Vocabulary #1-39 Flashcards by Brittany Welsh | Brainscape

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Finagle

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To trick

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Supplant

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To take place of

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Winnow

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To blow

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Abuts

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To join at an edge or border

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Collude

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To conspire in a fraud

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Incite

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To encourage

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Maudlin

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Tearfully

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Meritorious

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Deserving praise

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Precarious

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Dependent on circumstances not under ones control

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Plausible

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Possible

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Schematic

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Planned

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Commendable

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Worthy of praise

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Galling

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To irritate

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Garrulous

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Unorganized talking, wordy, rambling

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Quixotic

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Impulsive, very romantic

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Garrison

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Troops stationed in a fortified place

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Abhorred

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Hated

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Adept

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Skilled

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Adroit

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Skillful

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Aggrandizement

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High praise

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Argot

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Secret slang

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Beseech

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Support, plead with

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Capitulating

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Giving in

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Coerced

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Forced

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Cognizant

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Aware

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Supplant

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to take place of

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Finagle

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to trick

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Winnow

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to blow

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Abuts

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to join at an edge or border

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Collude

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to conspire in a fraud

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Incite

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to encourage

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Maudlin

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tearfully

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Meritorious

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deserving praise

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Precarious

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dependent on circumstances not under one’s control

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Schematic

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planned

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Commendable

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worthy of praise

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Galling

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to irritate

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Garrulous

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wordy or talkative in an unorganized manner

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Plausible

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to appear possible/ true

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Quixotic

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impulsive/ very romantic

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Garrison

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a group of troops stationed in a fortified place

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Abhorred

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hated

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Adept

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skilled

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Adroit

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skillful

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Aggrandizement

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high praise

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Argot

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secret slang

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Beseech

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to plead with/ support

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Capitulating

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giving in

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Coerced

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forced

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Cognizant

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aware

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Corroborate

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confirm

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Docile

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obedient

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Endorsements

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expressions of support

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Sentry

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a member of a guard or watch; a soldier to prevent the passage of unauthorized people

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Bustle

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noisy activity

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Credulous

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gullible; willing to believe almost anything

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Conjecture

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guess; speculation; hypothesis

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Coalesce

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come together; combine; fuse

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Insipid

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bland or stupid; uninteresting; tasteless

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Succinct

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concise; brief and clearly expressed

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Digress

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to go off topic

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Acquiesce

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to agree to; give in; comply

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Abase

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to humiliate; degrade; lower in rank

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Vindicate

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to clear from blame or suspicion