Vocab L.1-10 Flashcards
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Modulate
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To adjust
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Evolve
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To develop slowly
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Perchance
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Perhaps
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Contingent
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Conditional
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Neologism
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A new word
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Annotation
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An explanatory note
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Protean
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Readily taking on different forms
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Immutable
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Unchangeable
9
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Preposterous
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Absurd
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Eventuality
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A possibility
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Parlance
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Particular manner of speaking
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Appellation
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A name or title
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Sporadic
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Irregular
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Inveterate
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Established
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Proclivity
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An inclination
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Implausible
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Unlikely
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Patois
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A nonstandard dialect
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Eponym
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A person whose name is used to make a word
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Transmute
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To change form
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Malleable
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Able to be shaped
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Prone
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Likely to do
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Inconceivable
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Impossible to grasp fully
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Polyglot
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Using several languages
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Linguistics
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Study of language
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Volatile
Subject to wide variation
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Metamorphosis
A transformation
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Theoretical
Unproven
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In vain
Without success
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Vulgar
Crude or indecent
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Malapropism
A humorous confusion of words
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Pivotal
Crucial
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Converge
Come together
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Evasion
Clever avoidance
34
Abeyance
Suspension
35
Obfuscate
Make more difficult
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Abstruse
Hard to understand
37
Sequel
Next in a series
38
Crux
Key point
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Malinger
To fake illness to avoid work
40
Abstemious
Restricted to bare necessities
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Ruminate
To think deeply about
42
Acumen
Keen insight
43
Supersede
Replace
44
Degradation
A decline
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Oblique
Not direct
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Circumvent
Go around
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Stymie
To frustrate or thwart
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Ascertain
Discover
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Tangential
Irrelevant
50
Initiate
To begin
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Shirk
Neglect
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Elude
Avoid capture
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Surmise
To guess
54
Cerebral
Of the brain
55
Terminate
End
56
Penultimate
Next to last
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Shun
To willingly ignore
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Eschew
To avoid, abstain
59
Tenet
Principle, belief
60
Faculty
Ability
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Compliance
Obedience
62
Acquiesce
To accept or agree
63
Liability
A handicap
64
Accountable
Responsible
65
Rebuke
To criticize sharply
66
Aspersions
Damaging remarks; slanders
67
Presumptuous
Boldly improper
68
Adamant
Stubborn;unyielding
69
Mandatory
Required
70
Assiduous
Conscientious
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Revulsion
Intense disgust
72
Compunction
Unease due to guilt
73
Propitiate
To soothe or calm
74
Balk
To stop short
75
Negligence
Lack of proper care or attention
76
Default
The failure to fulfill an obligation
77
Scurrilous
Vulgar;abusive
78
Derision
Ridicule
79
Tractable
Manageable
80
Camaraderie
Good will; friendliness
81
Onerous
Difficult to bear
82
Feckless
Ineffective
83
Spurn
To reject scornfully
84
Disapprobation
Moral disapproval
85
Volition
Ones own free will or choosing
86
Cantankerous
Quarrelsome
87
Remiss
Lax or careless
88
Incumbent
Holding an office or position
89
Vitriolic
Very harsh; bitter
90
Ostracize
To banish, exclude, or shun
91
Facile
Easy
92
Acuity
Sharpness(in sight)
93
Inept
Incompetent
94
Consummate
Supremely skilled or accomplished
95
Prescient
Having foresight
96
Cunning
Cleverness
97
Proficient
Thoroughly capable
98
Deft
Quick and skillful
99
Prowess
Superior skill
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Endowment
A natural ability
