Vocab Test Review Flashcards by AlineSitoe' Sy | Brainscape

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Evoke (Part of speech)?

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Verb

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Juxtapose (Part of speech)?

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Verb

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Underscore (Part of speech)?

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Verb

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Elicit(Part of speech)?

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Verb

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Reimagine (Part of speech)?

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Verb

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Abate (Verb)

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To become less active

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Brevity(Noun)

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Brief

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Corroborate(Verb)

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To provide evidence (Correlate)

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Dubious (Adj)

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Doubtful

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Egregious (Adj)

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Extremely bad (awful)

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Fathom (Verb)

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To understand

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Factious (Adj)

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Joking or Jesting (often inappropriately)

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Gargantuan(Adj)

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Gigantic

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Hinder (Verb)

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To delay or disrupt

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Inimical (Adj)

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Harmful, unfriendly, or hostile

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Abscond (Verb)

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To escape Custody

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Acrimonious (Adj)

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Angry or Bitter

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Acuity (Noun)

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Sharpness in senses

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Advertorial (Noun)

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An advertisement in a magazine or article

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Affray (Noun)

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A fight in a public place

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Ahistorical (Adj)

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Lacking historical context

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Akin(Adj)

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Related by blood

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Allocution(Noun)

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A formal speech giving warning/advice

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Allude(Verb)

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To hint at

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Ameliorate(Verb)

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To make something bad worse

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Vapid(Adj)

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To offer nothing challenging

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Ascendancy(Noun)

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Position of power

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Innocuous(Adj)

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Not Harmful or offensive

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Attitudinal(Adj)

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Based on feelings

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Partake(Verb)

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To Participate

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Bombinate(Verb)

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To drone or buzz

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Mediocrity(Noun)

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The state of being mediocre

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Vacillate(Verb)

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To alternate between choices

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Pariah(Noun)

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An outcast

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Satiate(Verb)

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To satisfy

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Voracious (adj)

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To be Hungry

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Petulant (Adj)

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Rude in speech or behaviour

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Disparity (Noun)

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A noticeable difference or similarity

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Deprecate (Verb)

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To belittle

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Pacify(Verb)

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To calm

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Stupefy(Verb)

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To make someone feel dumb

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Cessation(Noun)

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To cease

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Penury(Noun)

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Severe Poverty

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Inception(Noun)

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the start of something

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Precipice(Noun)

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The verge

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Emanating(Verb)

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To come from a source

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Quotidian(Adj)

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To occur often

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Indignant(Adj)

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Showing anger due to injustice

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Pompous (Adj)

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Showing Arrogance

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Invigorate(Verb)

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To give energy

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Indemnify (Verb)

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To secure against harm

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Poltroon (Noun)

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A coward

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Loquacious (Adj)

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Talkative

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Hobbledehoy (Noun)

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An awkward or clumsy youth

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Paucity(Noun)

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Smallness in quantity