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18 Cards in this Set
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Abate: |
(v) become less intense ore wide spread -The storm suddenly abated. |
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Amenable: |
(adj) Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled. -The amenable people quickly followed their leader into a dictatorship (adj) Capable of being acted upon in a particular way -The patient’s heart failure mot amendable to medical treatment.** |
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Apprehensive: |
(adj) Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen. -He was constantly apprehensive as he waited for his test results (adj) Of or relating to perception or understanding -He was apprehensive that something else was going on** |
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Conclusive |
(adj) evidence or argument serving to prove a case -He had conslusive evidence that he was the victim. (adj) Achieved easily or by large margin. -A conslusive win. |
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Discern |
(v) Perceive or recognize something. -I see no discern with our two laws.
(v) Distinguish with difficulty. -She could faintly discern the man in the bushes. |
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Fervor
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(n) Intense and passionate feeling -I have a fervor for computers (n) intense heat -The fervor from the oven nearly killed him! |
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Heedful |
(adj) Aware of an attentive to. -He heeds my warning and does not enter. |
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Heterogeneous |
(adj) Diverse -This was a heterogeneous mixture |
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Impediment |
(n) A hindrance or obstruction in doing something -His cane was both an aid and an impediment (n) A defect in a person’s speech. -His impediment was very noticeable |
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Insubordination |
(n) Defiance of authority: Refusal to obey orders -Their insubordination got them killed |
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Peremptory |
(adj) Insisting on immediate attention or obedience. - In a peremptory tone, the flight attendant told the passenger to fasten his seatbelt or leave (adj) Not open to appeal or challenge - there has been no disobedience of a peremptory order of the court |
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Perpetuate |
(v) Make something (typically an undesirable situation) continue indefinitely -He keeps perpetuating his downfall with his stupid sayings (v) Preserve from extension |
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Plaintive |
(adj) Sounding sad or mournful -He had a plaintive tone as he said his speech at his mother’s burial |
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Prevail |
(v) Prove more powerful that opposing forces: Be victorious -Even in the heat of it all, we still prevail. |
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Sojourn |
(n) A temporary stay -His sojourn turned into a rent(v) Stay somewhere temporarily -He sojourned at my house for a few days |
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Transgress |
(v) Infringe or go beyond the bounds (of a moral principle or other established standard or behavior) -It is an unknown thing that only upperclassman use the commons but this is often infringed on |
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Vileness |
(n) Unfriendly, bad (adj) |
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Withering |
(adj) Intended to make someone feel mortified or humiliated -He had a withering look as he died (adj) (Of heat) intense; scorching -He had a withering look as he walked into his interview (n) The action of becoming dry and shriveled -His body withered in the oven. |
