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Vocab Words Flashcards

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ABHOR

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To regard with horror.

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ABSTAIN

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To refrain by choice

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ABSTRACT

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Not related to any object, theoretical

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ACQUISITION

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An addition to an established group or collection

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ADMONISH

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To correct firmly but kindly

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ADROIT

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Skillful or nimble in difficult circumstances

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ADVERSARY

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A foe or enemy

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ADVOCATE

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To speak for an idea: a person who speaks for an idea

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AESTHETIC

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Pertaining to beauty

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AFFECTIVE

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To do with the emotional or feeling aspect of learning

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ALIAS

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An assumed name

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ALLEVIATE

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To reduce or make more bearable

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ALLUDE

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To make an indirect reference to, hint at

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AMBIGUOUS

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Open to many interpretations

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APATHY

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Absence of passion or emotion

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APPREHENSIVE

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Fear or unease about possible outcomes

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APTITUDE

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The ability to gain from a particular type of instruction

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ARTICULATE

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To speak clearly and distinctly, present a point of view

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ASSESS

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To measure or determine an outcome or value

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ATTEST

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To affirm or certify

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AUGMENT

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To increase or add to

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BELATED

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Past time or tardy

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BENEVOLENT

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Expresses goodwill or kindly feelings

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BIASED

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A prejudiced view or action

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BOLSTER

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To shore up, support

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CANDID

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Direct or outspoken

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CARICATURE

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Exaggerated, ludicrous picture, in words or a cartoon

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CARNIVOROUS

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Flesh eating or predatory

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CENSOR

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A person who judges the morality of others; act on that judgement

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CENSURE

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Expression of disapproval, reprimand

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CESSATION

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The act of ceasing or halting

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CHRNOIC

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Continuing and constant

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CLANDESTINE

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Concealed or secret

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COGENT

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Intellectually convincing

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COGNITIVE

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Relates to the intellectual area of learning

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COMPETENCY

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Demonstrated ability

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COMPLACENT

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Unaware self-satisfaction

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CONCEPT

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A generalization

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CONGENITAL

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Existing art birth but nonhereditary

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CONTEMPORARIES

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Belonging in the same time period, about the same age

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CONTEMPT

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Feeling or showing disdain or scorn

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CONTENIOUS

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Argumentative

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CORROBORATE

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To make certain with other information, to confirm

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CREDENCE

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Claim to acceptance or trusthworthiness

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CURSORY

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Surace, not in depth

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DAUNT

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To intimidate with fear

47
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DEBACLE

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Disastrous collapse or rout

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DEBILLITATE

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To make feeble

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DECADENT

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Condition of decline/decay

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DEDUCTIVE

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Learning that proceeds from general to specific

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DEMOGRAPHIC

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Population data

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DENOUNCE

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To condemn a person or idea

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DETER

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To prevent or stop an action, usually by some threat

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DILLIGENT

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A persistent effort; a person who makes sure an effort

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DISCERN

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To perceive or recognize, often by insight

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DISCORD

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Disagreement or disharmony

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DISCRIMINATE

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To distinguish among people or groups based on their characteristics

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DISDAIN

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To show or act with contempt

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DISSEMINATE

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To send around, scatter

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DIVERGENT

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To send around, scatter

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DIVERGENT

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Thinking that extends in many directions, is not focused

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DIVERSE

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Not uniform, varied

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DURESS

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Coercion

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ECCENTRIC

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Behaves unusually, different from the norm

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ECLECTIC

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Drawing from several ideas or pratices

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ELOQUENT

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Vivid, articulate expression

67
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EMANATE

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To flow out, come forth

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EMBELLISH

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To make things seem more than they are

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EMPIRICAL

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From observation or experiment

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EMPLOYMENT

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A job or professional position (paid)

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ENDURING

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Lasting over the long term

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ENHANCE

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To improve or build up

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