English Midterm Exam Vocab Lessons 1, 2, 3, And 4

Front 1

a blessing; an invocation of divine blessing, esp. at the end of a religious service

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benediction

Front 2

doing or inclined to do good; kindly; charitable

Back 2

benevolent

Front 3

a person who has given help, esp. financial help

Back 3

benefactor

Front 4

anything given in addition to the customary or required amount

Back 4

bonus

Front 5

in good faith' without dishonesty, fraud, or deceit

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bona-fide

Front 6

showing generosity; doing good; resulting in benefit

Back 6

beneficent

Front 7

good-natured; kindly; favorable; doing little or no harm

Back 7

benign

Front 8

producing benefit; advantageous; favorable

Back 8

beneficial

Front 9

anyone receiving benefit; person named to receive the benefits of a will

Back 9

beneficiary

Front 10

a kindly, charitable act; anything contributing to an improvement in condition

Back 10

benefit

Front 11

systematized knowledge derived from observation, study, and experimentation

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science

Front 12

able to think or feel in a normal waking state

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conscious

Front 13

apparent knowledge of things before they happen or come into being

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prescience

Front 14

having infinite knowledge; knowing all things

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omniscient

Front 15

not guided or restrained by any sense of right or wrong; unreasonable and excessive

Back 15

unconscionable

Front 16

a knowledge or sense of right and wrong, with a compulsion to do right

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conscience

Front 17

lacking knowledge; ignorant

Back 17

nescient

Front 18

temporarily deprived of the ability to feel or think; mindless

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unconcious

Front 19

based on, using, or in accordance with the principles and methods of systematic and exact study

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scientific

Front 20

governed by, or made and done according to, what one knows is right; honest; scrupulous

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conscientious

Front 21

a subordinate; an assistant

Back 21

adjunct

Front 22

to warn, to caution

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admonish

Front 23

to recommend; to speak in favor of

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advocate

Front 24

an associate, partner

Back 24

affiliate

Front 25

anything causing great suffering

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affliction

Front 26

feeling great dismay or horror

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aghast

Front 27

liveliness, willingness, eagerness

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alacrity

Front 28

to make others unfriendly toward you

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alienate

Front 29

to hint at, to refer to indirectly

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allude

Front 30

reserved, distant

Back 30

aloof

Front 31

under, below (prefix)

Back 31

sub

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city (root)

Back 32

urb

Front 33

to make (suffix)

Back 33

ize

Front 34

a calling down of evil on someone; a curse; evil talk about someone; slander

Back 34

malediction

Front 35

an evil doer or criminal

Back 35

malefactor

Front 36

having, showing, or caused by desire to do harm; intentionally mischevious or harmful

Back 36

malicious

Front 37

active ill will; desire to harm another or to do mischief; spite causing or likely to cause death

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malignant

Front 38

wrongdoing or misconduct by a public official; commission of an act that is positively unlawful

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malfeasance

Front 39

to speak evil of; showing ill will; very harmful

Back 39

malign

Front 40

ludicrous misuse of words, esp. through confusion by resemblance of sounds

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malapropism

Front 41

injurious or unprofessional treatment or neglect of a patient by any professional person

Back 41

malpractice

Front 42

tending or leading to; contributing to

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conducive

Front 43

can be stretched, drawn, or hammered thing without breaking; not brittle, said of metals

Back 43

ductile

Front 44

to give as a reason or proof; cite as an example

Back 44

adduce

Front 45

to infer by logical reasoning; reason out or conclude from known facts or general principles

Back 45

deduce

Front 46

to say untrue or malicious things about; defame; vilify

Back 46

traduce

Front 47

of, or produced by methods of logical reasoning

Back 47

inductive

Front 48

to take (a person) away unlawfully and by force or fraud

Back 48

abduct

Front 49

to subtract or take away

Back 49

deduct

Front 50

to lead on to some action, condition, belief, etc...; prevail on; persuade

Back 50

induce

Front 51

to bring forth; bear; yield; to make or manufacture

Back 51

produce

Front 52

to combine

Back 52

amalgamate

Front 53

equally skillful with either hand

Back 53

ambidextrous

Front 54

something or someone out of its proper time

Back 54

anachronism

Front 55

to give life or motion to

Back 55

animate

Front 56

attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods

Back 56

anthropomorphic

Front 57

no longer used or useful, very old

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antiquated

Front 58

self-confidence

Back 58

aplomb

Front 59

to give and take quickly in conversation; to toss back and forth

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bandy

Front 60

the cause of ruin, harm, or distress, death

Back 60

bane

Front 61

color (root)

Back 61

chroma

Front 62

one (prefix)

Back 62

mono

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many (prefix)

Back 63

poly

Front 64

to express acceptance of; agree to; concur with

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assent

Front 65

to differ in opinion or belief; disagree with prevailing opinion

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dissent

Front 66

feeling acutely; easily hurt; tender

Back 66

sensitive

Front 67

a feeling that something, esp. of an unfortunate or evil nature, is about to happen; premonition

Back 67

presentiment

Front 68

a difference of opinion; disagreement; discord

Back 68

dissension

Front 69

a thought, opinion, judgment, or attitude often colored with emotion

Back 69

sentiment

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of, having, or capable of feeling or perception

Back 70

sentient

Front 71

a person or animal set to guard a group

Back 71

sentinel

Front 72

readily susceptible through the senses; enjoying the pleasures of sensation

Back 72

sensuous

Front 73

connected with the reception and transmission of sense impressions

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sensory

Front 74

allowing freedom; esp. tolerant of behavior or practices disapproved by others; lenient

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permissive

Front 75

to give entrance (to a place); grant the truth of something acknowledged, or confessed

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admission

Front 76

a person or agent sent on a particular mission

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emissary

Front 77

to yield to the action, control, power of another or others; suggest; propose

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submit

Front 78

having no definite quality, meaning, etc...; not revealing one's position or purpose

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noncommittal

Front 79

a previous statement or assertion that serves as a basis for an argument

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premise

Front 80

to settle or adjust by concessions on both sides

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compromise

Front 81

having or showing a tendency to give up without resistance; docile; yielding

Back 81

submissive

Front 82

being sent away; being removed from a duty, position, or employment

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dismissal

Front 83

to cheat or swindle; to thwart or frustrate

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bilk

Front 84

offensively noisy; obvious; too conspicuous

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blatant

Front 85

anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation

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blight

Front 86

a hiding place; or things hidden, usually valuables

Back 86

cache

Front 87

of or like a corpse; pale, gaunt, thin

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cadaverous

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to lean sideways; to lurch from side to side while in motion

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careen

Front 89

an exaggerate portrayal of one's features

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caricature

Front 90

a bloody and extensive slaughter

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carnage

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to complain or to find fault in a petty or nagging way

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carp

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term

Back 92

end

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ver

Back 93

true

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dic/dict

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speak

Front 95

to make calm or peaceful; tranquilize

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pacify

Front 96

to show to be right and in accord with reason; vindicate

Back 96

justify

Front 97

to declare true, accurate, certain, etc, by formal statement; verify, attest

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certify

Front 98

to make holy; consecrate; to make free from sin; purify

Back 98

sanctify

Front 99

to mention, define, or describe in detail

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specify

Front 100

to exalt or honor; praise

Back 100

glorify

Front 101

to approve or confirm, esp. to give official sanction

Back 101

ratify

Front 102

to fill with fear; frighten greatly; alarm

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terrify

Front 103

to make or become easier to understand

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clarify

Front 104

given or belonging to no other; not shared or divided

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exclusive

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to bring to a close; finish

Back 105

conclude

Front 106

to bring into view; uncover; reveal

Back 106

disclose

Front 107

to close; shut, or block; prevent the passage of

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occlude

Front 108

something shut in; fenced in; something placed in a letter

Back 108

enclosure

Front 109

retirement; isolation; privacy; away from the public view

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seclusion

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collarbone

Back 110

clavicle

Front 111

a private or secret meeting

Back 111

conclave

Front 112

settles a question; final; decisive

Back 112

conclusive

Front 113

a place of religious seclusion

Back 113

cloister

Front 114

to produce; to be the parent of

Back 114

beget

Front 115

to resent another's success; to give with reluctance

Back 115

begrudge

Front 116

delayed

Back 116

belated

Front 117

to besiege by encircling; harass

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beleaguer

Front 118

a blessing

Back 118

benediction

Front 119

one who receives benefits

Back 119

beneficiary

Front 120

to scold or rebuke severely and at length

Back 120

berate

Front 121

in state of violent or destructive rage

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berserk

Front 122

a prejudiced view that inhibits partial judgment

Back 122

bias

Front 123

a lover of books

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bibliophile

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biblio

Back 124

book

Front 125

voc, vox

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call

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mort

Back 126

death