Vocab Flashcards
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Neologism
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A new word, expression, or usage
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Scurrilous
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Vulgar; Abusive
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Volition
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One’s own free will or choosing
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Crux
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Key point
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Prescient
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Having foresight
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Exigency
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Urgency or a crisis situation
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Prodigious
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Extensive or extraordinary
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Assiduous
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Conscientious; Think about
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Ostracize
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Banish, exclude, or shun
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Feckless
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Ineffective
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Tangential
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Irrelevant
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Preposterous
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Absurd; unreasonable
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Pivotal
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Crucial; vital
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Volatile
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Wide variation or tending towards violence
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Abstruse
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Hard to understand
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Quotidian
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Everyday; common
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Ingenious
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Very clever
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Contingent
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Conditional; dependent
Or subject to change
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Shirk
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Neglect
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Rendition
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Interpretation of a performance
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Behemoth
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A large, powerful thing
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Prosecute
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Institute legal proceedings
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Emulate
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To imitate
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Banal
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Commonplace
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Injunction
Command or order
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Infinitesimal
Too small to measure
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Mendicant
A beggar
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Deft
Quick and skillful
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Evolve
Develop or achieve gradually
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Sporadic
Irregular
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Proclivity
An inclination
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Liability
A handicap
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Stymie
To frustrate or thwart
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Oblique
Not direct
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Initiate
To begin
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Linguistics
Study of language
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Abstemious
Restricted to bare necessities
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Polyglot
Using several languages
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Cerebral
Of the brain
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Vitriolic
Very harsh; bitter
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Quorum
Number needed to vote
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Acquiesce
To accept or agree
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Simulate
Reproductive or a situation
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Cajole
To urge with gentle methods
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Quota
Amount assigned
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Balk
To stop short
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Acuity
Sharpness
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Inept
Incompetent or unskilled
