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Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

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Lassitude

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(n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Drivel

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s: (n.) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot, slaver

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Stringent

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s: stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
a: lenient, mild, lax, permissive

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Root: Form

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Meaning: “shape”
English examples:
ConFORM
ReFORM

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Aplomb

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(n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence, perpendicularity

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Exhort

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s: entreat, implore, adjure
a: discourage, advise against, deprecate

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Exhort

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(v.) to urgent strongly, advise earnestly

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Intrisic

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(adj.) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part

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ExOfficio

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(adj., adv.) by virtue of holding a certain office

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Root: Ject

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Meaning: “to throw”
English examples:
ProJECTion
ProJECTile
ReJECTion

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Interloper

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(n.) one who moves in where he or she is or wanted or has no right to be an intruder

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Root: Fac

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Meaning: “to do, make”
English examples:
FACtory
ManuFACture

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Integrate

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s: cozy up, curry favor with
a: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself

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Ingratiate

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(v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense)

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Infinge

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s: encroach, impingement intrude, poach
a: stay in bounds

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Lassitude

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s: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
a: energy vitality, animation, liveliness

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Stringent

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(adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Millenium

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s: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
a: doomsday, day of judgment

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Root: Fract

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Meaning: “break”
English examples:
FRACTure
FRACTion

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Bombastic

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s: inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
a: unadorned, simple, plain, austere

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Callow

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(adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers

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Ameliorate

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(v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or short coming

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Inveigh

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s: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
a: acclaim, glorify, extol

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Intrisic

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s: immanent, organic
a: extrinsic, external, outward

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Ameliorate

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s: amend, better
a: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Epitome

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s: abstract, digest, model, archetype

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Bombastic

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(adj,) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas

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Root: Fort

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Meaning: “strength”
English examples:
FORTress
FORTitude

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Root: Mal

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Meaning: “bad”
English examples:
MALevolent
MALign
MALignant

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Root: Gram

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Meaning: “to write”
English examples:
GRAMmar
TeleGRAM

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Precipitate

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(v.) to fall as moisture; to cause or bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a greater height; to give distinct form to; (adj.) characterized by excessive haste; (n.) moisture; the product of an action or process

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Precipitate

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s: (v.) provoke, produce; (adj.) reckless, impetuous
a: (adj.) wary, cautious, circumspect

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Root: Jud

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Meaning: “judge”
English examples:
JUDicial
PreJUDice

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Surmise

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(v.) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n.) likely idea that lacks definite proof

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Root: Min

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Meaning: “to reduce”
English examples:
MINimize
MINimal
DiMINish

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Occult

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(adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural

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Inveigh

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(v.) to make a violent attack in words, expressing strong disapproval

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Interloper

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s: trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

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Root: Mater

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Meaning: “mother”
English examples:
MATERnal
MATERnity

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Permeate

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(v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

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Drivel

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(n.) saliva or mucus following from the mouth or nose, foolish, aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth; to the utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter way foolishly.

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Epitome

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(n.) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality.

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Aplomb

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s: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
a: confusion, embarrassment, abashment

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Infringe

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(v.) to violate , trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Callow

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s: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
a: mature, grown-up, polished, sophisticated

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Synonyms and Antonyms of Occult

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s: (adj.) supernatural, esoteric, abstruse, arcane
a: (adj.) mundane, common, public, exoteric

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Millennium

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(n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

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