Words of the Week Flashcards

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Recapitulate

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Summarize the main points of

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Omission

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Something hidden or not told, cut out

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Arduous

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Requiring strenuous effort, heavy/hard

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Causation

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One thing directly causes the other

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Correlation

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A connection between two or more things

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Predicate

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Found or base something on

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Inextricably

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Inseparable, hard to disentangle

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Concise

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Giving a lot of info in few words, brevity

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Incremental

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relating to or denoting an increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale

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Infer

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To make an educated guess

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Inadvertent

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Accidental, not intended

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Convoluted

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Extremely complex and difficult to follow

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Abysmal

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Extremely bad; appalling

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Digression

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A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing

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Vindicate

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To prove to be right.

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Incontrovertible

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Not able to be denied or disputed

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Proximal

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situated nearer to the center of the body or the point of attachment, CLOSE

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Tenable

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Able to be maintained or defended against attack