Vocabulary for the College Bound Student: Credit 1
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Invalid
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Not binding in law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory.
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Retire
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1. Withdraw from active duty or business. 2. Go to bed. (ant. rise)
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Scrutinize
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Examine very closely; inspect; vet.
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Complex
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Having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate. (ant. simple)
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Acquit
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1. Relieve from an accusation; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate. (ant. convict) 2. Perform one's part; conduct oneself.
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Oblivious
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(Usually followed by of) forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting.
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Rejuvenate
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Make young or youthful again; give new vigor to; reinvigorate; refresh.
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Ignore
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Refuse to take notice of; disregard. (ant. heed)
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Exotic
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1. Introduced from another country; foreign. (ant. native; indigenous) 2. Strikingly unusual; strange.
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Indolence
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Idleness; laziness.
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Ameliorate
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Become better; make better; improve; enhance. (ant. worsen)
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Withdraw
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1. Take back; remove. (ant. deposit) 2. Draw back; go away; retreat; leave. (ant. advance)
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Conserve
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Keep from waste, loss, or decay; save. (ant. waste)
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Hamper
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Interfere with; hinder; impede. (ant. aid)
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Parsimonious
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Unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted. (ant. generous)
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Non-carcinogenic
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Not producing, or tending to produce, cancer. (ant. carcinogenic)
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Prodigy
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Person of extraordinary talent or ability; wonder.
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Excruciating
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Causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful.
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Tractable
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Easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding; docile; amenable. (ant. unruly; intractable)
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Effrontery
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Shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah.
