Vocab Test 3 Flashcards

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1
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Assertion

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A claim

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2
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Glad

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To urge someone to do something

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3
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Inexplicable

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Impossible to understand

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4
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Noncommital

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Not revealing your opinion about an issue

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5
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Proboscis

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The long snout of an animal

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6
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Quixotic

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Idealistic or extremely optimistic

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7
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Surmise

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To guess based upon little evidence

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8
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Anecdote

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A brief story recalling an interesting incident

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Climatic

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Of the most intense part of a story

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10
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Epilogue

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Concluding section at the end of a play

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11
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Extemporaneous

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Down with little or no preparation

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12
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Fidelity

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Loyalty or accuracy

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13
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Forte

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Something that a person does very well

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14
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Hypochondriac

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A person who imagines he is sick

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15
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Prodigy

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A young person with extraordinary talents

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16
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Staunch

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Strong and solid

17
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Stigma

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A mark of shame

18
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Anagram

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A word formed from another word by rearranging the letters