"The College Vocabulary List" T1 – Flashcards
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squalid
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filthy; wretched; debased
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proliferating
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to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring; multiply
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sanctuary
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a consecrated place, as the most sacred part of a religious building; sanctum
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elude
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to avoid adroitly; evade
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ultimate
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being the last or concluding element of a series
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inscrutable
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not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood; mysterious
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spiel
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to talk volubly or extravagantly; express
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servitude
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state of subjection to an owner or master or forced labor imposed as punishment
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spellbind
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to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; Enthrall; Enchant; Fascinate
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proletariat
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a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
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delusion
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something that is falsely believed or propagated ; hallucination
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purge
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clear of guilt; cleanse
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secular
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of or relating to the worldly or temporal; nonreligious
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viable
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capable of growing or living; practicable
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anathema
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one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority; curse
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jeopardy
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exposure to or imminence of death, loss, or injury; endangerment
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reflective
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capable of reflecting light, images, or sound waves; meditative
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benign
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of a mild type of character that does not threaten health or life; harmless
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pugnacious
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having a quarrelsome or combative nature
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dissipate
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to cause to spread thin
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acquiesce
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to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively; agree
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denigrate
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to attack the reputation of; defame
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munificent
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very liberal in giving or bestowing; bighearted
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capitulation
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the act of surrendering or yielding; relinquish
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palatable
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agreeable or acceptable to the mind
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vehement
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marked by forceful energy; powerful
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fruition
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pleasurable use or possession; enjoyment
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eradicate
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to do away with completely as if pulling up by the roots; abolish
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despotic
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a ruler with absolute power and authority; Caesar
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extricate
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to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage
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paranoia
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a psychosis characterized by systematic delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations
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malevolence
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having, showing, or arising from intense, often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
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tenuous
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having little substance or strength; weak
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ambivalence
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simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action
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desiccate
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to dry up; dehydrate
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replete
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fully or abundantly provided or felled; plump
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recalcitrant
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obstinately defiant of authority or restraint; resistant
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cogent
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having power to compel or constrain; convince
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affluence
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an abundant flow or supply; profusion
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astute
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having or showing shrewdness and perspicacity; crafty
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fatuous
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complacently or inanely foolish; silly
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vindictive
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disposed to seek revenge; vengeful
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meticulous
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marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details; careful
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catharsis
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purification of the emotions, primarily through art
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insatiable
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incapable of being satisfied; quenchless
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dubious
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giving use to uncertainty; of doubtful promise or outcome; doubtful
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tepid
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lacking in passion, force, zest; halfhearted
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perpetual
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continuing forever; everlasting
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skepticism
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an attitude of doubt or a disposition to incredulity either in general or toward a particular object; distrust
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vestige
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a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something vanished or lost; footprint
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clandestine
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marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy; secret
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expatriate
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banish; exile
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converge
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to tend or move toward one point or another; come together; meet
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implicit
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capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed; implied
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manifest
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readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sight; obvious
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lexicon
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a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of words in a language and their definitions; dictionary
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felicity
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the quality or state of being happy, especially great happiness; blessedness
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accentuate
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accent, emphasize; intensify
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ephemeral
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lasting on day only; brief
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eccentric
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deviating from an established or usual pattern or style; bizarre
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symbiosis
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the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms; mutualism
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debacle
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a violent disruption; rout
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delusive
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likely to delude; deceitful
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exigencies
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that which is required in a particular situation; clutch; usually used in plural
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pernicious
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highly injurious or destructive; deadly
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ostracism
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exclusion by general consent from common privileges or social acceptance
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable; improve
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tutelage
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an act or process of serving as guardian or protector; guardianship
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morose
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having a sullen and gloomy disposition; bleak
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ancillary
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subordinate; subsidiary
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plethora
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excess; superfluity; profusion; abundance
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vivifying
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to endow with life or renewed life; animate
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aesthetic
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pleasuring in appearance; attractive
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disparate
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containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements; different
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pedagogues
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teacher, schoolmaster, especially dull, formal or pedantic teacher
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salutary
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producing a beneficial effect; remedial
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relegated
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to send into exile; banish
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nuance
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a subtle variation or distinction
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precarious
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affording no ease or reassurance
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metamorphoses
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change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means; transfiguration
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congruent
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coinciding when superimposed
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essence
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the permanent as contrasted with the accidental; entity
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syntax
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the way in which linguistic elements are put together to form constituents; anthrax
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unimpeachable
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reliable beyond doubt; irreproachable
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generic
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relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class; general
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tandem
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one behind the other
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rapport
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relation marked by harmony, uniformity, accord, or affinity; relation
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effete
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no longer fertile; decadent
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austerity
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the quality of being stern and bold in appearance or manners; somber
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presumptuous
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overstepping due bounds; taking liberties; bold
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voracious
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having a huge appetite; ravenous
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invidious
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tending to cause discontent, animosity or envy; envious
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impermeable
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not permitting passage through its substance; impervious
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aphorism
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a concise statement of a principal; adage
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malaise
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an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of illness; ablaze
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histrionic
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of or relating to actors, acting, or the theatre
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gingerly
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very cautious or careful; alert
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decadence
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decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
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drone
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one that lives on the labors of others; parasite
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calibrate
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make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
