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Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

Seldom

A

Rarely

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2
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Altruistic

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Unselfish

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3
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Salutary shock

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Salutary means “healthful” so healthy shock

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4
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Preponderance

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

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5
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Amorphous

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without a clearly defined shape or form

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6
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Lamentable

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bad/unsatisfactory

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7
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Conflate

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Combines two or more things into one

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8
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Arbitrary

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

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9
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Acute

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Bad things in a sever/intense degree

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10
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Subvert

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

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11
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Forsake

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Abandon

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12
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Prudent

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Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

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13
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Futile

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Having no result or effect

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14
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Prose

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Plain or dull

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15
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Juxtaposed

A

Contrast with “contrasting effect”

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16
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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)

17
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Ornate

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Decorated with complex patterns

18
Q

Therapeutic effects of a drug

A

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)

19
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Ambiguous

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Having several other interpretations

20
Q

Conjecture

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An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

21
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Noxious

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Unpleasant

22
Q

Revered

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Deep respect and admiration

23
Q

Conceal

A

Hide

24
Q

Bereft

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Lacking

25
Q

Nonconformists

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

26
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Incompatible

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Two things not able to exist together

27
Q

Tautology

A

Saying same thing twice

28
Q

Purported

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Alleged or appearing to be true but not necessarily so

29
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Etymology

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

30
Q

Prehistoric

A

Before written records

31
Q

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)

32
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Insofar

A

To the extent that

33
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Concession

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

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