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Vocabulary 4.4 Flashcards

1
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Circumference

A

Distance around a circle or rounded body; perimeter

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Circumlocution

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Roundabout way of speaking; use of excessive number of words to express an idea; verbiage; tautology

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Circumnavigate

A

Sail around

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4
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Circumscribe

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Draw a line around

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Circumspect

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Looking around and paying attention to all possible consequences before acting; cautious; prudent

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Circumvent

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Go around; get the better of; frustrate; skirt; bypass

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7
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Coalesce

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Grow together; unite into one; join; combine

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Coherent

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Sticking together; logically connected; consistent; logical

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Collaborate

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Work together with another of others, especially as a coauthor

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Collusion

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(Literally, “playing together”) Secret agreement for a fraudulent purpose; conspiracy; plot

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Concord

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State of being together in heart or mind; agreement; harmony

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Congenital

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(Literally, “born with”) Existing at birth; inborn; innate

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Convene

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Come together in a body; meet; assemble

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Correspond

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(Literally, “answer together”) Agree; be in harmony; match; tally

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Obliterate

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(Literally, “cover over letters”) Erase; blot out; destroy; remove all traces of

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Obsess

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(Literally, “sit over”) Trouble the mind of; haunt; preoccupy

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Obstacle

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Something standing in the way; hindrance; obstruction; impediment

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Obstruct

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Be in the way of; hinder; impede; block

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Obtrude

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(Literally, “thrust against”) Thrust forward without being asked; intrude; impose

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Obviate

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(Literally, “get in the way of”) Meet and dispose of; make unnecessary; forestall; avert

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Perennial(adj.)

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Continuing through the years; enduring; unceasing

22
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Perennial(n.)

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Plant that lives through the years

23
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Perforate

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(Literally, “bore through”) Make a hole or holes through; pierce; puncture

24
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Permeate

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Pass through; penetrate; spread through; pervade

25
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Perplex

A

Confuse thoroughly; puzzle; bewilder

26
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Persist

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(Literally, “stand to the end”)

27
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Pertinent

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(Literally, “reaching through to”) connected with the matter under consideration; to the point; related; relevant

28
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Perturb

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Disturb thoroughly or considerably; make uneasy; agitate; upset

29
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Precede

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Go before; come before

30
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Preclude

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Put a barrier before; impede; prevent; make impossible

31
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Precocious

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(Literally, “cooked or ripened before its time”) Showing mature characteristics at an early age

32
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Preconceive

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Form an opinion of beforehand, without adequate

33
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Prefabricated

A

Constructed beforehand

34
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Preface

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Foreword; preliminary remarks; author’s introduction to a book

35
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Premature

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Before the proper or usual time; early; untimely

36
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Premeditate

A

Consider beforehand

37
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Presume

A

(Literally, “take beforehand”) Take for granted without proof; assume; suppose

38
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Preview

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View of something before it is shown to the public

39
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Procrastinate

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(Literally, “move forward to tomorrow”) Put things off from day to day; delay; dawdle

40
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Proficient

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(Literally, “going forward”) Well advanced in any subject or occupation; skilled; adept; expert

41
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Profuse

A

Pouring forth freely; exceedingly generous; extravagant; lavish

42
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Project

A

Throw or cast forward

43
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Prominent

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(Literally, “jutting forward”) Standing out; notable; important; conspicuous

44
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Propel

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Impel forward; drive onward; force ahead; push; thrust

45
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Proponent

A

Person who puts forth a proposal or argues in favor of something; advocate; supporter

46
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Prospect

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Thing looked forward to; expectation; vision

47
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Prospects

A

Chances

48
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Protract

A

(Literally, “drag forward”) Draw out; lengthen; extend; prolong

49
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Protrude

A

Thrust forth; stick out; bulge; jut

50
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Provoke

A

Call forth; bring on; cause

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