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Vocab Unit 3-4 Flashcards

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Compel

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V
Force or strongly persuade
L
Syn: Sway

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Pel/Puls

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Push, drive

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Impulse

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N
Sudden, involuntary urge to do something
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Syn: Whim, Spur

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Expel

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V
To send out or away
Syn: Eject
Ant: Admit

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Jac/Ject

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Throw, Cast

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Conjecture

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N
Guess often based on inadequate or faulty evidence
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Syn: Theory
Ant: Fact
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Dejected

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Adj
Sad or depressed
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Syn: Dispirited
Ant: Animated
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Abject

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Adj
Lowly, miserable and wretched
L
Syn: Degraded
Ant: Exalted
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Mit/Mis

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Send

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Emissary

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N
An agent sent on a mission
Syn: Go-between

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Dismissive

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Adj
Showing little regard; scornful
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Syn: Contemptuous

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Remiss

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Adj
Failing to fulfill ones duty
L
Syn: Delinquent
Ant: Prudent
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Mot/Mov

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To move

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Motive

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N
Cause for action
L
Syn: Incentive

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Motif

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N
A recurring theme, subject or idea
French

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Emote

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V
To dramatically express emotions
L
Syn: Dramatize

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Via

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Road, way

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Viaduct

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N
A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley
L

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Impervious

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Adj
Unable to be affected
L
Syn: Invunerable

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Deviate

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V
To depart, especially from a path or plan
L
Syn: Stray
Ant: Continue
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Obviate

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V
To make unnecessary; to avoid
L
Syn: Prevent

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Fer

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To carry, bring

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Defer

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V
1. To put aside until later
2. To yield respectfully
L
Syn: Postpone
Ant: Hasten
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Deference

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N
Act or practice of yielding to another’s authority
Syn: Submission
Ant: Rebellion

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Confer

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V
1. To discuss something with someone else; consult
2. To bestow
L

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Inference

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N
A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand
L

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Proffer

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V
To present or offer
L
Ant: Withhold

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Proliferate

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V
To increase greatly in number, multiply
L
Syn: Reproduce

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Port

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To carry, to bring

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Comportment

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N
Manner in which one acts or behaves
L
Syn: Demeanor

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Purported

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Adj
Claimed as true, but probably false
L
Syn: Alleged
Ant: Definite

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