Vocabulary for the College-Bound Student Test 1 – Flashcards
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ameliorate (v.)
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to become better; make better; improve; enhance
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amelioration(n.)
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improvement
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folly(n.)
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lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking
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harmonious (adj.)
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friendly; amicable
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ignoramus (n.)
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ignorant, stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop
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impediment (n.)
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something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance ; obstacle
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impede(v.)
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interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstruct
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indolent(adj.)
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disposed to avoid exertion;lazy;idle;lethargic
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parsimonious
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unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy ; miserly; tightfisted
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parsimony
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stinginess;parsimoniousness
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raze
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to destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish ; level
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reticent
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inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved
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reticence
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restraint in communicating
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retort
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answer; reply sharply or angrily
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retort (n.)
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quik, witty , or sharp reply; answer
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subversion
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sabotage; undermining
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tractable
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easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding ; docille; amendable
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tractability
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obedience
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baffle
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bewilder;perplex; fill with confusion; fustrate
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ebullient
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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high- spirited; vivacious
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exhort
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arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
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finicky
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excessively concerned with trifles or fetails; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
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gall
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make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
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inane
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lacking signifigance or sence; pointless ; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid
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inanity
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foolishness;shalowness
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indemnify
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compensate for loss, dam age, or injury; reimburse; repay
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Occident
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west; countries of America and Europe
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peruse
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read; look at fairly; study
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scuffle
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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
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spurn
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thrust asside with distain or contempt; reject
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wane
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decrease in power or size, dwindle; decline ; sink.
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abhorrent
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in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable
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abhor
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utterly detest; loath; hate
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admonish
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reprove genly but seriously; warn of a fault; caution
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admonition
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gently warning; friendly reproof
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admonition
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gentle warning; friendly reproof
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ambrosial
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extremly pleasing to taste or smell; delicious like ambrosia
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ephemeral
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lasing one day only; fleeting; transitory; short- lived; translent
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gull
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decieve;cheat
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probe
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critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation
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prober
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investigator
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render
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hand down officially; diliver ; give
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repast
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food for one occasion of eating; meal
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snub
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act or instance of snubbing; rebuff; slight; insult
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suture
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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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unintentionally;by accident; inadvertenly
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acquit
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relieve from an accusation; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate
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consignee
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person to whom something is shipped
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effrontery
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shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah
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forbearance
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act of forbearing ; substaing; leniency; patience
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hamper
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to interfere wihth; hinder; impede
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nettlesome
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litteraly, full of nettles; irritating ; causing annoyance or vexation
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prodigious
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extraordinary in amount or size; enourmous; giganitic; huge; colossal
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salutary
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favorable to health; healthful; deneficial; salubrious
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supersede
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force out of use; diciplace; supplant; replace
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unwieldy
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hard to wield because of side or weight ; unmanageable; bulky
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zany
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having the charachteristics of a clown; loony
