Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

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Indisputable

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POS: Adjective
Variations: indisputably (adverb)
Definition:
Adjective: impossible to question or doubt
Synonyms: unquestionable, indisputable

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inhabit

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POS: verb
Variations: inhabitable (adjective)
Definition:
Verb: to live in (a place) : to have a home in (a place)
Synonyms: reside, locate

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prevalent

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POS: adjective
Variations: prevalence (noun), prevalently (adverb)
Definition:
Adjective: accepted, done, or happening often or over a large area at a particular time : common or widespread
Synonyms: common, predominant, established

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Advocate

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POS: verb, noun
Variations:
Definition:
Verb: to support or argue for.
Noun: a person who argues for or supports a cause or policy
Synonyms: defend, encourage, favor (verb), backer, campaigner, defender (noun)

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Deviate

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POS: deviation (noun)
Variations:
Definition:
Verb: to change what you are doing so that you are not following an expected plan, idea, or type of behavior
Synonyms: differ, diverge, vary

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Vanish

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POS: verb
Definition:
Verb: to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained
Synonyms: fade, fade out, dissolve

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Sparse

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POS: adjective
Variations: sparsely (adverb), sparseness (noun)
Definition:
Adjective: existing only in small amounts
Synonyms: infrequent, meager, scant

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Per capita

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POS: adjective, adverb
Definition:
Adjective: used to describe the average amount of something in a particular place, calculated according to the number of people who live there
Synonyms: per head, per unit of population, proportionately

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Retrieve

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POS: verb
Variations: retrievable (adjective)
Definition:
Verb: to find something and bring it back
Synonyms bring back, recapture, reclaim, recover

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Simulation

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POS: noun
Variations: simulate (verb), simulator (noun)
Definition:
Noun: the activity of producing conditions which are similar to real ones, especially in order to test something, or the conditions that are produced
Synonyms: clone, copy, duplicate

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