Wordknowledge Flashcards

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Bursar

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A business or treasurer officer, especially college

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Estrange

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To alienate, to turn away in feelings

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Momentous

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Significant, a great or far reaching importance

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Chastised

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Lecture, discipline

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Obtrude

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To impose or to intrude oneself on another

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Opulent

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Lavish, wealthy or rich

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Recapitulate

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To summarize or review

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Clemency

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Mercy, forgiveness or leniency

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Eschew

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To avoid, stay away from

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Pollute

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To contaminate

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Latent

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Hidden, present but not visible

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Salutary

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Beneficial, to promote health

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Acclaim

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A shout of approval

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Apex

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Top, highest point, tip

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Assimilate

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Absorb, to take in and incorporate ones own

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Brittle

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Fragile, weak, little strength

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Datum

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Fact, a single piece of information as a fact

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Proficient

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Adept, well advance or competent

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Adept

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Very skilled, proficient, expert

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Imposed

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Levied, to lay on, set something to be followed or obeyed

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Levied

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An imposing or collection, amount owe or collected

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Galore

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Abundance, plentiful

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Headlong

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Reckless, without haste

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Frugal

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Economical, thrifty, saving

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Stimulate

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Arrest, quicken some vital process or function

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Licit

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Lawful, legal, legitimate

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Vacate

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Leave, to give up possession or occupancy

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Reasoned

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Logical, a basis or cause as for some belief

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Tacit

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Understood without saying nothing

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Burnished

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Polished,smooth and bright

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Commodity

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Product, something of use

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Contrived

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Premeditated, something planned out or forced

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Supplicate

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To beg, to pray humbly to entreat or petition

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Hypocrisy

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Having a virtuous character that one does not really possess

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Succulent

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Juicy

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Garrison

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Fort, a fortified place

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Furtherance

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Advancement, promotion

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Domicile

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Home, a place of residence or house

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Abrogate

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Abolish, to put aside; to put an end to

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Compensation

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Commission, reward

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Brusque

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Abrupt, blunt, rough

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Demise

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Death, decease, terminate

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Commemorate

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Remember, to serve as memorial

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Bore

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Burrow, make a hole, boring, dull

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Prevail

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Persist, to be wide spread or current

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Defray

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To pay, all or a part of

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Chasm

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Abyss, a large hole or gulf

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Abyss

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An immeasurable gulf or cavity

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Fundamental

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Basics, foundation

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Susceptible

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Vulnerable, capable of being affected

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Emblem

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Symbol