Pre-Nursing Kaplan Exam – Vocabulary – Flashcards
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abdicate
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to relinquish or give up a throne, power, right, or responsibility.
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abscond
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to flee or escape secretly and hide
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aural
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refers to the ears or hearing
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benevolent
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kind or good; not secretive
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buttress
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support
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cathode
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negative pole
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charlatan
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quack; not a knowledgable doctor
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copious
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profuse or abundant
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defame
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slander; libel
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derive
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to deduce; to draw from or arrive at through deduction
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evoke
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to call forth
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fallible
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able to err
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germane
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relevant; pertinent; or applicable
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grotto
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small cave, cavern, or hollow
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heedless
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thoughtless
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innumerable
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countless, impossible to number or count
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infuse
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instill
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jovial
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happy; merry
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latent
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dormant, sleeping, inactive
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loch
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scottish word for lake
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lyre
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stringed instrument played in ancient Creece and Rome
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labyrinth
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a maze
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necrotic
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dying
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peevish
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irritable; annoyed
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piccolo
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small version of a flute
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remiss
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negligent, lax, careless, or slow
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sapient
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wise or knowledgeable
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specious
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falsely plausible; deceptively apprearing but really not
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tolerant
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indulgent; permisswive, open-minded, or patient
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verbose
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wordy
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abhorrence
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hatred
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distraught
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distressed or extremely upset
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somber
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melancholy ; sad
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acme
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the highest point or peak
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genteel
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refined and cultured
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mollify
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to appease, soothe, or calm
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unbridled
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unrestrained, uninhibited, uncontrolled, unmanageable, or wild
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zephyr
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a breeze or light wind
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sonata
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instrumental composition
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famished
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extremely hungry; starving
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enamored
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"in love with"
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dissect
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to cut apart
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countenance
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facial expression or appearance
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apprize
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to inform or apprecaite
