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Review Test #5 > Vocab > Flashcards

Vocab Flashcards

1
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Adage

A

Old saying

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2
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Apprise

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To give notice, to inform

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3
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Chasm

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A deep hole

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4
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Contrition

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Remorse for having done wrong

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5
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Explicate

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Unfold the meaning of sense, to explain, to clarify

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Fortitude

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Mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty or danger

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7
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Pragmatic

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Pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations

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8
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Prescience

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Knowing things before they exist or happen

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9
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Surly

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Rude

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10
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Voracity

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Consume great amounts of food

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11
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Divest

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To take away from a person

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12
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Fecund

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Fruitful in offspring or vegetation

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13
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Insuperable

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Incapable of being passed over

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14
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Interlope

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To intrude or interfere wrongly

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15
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Myriad

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Indefinite number

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16
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Onerous

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Troublesome

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17
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Panacea

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A cure-all

18
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Precocious

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Mature in development

19
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Querulous

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Complaining

20
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Rue

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To feel regret

21
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Assail

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To attack violently with blows or words

22
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Capitulate

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Agreed upon terms

23
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Circumspect

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Cautious, prudent, wary

24
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Clamber

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To climb using both feet, climb with effort or difficulty

25
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Heterogeneous

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Composed of dissimilar elements, parts, or ingredients

26
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Malcontent

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Uneasy, dissatisfied

27
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Obsequious

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Obedient or attentive to a fawning, submissive degree

28
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Quintessence

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The pure and concentrated essence of something

29
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Tutelage

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Act of guarding or protecting

30
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Visage

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Look of a person or animal

31
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Affable

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Easy to talk to

32
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Alacrity

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Cheerful readiness

33
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Craven

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Lacking courage, being cowardly

34
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Ineffectual

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Unavailing

35
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Meander

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To follow a winding or intricate course

36
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Nuance

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A subtle distinction of variation

37
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Null

A

Invalid

38
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Patrician

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  1. ) Taste in manor

2. ) A person of high birth

39
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Placate

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To calm and sooth

40
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Repartee

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A quick and witty reply

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