Vocab

Question 1

Seldom

Answer 1

Rarely

Question 2

Altruistic

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Unselfish

Question 3

Salutary shock

Answer 3

Salutary means “healthful” so healthy shock

Question 4

Preponderance

Answer 4

“More than half” -7sage
The quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.

Question 5

Amorphous

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without a clearly defined shape or form

Question 6

Lamentable

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bad/unsatisfactory

Question 7

Conflate

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Combines two or more things into one

Question 8

Arbitrary

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Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system

Question 9

Acute

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Bad things in a sever/intense degree

Question 10

Subvert

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Undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution)

Question 11

Forsake

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Abandon

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Prudent

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Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Question 13

Futile

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Having no result or effect

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Prose

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Plain or dull

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Juxtaposed

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Contrast with “contrasting effect”

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Eschew

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Abstain from (Abstain = like some members of congress abstain from voting, they choose not to vote at all. Neither yes or no)

Question 17

Ornate

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Decorated with complex patterns

Question 18

Therapeutic effects of a drug

Answer 18

The intended effects where as the negative effects are the unwanted effects. (Example:
a drug that cures cancer, the cure is the therapeutic effect, the negative effect this that it turns your hair purple)

Question 19

Ambiguous

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Having several other interpretations

Question 20

Conjecture

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An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

Question 21

Noxious

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Unpleasant

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Revered

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Deep respect and admiration

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Conceal

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Hide

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Bereft

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Lacking

Question 25

Nonconformists

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A person whose views for behaviors do not conform to prevailing Ideas or practices

Question 26

Incompatible

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Two things not able to exist together

Question 27

Tautology

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Saying same thing twice

Question 28

Purported

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Alleged or appearing to be true but not necessarily so

Question 29

Etymology

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The study of the origin of words and how their meanings have changed throughout history

Question 30

Prehistoric

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Before written records

Question 31

Infallible

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incapable of making mistakes or being wrong (so “not infallible” means they are capable of making mistakes) (Fallible - they are not perfect and are likely to make mistakes or to fail in what they are doing)

Question 32

Insofar

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To the extent that

Question 33

Concession

Answer 33

A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands (Example: The strikers returned to work having won some concessions)