vocab Flashcards

1
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someone who is abundantly creative and productive

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prolific

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2
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empty space

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vacuum

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3
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to be cautious or guarded

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circumspect

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4
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to bring to a stop

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staunch

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5
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banish or exile

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ostracize

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6
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in need

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indigent

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7
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the egg or young of a louse

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nit

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8
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something is to make it greater or add to it

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augment

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9
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forty

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quarantine

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10
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causes vomiting

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emetic

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11
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cure all remedy for an illness

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panacea

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12
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removal of the viscera, internal organs - or removal of their contents

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evisceration

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13
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flowing or outflow; discharge from the bowels

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flux

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14
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regulate conduct in a business or government

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regulations

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15
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to complain

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quarrel

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16
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causing great injury

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pernicious

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17
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something that is fluid

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viscous

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18
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gone out of style or been discarded over time

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obsolete

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19
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task that feels like a burden

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onerous

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20
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unselfish concern for others

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altruism

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21
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commandments or rules for moral conduct, or may be written directions or guidelines

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precepts

22
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used to describe speech or writing

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truculence

23
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have a sickly, yellowish hue

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sallow

24
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serves as an example, or model; outstanding and praiseworthy

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exemplary

25
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cloudy, hazy, or vague

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nebulous

26
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uncorrectable; used to describe the behavior of rambunctious young child

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incorrigible

27
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causes sleepiness

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soporific

28
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to scatter seeds; spreading information

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disseminate

29
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extremely helpful - you work hard

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assiduous

30
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you repent your actions and regret them; feel sorry for what you have done

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contrite

31
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surplus or an overflow

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redundancy

32
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wasting away, as may happen to muscles when they go unused for a period of hospitalization

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atrophy

33
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heaviness of pregnancy, not to seriousness

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gravid

34
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being affected throughout

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riddled

35
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becoming less serve or less critical

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mitigated

36
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language or ideas that are dull and hackneyed because they are overused or ordinary

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banal

37
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offshoots or effects of an action, or that actions consequences

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ramifications

38
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one who takes over from time to time from a caregiver

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respite

39
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to make in opposition

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counterfeit

40
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the power to produce intended results

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efficacy

41
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to be skillful, admired, scholarly

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adroit

42
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inactive, sluggish

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torpid

43
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to come against. going against orders or disregard them

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contravene

44
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at the base of the body toward the feet

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caudal

45
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not infected or diseased

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aseptic

46
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short

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succint

47
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reluctant to speak

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taciturn

48
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some sort of sudden concern

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consternation

49
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a person who is famous and note worthy

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eminent or illustrious

50
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needless or unnecessary

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superfluous

51
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connection, usually between internal body parts

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anastomosis

52
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to weaken or cause someone to feel drained of energy, weak, or tired

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enervate