MCAT VOCAB SET 1 – Flashcards
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Untenable
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Unable to be maintained or defended against attack or objection
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Mitigate
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To lessen; Mollify; Abate; Assuage
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Derision
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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
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Interpose
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To place or insert between one thing and another; To say (words) as an interruption; Interpolate
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Teleology
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The assigning of purpose to otherwise purposeless things
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Spurious
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Not being what it claims to be: Fake or false
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Abate
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To reduce in degree, amount, or intensity
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Axiom
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A statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or a self-evident truth
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Bilk
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To cheat
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Panoply
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An impressive array
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Levity
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Overly casual
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Castigate
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To reprimand severely
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Ebullient
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Cheerful and full of energy
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Inscrutable
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Difficult or impossible to comprehend or interpret
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Mendacious
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Dishonest
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Opaque
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Unable to see through
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Stochastic
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Randomly determined
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Disparate
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Fundamentally different
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Petulant
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Bad tempered; Cantankerous: Querulous; Testy; Peevish; Irascible
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Parochial
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Narrow in scope; Myopic
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Pretentious
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To impress by exaggerating one's characteristics
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Acidulous
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Sour in taste or manner
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Arrogate
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To claim without justification
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Collusion
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Secret or illegal cooperation
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Laudable
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Praiseworthy
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Fomenting
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To instigate; To stir up
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Inexorable
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Impossible to stop or prevent
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Invective
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Insulting, harsh, or abusive language; Vituperation
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Cavalier
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Showing a lack of proper concern; Haughty; Arrogant
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Sublimate
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To modify an instinctual impulse into a culturally and sociably acceptable action/behavior
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Prodigal
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Lavish; Wastefully extravagant; Profligate
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Repudiate
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To deny/reject the validity of
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Alacrity
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Willingness; Eagerness
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Gregarious
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Sociable; Outgoing
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Intrepid
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Fearless
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Zeitgeist
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The defining mood or spirit in a particular part of history
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Pusillanimous
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Showing a lack of courage; Cowardly
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Veracity
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Filled with truth and accuracy
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Apologist
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Someone who creates an argument in the defense of something controversial
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Eschew
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To abstain from; To deliberately avoid using
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Incredulity
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A state of being unable or unwilling to believe something
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Tirade
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A long, harsh speech or verbal attack
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Machination
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Scheme; Plot
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Mollify
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To calm or make less severe
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Pejorative
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Disparaging; Derogatory
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Polemic
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Controversy; Argument
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Dilettante
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Someone who has amateurish and superficial interest in a topic
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Mercurial
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Unpredictable
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Germane
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Relevant to a subject
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Aberrant
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Deviating from what is normal or expected
