Vocabulary Quiz Before Semester End Flashcards
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Boisterous
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Energetic
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Dubious
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Doubtful
3
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Prophetic
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Predicting the future
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Substantive
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Having a firm basis in reality
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Propensity
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Natural tendency to behave a certain way
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Affirmation
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Affiriming
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Audacious
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Showing a willingness to take risks
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Endemic
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Occuring within an area
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Impinge
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Have a negative impact
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Obsolescent
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Outdated
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Antiquated
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Outdated
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Clandestine
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Kept secret
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Corporeal
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Relating to a person’s body
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Noxious
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Poison
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Pensive
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Serious thought
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Cornucopia
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Variety
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Efficacy
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Ability to produce a desired resut
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Genteel
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Respectable
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Loquacious
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Talkative
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Succinct
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Clearly expressed
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Esoteric
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Only to be understood by a special group of people with certain knowledge
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Hallmark
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A mark for that specific thing
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Profusion
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A large quantity of something
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Qualm
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Uneasy feeling of doubt
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Sardonic
Cynical
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Abject
Something bad expressed to a maximum degree
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Beguile
Charm someone in a deceptive way
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Insipid
Lacking flavor
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Sonorous
Deep
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Uncouth
Lacking good manners
