Vocab Flashcards

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Conjecture

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Opinion without proof
Hunch
Guess
Hypothesis

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Candid

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Straightforward
Honest
Sincere

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Tryst

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Meeting between lovers

Date

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Clandestine

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Done secretly
Hidden
Covert
Sly

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Preeminence

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Being better
Ascendancy
Predominance
supremacy

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Hearsay

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Something heard from another person
Gossip
Rumor

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Voluble

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Energetically Talking a lot
Chatty
loquacious

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Concede

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To admit 
To give away
Accept
Admit 
Cede
Confess
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Corroborate

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To support or help prove a point
Justify
Authenticate
Validate

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Vindicate

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To prove someone innocent
Exonerate
Absolve

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Mendacity

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State of telling lies
Deceit
Deception
Prevarication

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Cavalcade

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Series of related things
Line of vehicles
Array

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Imminent

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Happening very soon
Impending
Forthcoming
Immediate

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Cascading

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Large number of things flowing
Things that happen quick
Overflow
Descend
Gush
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Plethora

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Extra amount
Over abundance
Profusion
Plenty

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Substantiate

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Prove true
Affirm
confirm
Corroborate

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Empirical

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Based on experience
Factual
Experimental
Observational

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Spate

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Large number of things in short period
Deluge
Succession

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Eminent

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Well known
Renowned
Illustrious
Famed

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Hamper

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To slow or hinder
Hinder
Obstruct restrict

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Surreptitious

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Done secretly
Hidden
Clandestine
Covert

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Myriad

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Large number of things
Innumerable
Countless

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Lugubrious

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Full of sorrow
Gloomy
Mournful
Sorrowful

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Avarice

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Strong desire for money
Greed
frugality
Avidity

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Eulogy
Speech honoring someone who died Tribute Citation
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Ascetic
Strict life that avoids pleasure Disciplined austere
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Effusive
Expressing lots of emotion Ebullient Emotional Exuberant
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Diminutive
Indicates something is small Or nickname Miniature Minute
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Ebullient
``` Lively Enthusiastic Bubbly Effervescent Elated ```
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Bombastic
Inflated speech Pretentious Pompous Grandiose
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Sprightly
Full of life/energy Bouncy Cheerful Energetic
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Dirge
Slow song expressing sorrow Elegy Hymn
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Infinitesimal
Extremely small Microscopic Minuscule Negligible
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Copious
Large amount Abundant Extensive
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Dearth
Lack of Absence Deficiency
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Deluge
``` Large flood Or give large amount Avalanche Barrage Flood Inundate ```
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Surfeit
``` Too much of an amount Plethora abundance Profusion Indulgence ```
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Inundate
``` Flood Or give large amount Deluge Overwhelm Drown ```
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Bolster
``` Make stronger Or a bag Buttress Advocate Aid Support ```
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Pecuniary
Relating to cash Monetary Economic Financial