100 words college students need to know – Flashcards
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abjure
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formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
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abrogate
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to abolish
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abstemious
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sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
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acumen
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quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
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antebellum
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before the war
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auspicious
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tending to favor or bring good luck
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belie
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contradict; give a false impression
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bellicose
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fond of fighting
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bowdlerize
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to remove offensive passages of a play, novel, etc.
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chicanery
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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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chromosome
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a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
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churlish
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lacking politeness or good manners; lacking sensitivity; difficult to work with or deal with; rude
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circumlocution
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indirect or roundabout expression (by using an uncecessarily large number of words esp. when trying to avoid answering a difficult question directly)
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circumnavigate
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travel around, either by plane or ship
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deciduous
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(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season
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deleterious
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harmful to living things
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diffident
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shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
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enervate
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weaken mentally or morally
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enfranchise
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grant freedom to
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epiphany
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a moment of sudden revelation or insight
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equinox
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either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
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euro
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currency of the european union
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evanescent
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vanishing
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expurgate
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to censor
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facetious
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playfully humorous
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fatuous
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silly, foolish
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feckless
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lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable
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fiduciary
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held in trust; confidential
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filibuster
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a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes
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gamete
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a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
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hypotenuse
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the longest side of a right triangle
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gauche
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awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
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gerrymander
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To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
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hegemony
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the domination of one state or group over its allies
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homogeneous
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of the same kind
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hubris
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arrogant presumption or pride
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impeach
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charge with an offense or misdemeanor
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incognito
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without revealing one's identity
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incontrovertible
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indisputable; not open to question
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inculcate
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teach (ideas or principles); instill
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infrastructure
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the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
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interpolate
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to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction
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irony
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witty language used to convey insults or scorn
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jejune
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lacking interest or significance
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kinetic
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characterized by motion
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kowtow
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try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
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laissez faire
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the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
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lexicon
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dictionary
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loquacious
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talkative
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lugubrious
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mournful, gloomy
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metamorphosis
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when someone or something changes completely in form or state.
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mitosis
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cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes
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moiety
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is a part of a molecule that may include functional groups as substructures
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nanotechnology
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the branch of engineering that deals with things smaller than 100 nanometers (especially with the manipulation of individual molecules)
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nihilism
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the delusion that things (or everything, including the self) do not exist
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nomenclature
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a system of words used in a particular discipline
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nonsectarian
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not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination.
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notarize
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to certify legally
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obsequious
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Overly submissive and eager to please
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oligarchy
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a political system governed by a few people
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omnipotent
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almighty
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orthography
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correct spelling; CF. ortho-: straight; correct; Ex. orthodontics
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oxidize
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add oxygen to or combine with oxygen
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parabola
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a U shaped line on a graph
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paradigm
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an example or model
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parameter
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a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
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pecuniary
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relating to or involving money
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photosynthesis
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synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)
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plagiarize
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to steal and to use another's writings as one's own
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plasma
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(physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors
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Polymer
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a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
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precipitous
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Steep
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quasar
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Heavenly body
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quotidian
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occurring daily; commonplace
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recapitulate
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summarize briefly
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reciprocal
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(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2
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reparation
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something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
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respiration
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the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation
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sanguine
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confidently optimistic and cheerful
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soliloquy
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speech you make to yourself
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subjugate
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To conquer by force, bring under complete control
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suffragist
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someone who campaigns for voting rights
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supercilious
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having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
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tautology
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useless repetition
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taxonomy
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a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
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tectonic
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pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust
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tempestuous
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stormy, raging, furious
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thermodynamics
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the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
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totalitarian
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characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control
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unctuous
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(adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
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usurp
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seize and take control without authority and possibly with force
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vacuous
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devoid of significance or point
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vehement
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intense, forceful, powerful
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vortex
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whirlwind; whirlpool; center of turbulence; predicament into which one is inexorably plunged
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winnow
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remove by a current of air
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wrought
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Formed, made
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xenophobe
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person afraid of foreigners
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yeoman
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man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer
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ziggurat
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a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians
