Vocabulary for the College Bound Student Chapter 2 – Flashcards
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Ameliorate Amelioration
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verb. become better; make better; improve; enhance (ant. worsen) noun. improvement (ant. degradation)
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Conserve Conservation Conservationist
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verb. keep from waste, loss, or decay; save (ant. waste) noun. preservation from loss, injury, or waste noun. one who advocates the conservation of natural resources
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Detriment Detrimental
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noun. injury, damage, or something that causes it; disadvantage (ant. advantage) adj. harmful; damaging
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Exotic
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adj. 1. introduced from another country; foreign (ant. native; indigenous) adj. 2. strikingly unusual; strange
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Folly
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noun. lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking (ant. wisdom)
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Formerly Former
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adv. in an earlier period; previously (ant. now) adj. preceding; previous (ant. latter)
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Harmony Harmonious
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noun. peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquillity; concord (ant. conflict; disharmony) adj. friendly; amicable
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Ignore Ignoramus
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verb. refuse to take notice of; disregard (ant. heed) noun. ignorant, stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop
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Impediment Impede
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noun. something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle (ant. aid) verb. interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstuct
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Indolent Indolence
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adj. disposed to avoik exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic (ant. industrious) noun. idleness, laziness
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Intact
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adj. untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured (ant. imperfect)
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Invalid Invalidate Invalid
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adj. not binding in law; having no force or effected; void; nugatory (ant. valid) verb. abolish; annul noun. sickly or disabled person
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Noncarcinogenic
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adj. not producing, or tending to produce, cancer (ant. carcinogenic)
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Parsimonious Parsimony
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adl. unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted (ant. generous) noun. stinginess; parsimoniousness (ant. generosity; liberality)
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Raze
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verb. destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level (ant. erect)
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Reticent Reticence
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adj. inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved (ant. frank) noun. restraint in communicating (ant. frankness)
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Retire
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verb. 1. withdraw from active duty or business verb. 2. go to bed (ant. rise)
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Retort Retort
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verb. answer; reply sharply or angrily (ant. ask) noun. quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer
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Subvert Subversion
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verb. overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine (ant. uphold) noun. sabotage; undermining
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Tractable Tractability
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adj. easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable (ant. unruly; intractable) noun. obedience
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Baffle Baffling
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verb. bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate adj. frustrating; bewildering
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Cinema Cinematography
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noun. movies; motion-picture industry noun. art of making motion pictures
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Despise Despicable
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verb. look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe, regard as inferior (ant. admire) adj. worthy of contempt; contemptiple (ant. laudable)
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Ebullient Ebullience
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adj. overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; efferevescent; high-spirited; vivacious noun. exuberance
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Exaggerate Exaggeration
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verb. overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify (ant. minmize) noun. overstatement (ant. understatement)
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Exhort Exhortation
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verb. arouse by words; advise strongly; urge noun. urgent recommendation of advice
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Expertise
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noun. specialized skill or techincal knowledge; know-how; expertness
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Finicky
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adj. excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
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Gall Gall
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verb. make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex noun. brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness)
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Inane Inanity
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adj. lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid (ant. deep; profound) noun. foolishness; shallowness
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Indemnify
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verb. compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
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Occident occidental
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noun. west; countries of America and Europe (ant. Orient) adj. western (ant. oriental)
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Peruse Perusal
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verb. read; look at fairly attentively; study reading; study
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Scuffle Scuffle
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verb. struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple noun. brawl; fight
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Spurn
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verb. thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject (ant. accept)
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Stipend
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noun. fixed pay for services; salary; regualar allowance awarded a scholarship winner
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Surveillance
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noun. close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
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Tepid Tepidly
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adj. moderately warm; lukewarm adv. unenthusiastically; lukewarmly
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Wager Wager
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verb. risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet noun. bet
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Wane
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verb. decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink (ant. wax)
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Abhorrent Abhor
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adj. (followed by to) in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abonimable (ant. admirable verb. utterly destest; loathe; hate
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Admonish Admonition
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verb. reprove gently but seriously; warn of a fault; caution (ant. commend) noun. gentle warning; friendly reproof
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Ambrosial
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adj. extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; like ambrosia (the food of the gods); heavenly
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Confine Confinement
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verb. shut up; imprison; keep in narrow, cramped quarters (ant. free) noun. imprisonment
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Decade
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noun. period of ten years
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Detonate Detonation
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verb. explode with suddenness and violence; cause (something) to explode noun. explosion
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Ephemeral
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adj. lasting one daily only; fleeting; transitory; short-lived; transient (ant. permanent, perpetual)
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Gullible Gull
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adj. easily deceived or cheated; credulous (ant. astute) verb. deceive, cheat
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Haggle
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verb. dispute or argue over a price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle
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Immerse Immersion
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verb. 1. plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck verb. 2. engross; absorb noun. state of being deeply engrossed; absorption
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Insomnia Insomniac
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noun. inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness noun. person suffering from insomnia
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Lapse Lapse
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noun. 1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault noun. 2. interval verb. cease being in force; become invalid
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Probe Prober
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noun. critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation noun. investigator
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Render Rendering
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verb. hand down officially; deliver (as a verdict); give noun. presentation; interpretation
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Repast
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noun. food for one occasion of eating; meal
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Replinish
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verb. bring back to condition of being full; refill
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Score
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noun. group or set of twenty; twenty
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Snub Snub
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noun. act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult verb. treat with disdain or contempt; slight
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Suture
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noun. strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material
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Unwittingly
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adv. unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently; unknowingly (ant. intentionally)
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Acquit Acquittal
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verb. 1. relieve from an accusation; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (ant. convict) verb. 2. perform one's part; conduct oneself noun. exculpation; discharge (ant. conviction)
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Complex Complexity
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adj. having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate (ant. simple) noun. difficulty; intricacy (ant. simplicity)
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Cosign Cosignee
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verb. give, transfer, or deliver, as if by signing over; hand over; commit noun. person to whom something is shipped
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Effrontery
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noun. shameless boldness; insolence; gall; termerity; nerve; chutzpah
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Excruciating
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adj. causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful
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Forbearance
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noun. act of forbearing (refraining); abstaining; leniency; patience (ant. anger)
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Hamper
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verb. interfere with; hinder; impede (ant. aid)
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Nettlesome
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adj. literally, full of nettles (plants with stinging hairs); irritating; causing annoyance or vexation
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Oblivious Oblivion
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adj. (usually followed by of) forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting noun. condition of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness
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Prodigious Prodigy
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adj. extraordinary in amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal (ant. tiny) noun. person of extraordinary talent or ability; wonder
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Rejuvenate
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verb. make young or youthful again; give new vigor to ; reinvigorate; refresh
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Residue Residual
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noun. whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest adj. remaining after a part is used or taken
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Salutary
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adj. favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious
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Scrutinize Scrutiny
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verb. examine very closely; inspect; vet noun. examination; inspection; review
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Supersede
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verb. force out of use; displace; supplant; replace
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Sweltering Swelter
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adj. oppressively hot; torrid; sultry (ant. frigid) verb. suffer from oppressive hear
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Unruffled
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adj. not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; imperturable; collected (ant. discomposed)
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Unwieldly Unwieldiness
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adj. hard to wield (handle) because of size or weight; unmanageable; bulky; cumbersome noun. bulkiness
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Withdraw Withdrawl
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verb. 1. take back; remove (ant. deposit) verb. 2. draw back; go away; retreat; leave (ant. advance) noun. 1. taking back; removal noun. 2. drawing back; retreat; departure (ant. approach)
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Zany Zany
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adj. having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony noun. clown; buffoon
