English Test Vocab Flashcards

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Invoke

Back 1

To call upon

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Confound

Back 2

To confuse / to prove false

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Impetuous

Back 3

Impulsive / Done quickly without care.

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Guile

Back 4

Trickery

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Impious

Back 5

Not respectful of (not pious)

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Zenith

Back 6

Apex, peak, highest point

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Jocund

Back 7

Cheerful

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Tumultuous

Back 8

Turbulent, disruptive uproar

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Venial

Back 9

Forgivable, excusable

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Harbinger

Back 10

Indication or precursor

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Imp

Back 11

Small Mischievous Devil/Spirit

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Redound

Back 12

come back upon; rebound on.

For example, "may his sin redound upon his head"

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Ply

Back 13

To work with (esp. with craftsman's actions)

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Affront

Back 14

Hostile confrontation; Action or comment that causes outrage.

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Sapient

Back 15

Possessing wisdom

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Pent

Back 16

Confined (another term for pent-up)

Front 17

Credulous

Back 17

Believable

Front 18

Concupiscence

Back 18

Strong Sexual Desire

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Impute

Back 19

Attribute; Represent as being done

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Facile

Back 20

Easy (tip to remember: Facile is a Facile word to remember)

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Inure

Back 21

Accustom to something unpleasant

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Poignant

Back 22

Nostalgic, evoking keen reminders of the past with regret.

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Abstruse

Back 23

Difficult to understand

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Precept

Back 24

General rule of behavior or thought

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Diffident

Back 25

Modest; lacking self-confidence.

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Salubrious

Back 26

Healthy

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Obdurate

Back 27

Stubborn

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Ignominy

Back 28

Shame or Disgrace

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Perdition

Back 29

Damnation

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Efface

Back 30

Erase

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Precipitous

Back 31

Steep

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Slake

Back 32

Satisfy or quench

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Exhortations

Back 33

An address urging someone to do something

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Scion

Back 34

Descendant

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Abject

Back 35

Wretched (tip for remembering: "Abject Reject")

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Consummation

Back 36

End; The point of completion.

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Sagacity

Back 37

Wisdom

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Respite

Back 38

Short period of rest/vacation before something unpleasant.

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Concede

Back 39

Admit; Confess as true

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Abhorred

Back 40

Disgusting or wretched

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Guise

Back 41

Appearance of something on the surface; Costome

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Sedulous

Back 42

Showing dedication

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Expedite

Back 43

Speed up the process of something

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Sophism

Back 44

A deceptive argument that sounds reasonable but is false

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Mutable

Back 45

Changeable

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Precarious

Back 46

Dangerous or unstable position

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Torpor

Back 47

Inactivity (Mental OR Physical)

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Erroneous

Back 48

Wrong or Incorrect

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Consternation

Back 49

Frustration

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Acme

Back 50

Apex, Peak, Highest Point, zenith

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Gibe

Back 51

Taunt or mocking remark