Vocabulary Log Flashcards by Makhya Walls | Brainscape

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Compensate

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To provide something in replace of something

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Formidable

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Causing fear or dread

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

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Constitute

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To be apart of a whole

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Derive

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To obtain something from a specific source

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Sector

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Am area that is distinct from others

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Affect

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Have an effect on; make a difference

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Commission

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An instruction or demand

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Abridge

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To shorten a peiace of writing

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Ameliorate

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Improve apon

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Benevolent

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Well meaning and kind

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Debilitate

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To a person make weak or infirm

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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad; shocking

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Fervent

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Displaying a passion or intensity

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Gregarious

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Found of company

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Hapless

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Unfortunate

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Lethargic

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Affected by sluggishness

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Juxtapose

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To place together to compare

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Meticulous

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Showing great attention to detail

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Nefarious

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Wicked or criminal

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect; often in a subtle way

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Quixotic

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Unrealistic; often related to an idea

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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts or feeling readily

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Sycophant

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A person who flatters another

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Tantamount

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Almost the same or equivalent

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Ubiquitous

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Present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Wide-spread

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Voracious

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Having a very eager approach to an activity

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Wary

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Showing caution about dangers