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PGCC Bridge to Academic English-Clem Spring 2018 > vocab from practice Michigan readings > Flashcards

vocab from practice Michigan readings Flashcards

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vigorous

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very strong, active

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implement

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start using something, put something into practice

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intention

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plan, desire, willingness to do something

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odds

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probability

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accomplish

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succeed

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committed

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determined not to give up

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stick with

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to keep trying to do something, not abandon

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paleo

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ancient, very old

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subsist

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survive with barely enough to eat

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plague

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widespread sickness, problem

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painstakingly

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with great trouble

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reveal

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show, expose

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unearth

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dig out of the earth

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grind

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to break into tiny pieces by rubbing

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demanding

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asking for a lot of work

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surge

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to increase quickly

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downside

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a disadvantage

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chronic

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over a long period of time

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consume

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to eat or use up (like “consume fat and protein”)

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wizardry

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magic, something amazing

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infect

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to give someone a disease

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effective

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describes something that works well

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isolate

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to put something by itself or alone

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purify

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to make something pure

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alleviate

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to make something easier

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extract

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to pull something out

like “extract a tooth” or “extract some information”

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impact

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to hit or collide

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immeasureable

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too big to measure

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extreme

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out of the ordinary, really big/fast/exciting

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thrill

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excitement

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suspend

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to hang in the air

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reveal

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to expose, to show

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rate

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speed, amount per time

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collision

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when two things collide or crash

especially cars

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fracture

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break (especially “fracture a bone”)

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suspect

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believe that something is true (but you don’t have proof yet)

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hasten

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to hurry up, make something faster

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onset

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beginning

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degenerative

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describes a disease that gets worse over time

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track

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to follow or collect information

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eventually

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over time, in the end, finally

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provide

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give someone something they need, like

“provide information” or “provide help”

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accelerate

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speed up

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isolated

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alone, remote

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vital

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very important

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toxic

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poisonous

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harmful

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causing damage

48
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contaminated

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polluted, dirty

49
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pristine

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perfectly clean

50
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release

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to let something go

51
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abandon

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to give up, to leave

52
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accumulate

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to pile up large amounts of something

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defect

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damage, flaw, weakness

54
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adverse

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harmful, opposing, hurting someone

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paleontologist

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someone who studies dinosaurs or ancient life

56
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massive

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huge, very large

57
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precise

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exact, correct

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coincidence

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two things that happen at the same time by chance,

they are not related but they seem to be related

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noxious

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poisonous, toxic

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intensify

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to become more intense, stronger

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trigger

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to start something

(like the trigger of a gun starts the gun shooting)

62
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reconcile

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to bring 2 ideas/people into agreement

63
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endanger

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to put in danger

64
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overwhelm

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to be too much to handle

example: I feel overwhelmed

65
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swell

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to get big

example: the crowd swelled

66
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steadiliy

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without stopping or changing

“get steadily larger” means “get larger and larger, without stopping”

67
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owing to

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because of

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quicken

A

get faster

69
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excess

A

too much of something

70
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trap

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to catch someone or something

71
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expand

A

to get bigger

72
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projection

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an idea about what will happen in the future

73
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unavoidable

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cannot be avoided

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virtually

A

almost (example: virtually all)

75
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vast

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huge

76
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vary

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to be different over time

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stable

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steady, consistent, not changing

78
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migrate

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to move from one place to another

example people migrate from one country to another

79
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innate

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inborn, something you know how to do without being taught

80
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data

A

information

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observe

A

get information by watching

82
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incessant

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without stopping or pausing

83
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lack

A

NOT having something

example: a lack of manners

84
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constantly

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all of the time

85
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cognitive

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relating to the brain

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a range of

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a variety of, different kinds of

example: the restaraunt had a range of dishes

87
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prone to

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likely to do something

88
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urge

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NOUN: something you really want to do
VERB: to encourage someone to do something

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mere

A

small, unimportant

90
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challenge

A

to argue against an idea

OR to get into a fight with someone

91
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simulation

A

imitating a process

for example: a computer simulation of traffic can teach us about how traffic jams work

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paradigm

A

a set of ideas about how the world works

example: the discovery of gravity caused a new paradigm.

PGCC Bridge to Academic English-Clem Spring 2018 (4 decks)

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