Vocab Flashcards by Belstle Brynn | Brainscape

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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

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Command or order

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Infinitesimal

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Too small to measure

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Mendicant

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A beggar

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Deft

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Quick and skillful

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Evolve

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Develop or achieve gradually

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Sporadic

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Irregular

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Proclivity

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An inclination

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Liability

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A handicap

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Stymie

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To frustrate or thwart

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Oblique

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Not direct

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Initiate

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To begin

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Linguistics

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Study of language

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Abstemious

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Restricted to bare necessities

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Polyglot

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Using several languages

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Cerebral

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Of the brain

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Vitriolic

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Very harsh; bitter

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Quorum

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Number needed to vote

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Acquiesce

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To accept or agree

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Simulate

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Reproductive or a situation

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Cajole

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To urge with gentle methods

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Quota

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Amount assigned

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Balk

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To stop short

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Acuity

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Sharpness

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Inept

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Incompetent or unskilled