Vocab Flashcards

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Recite

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To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience

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2
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Garbled

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Impossible to understand

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3
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Tentative

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Determined by something else, Hesitant, uncertain, or cautious, Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things.

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4
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Distorted

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simple past tense and past participle of distort

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5
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Idiomatic

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Pertaining or conforming to the mode of expression characteristic of a language.
Resembling or characteristic of an idiom.

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Duplicitous

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Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.

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7
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Consciousness

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The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

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Matter

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Substance, material.

(physics) The basic structural component of the universe. Matter usually has mass and volume.

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Fatuous

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Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one’s foolishness.

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10
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Transparent

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Adjective
Passing from one side of something to the other.
Finished; complete.
Valueless; without a future.
No longer interested.
Preposition
From one side of an opening to the other.
Entering, then later leaving.
Surrounded by (while moving).
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Intangible

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Adjective
incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal
Noun
Anything intangible
(law) Incorporeal property that is saleable though not material, such as bank deposits, stocks, bonds, and promissory notes

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Genuine

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Adjective
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure.

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13
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Perceive

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Verb

To see, to be aware of, to understand.

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14
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Thicken

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Make or become thick or thicker

COAGULATE

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15
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Impregnate

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To wet thoroughly with liquid

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16
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Condense

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To reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together

Has to vapour to liquid. Change of state

17
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Compliment

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Enhance

Say something nice about someone

18
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Circumvent

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To find a way around (an obstacle)

19
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Renounce

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To reject or abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life)

20
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Inarticulate

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Unsophisticated

To reject or abandon (a cause, bad habit, or way of life)

21
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Ambiguous

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Having a meaning that is open to several interpretations

22
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Timorous

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Lacking in courage or confidence

23
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Uncertain

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Not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something

24
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Foster

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To help the growth or development of

25
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Confide

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Tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others

26
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Refute

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To declare not to be true

To criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly

27
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Disdain

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The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect

28
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Unite

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Come or bring together for a common purpose or action

29
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Merge

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Amalgamate

30
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Amalgamate

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To merge, to combine, to blend, to join

31
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Liability

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The state of being legally responsible for something

Accountability

32
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Asset

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A useful or valuable thing or person

33
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Expenditure

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An amount of money spent

34
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Profit

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Expenditure

35
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Meander

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Wander at random