Vocab. Flashcards

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1
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Ponder

A

Thinking about something carefully before making a decision or conclusion.

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Peruse

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Read through a careful way

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Benevolent

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Well meaning or kind.

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Cunning

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Having/showing skill in achieving one end by evasion.

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Subtle

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Difficult to analyze or delicate.

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Adept

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Very skilled at something.

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Adhere

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Stick fasting to a surface.

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Advocate

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Person who supports a particular cause or policy.

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Adroit

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Clever or skillful in using hands and mind.

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Adulation

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More than necessary admiration and praise.

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Precocious

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Early development.

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Contrite

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Feeling remorse affected by guilt.

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Prescient

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Having knowledge of events before they take place.

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Contentious

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Causing a argument.

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Pretentious

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To impress than what actually is possessed.

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Prolific

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Large quantities.

17
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Provoke

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Stimulate or make someone react.

18
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Prosperity

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State of being prosperous/success.

19
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Procrastinate

A

Delay/postpone something.

20
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Proponent

A

Someone supports theory, proposal or project.

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Expunge

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To erase or remove completely.

22
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Extol

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To praise enthusiastically.

23
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Expedite

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To make and action or process happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly.

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Exasperate

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To anger, cause irritation or annoyance.

25
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Exemplary

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Serving as a desirable model.

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Conform

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Follow the rules.

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Converge

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To meet at a point.

28
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Congregate

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Gathering to a group.

29
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Compromise

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When two people come to an agreement.

30
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Conditional

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One or more conditions/requirements.