syn: flattery; adoration
ant: derision

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artful

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syn: sharp; shrewd
ant: native; clumsy

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chastise

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syn: discipline

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bawdy

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syn: risqué; lewd
ant: innocent; clean

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frugal

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syn: economical
ant: wasteful; profligate

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jocose

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syn: witty; funny; playful; jocund
ant: serious

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myriad

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syn: host; multitude (n)
syn: countless; innumerable
ant: few; limited

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pernicious

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syn: malignant; harmful

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enraptured

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syn: ecstatic

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charlatan

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syn: quack; fraud
ant: professional

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hoax

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syn: fraud; fake

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obstreperous

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ant: meek; tractable

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marital

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syn: wedded
ant: single

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novice

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syn: apprentice; tyro
ant: master

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naïve

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syn: unsophisticated; unsuspecting
ant: sophisticated; cunning

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genial

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syn: cordial
ant: unfriendly

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amicable

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syn: agreeable; amiable
ant: quarrelsome; warlike

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mundane

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syn: boring
ant: unique

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fickle

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syn: vacillating: capricious
ant: steadfast

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levity

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syn: frivolity
ant: sobriety; somberness

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nocturnal

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ant: diurnal

27
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roots fac, fact, fect, and fic mean

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“make” or “do”

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root grat means

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“please”

29
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suffix -tude means

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“the state of”

30
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roots mot and mov mean

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“to move”

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prefix con- means

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“with”

32
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prefix re- means

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“away”

32
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prefix de- mean

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“down,” “away from,” “about”

33
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root hydr means

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“water”

34
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root junct means

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“join”

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suffix -phobia means

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“fear of”

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prefixes dis-, di-, and dif- mean

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“apart” or “not”

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