Week 5 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

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Salient (adj.)

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2
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A large indefinite number

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Myriad (adj.) (n.)

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3
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Harsh or corrosive in tone

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Caustic (adj.)

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4
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Having thin consistency

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Tenuous (adj.)

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5
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Call forth

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Engender (v.)

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6
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Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

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Egregious (adj.)

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7
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Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle

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Esoteric (adj.)

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8
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Deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

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Anomaly (n.)

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9
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Stimulate to action

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Galvanize (v.)

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10
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Make clear and more comprehensible

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Elucidate (v.)

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