Vocab 15/16 Flashcards

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the expected course.

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Anomaly

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Something departing from normal form

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Eccentricity

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The quality of straying from what is conventional

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Endemic

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Common in or unique to a certain location or population

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Incongruous

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Lacking in harmony

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Mundane

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Commonplace

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Outlandish

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Strikingly bizarre

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Paragon

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Model of perfection

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Ubiquitous

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Seeming to be everywhere at the same time

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Unwonted

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Not habitual or ordinary; unusual

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Caustic

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Corrosive

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Despoil

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To plunder, loot, or destroy

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Effectual

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Fully adequate; effective

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15
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Obviate

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To make unnecessary

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16
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Pinnacle

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Peak; most successful point

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Raze

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To level to the ground

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Stultify

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To make useless or ineffective

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Surmount

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To overcome

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Wrest

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To obtain by force or great effort