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Vocab Day 6 Flashcards

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Admonish

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warn or reprimand someone firmly

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Aesthetic

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concerned with beauty

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Affectation

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pretension, facade

adj) fake; phony
Afton had never traveled outside of the United States, but he used an affected French accent to attract attention.
Word Forms: affectedly, affectedness

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Alleviate

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make suffering less severe

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Analogous

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comparable in certain respects

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Bolster

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support or strength

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Chauvinistic

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displaying aggressive patriotism, displaying excessive support for their own cause, group or
sex

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Connoisseur

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an expert judge in matters of taste

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Dissemble

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conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs

a person who conceals his real feelings by professing false beliefs

The dissembler pledged allegiance to the rebel group, but he was really working undercover for the opposing army.

Word Forms: dissemble, dissemblingly, dissemblance Related Words: resemble, semblance

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Dogged

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showing tenacity and grim persistence

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Dupe

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trick, a victim of deception

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Empirical

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based on observation rather than theory

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Engender

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(vb) to produce | cause or give rise to a feeling situation

Divorce can engender feelings of anger, loss, and powerlessness.

Word Forms: engenderer, engenderment Antonym Form: unengendered Related Word: generate

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Entitled

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give someone a legal right

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Pertinacious

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holding firmly to an opinion or a cause of action

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Presumptuous

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failing to observe limits of what is appropriate/ brazen

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Probity

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(n) honesty and integrity | having strong moral principles, honesty and decency

Prudence was often selected as hall monitor because of her probity; the teacher knew he could trust her.

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Proliferate

A

increase rapidly in number, multiply

The franchise has proliferated; there were just two restaurants ten years ago, but now there are more than two
hundred.
Word Form: proliferative, proliferation

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Specious

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plausible but false 2. deceptively pleasing

The merits of the diet are specious; while we want to believe we can eat unlimited protein, there are many health
risks associated with the high-cholesterol plan.

Word Forms: speciously, speciousness, speciosity

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Subjective

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influenced by personal feelings, tastes, opinions

21
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Subvert

A

undermine the power and authority of system

The subversive group was arrested when one of the members told of the group’s plot to overthrow the king.

Word Forms: subversive (n.), subversively, subversiveness, subversivism, subvert, subversion

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Timorous

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lack of confidence, easily frightened

23
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Tortuous

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full of twists and turns excessively complex

24
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Tractable

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easy to control or influence, easy to deal with

25
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Transient

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lasting for a short time

The most transient years of your life are those spent in high school; someday when you realize how quickly your time
there passed, you’ll wish you had spent more time enjoying your youth.

Word Forms: transient (n.), transiently, transientness, transience Antonym Form: intransient Related Word:
transitory

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Ubiquitous

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adj) existing everywhere at once; omnipresent

The fog was ubiquitous, blanketing the countryside.

Word Forms: ubiquitously, ubiquitousness Antonym Form: nonubiquitary, nonubiquitous, nonubiquitously

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Underscore

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emphasize

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Venal

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bribery, corrupt

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Venerate

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regard with great respect, reverence

The venerated teacher had earned the respect of his students by helping them meet the high expectations he set for
them.

Word Forms: venerate, venerable, venerably, venerability, veneration, veneratively, venerator

30
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Spurious

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adj) false; not legitimate

The applicant made spurious claims about attending a prestigious private school, but when the college learned the
truth, they denied his application.

Word Forms: spuriously, spuriousness

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