Vocabulary List 9 Flashcards

Vaulting Verbs

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Alienate

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To make someone feel isolated, estranged, or excluded

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Confer

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¹to grant a title, degree, benefit, or right to someone ²to discuss or exchange opinions with others

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Corroborate

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To make certain or confirm

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Deflect

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To cause something to change course or direction

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Embody

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¹to represent an abstract idea, quality, or principle in tangible form ²to include something

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Fabricate

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To invent or make up something usually meant to decieve

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Galvanize

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To shock or excite someone into taking action

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Gesticulate

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To make han or arm movements when speaking to emphasize what is being said

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Obliterate

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To completely destroy something

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To make someone feel isolated, estranged, or excluded

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Alienate

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¹to grant a title, degree, benefit, or right to someone ²to discuss or exchange opinions with others

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Confer

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To make certain or confirm

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Corroborate

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To cause something to change course or direction

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Deflect

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¹to represent an abstract idea, quality, sor principle in tangible form ²to include something

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Embody

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To invent or make up something usually meant to decieve

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Fabricate

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To shock or excite someone into taking action

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Galvanize

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To make hand or arm movements when speaking to emphasize what is being said

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Gesticulate

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To completely destroy something

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Obliterate