English Vocab Review 1-6

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palpable

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capable of being touched or felt

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interject

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to throw in between or among other things

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disable

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to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity

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intersperse

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to place something at intervals in or among

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abdicate

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to cast off

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graphic

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something with vivid or inapropriot detail

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fraternal

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of, relating to, or involving brothers

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dissuade

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to advise (a person) against something

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antipathy

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obsolete : opposition in feeling

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terrain

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a geographic area

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autocart

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a person (as a monarch) ruling with unlimited authority

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terrestrial

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of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants

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microbe

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small

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microcosm

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a little world; especially : the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world or the universe

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teamster

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one who drives a team or motortruck especially as an occupation

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capricious

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IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE

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solarium

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glass-enclosed porch or room; also : a room (as in a hospital) used especially for sunbathing or therapeutic exposure to light

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pugnacious

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having a quarrelsome or combative nature

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credible

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offering reasonable grounds for being believed

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procurement

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the act or process of procuring; especially : the obtaining of military supplies by a government

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detriment

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INJURY, DAMAGE

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anticedent

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a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun (as John in "Mary saw John and called to him"); broadly : a word or phrase replaced by a substitute

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concave

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hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl

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congregate

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gather

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ambiance

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a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing.

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confiscate

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appropriated by the government

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comptetence

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a sufficiency of means for the necessities and conveniences of life <provided his family with a comfortable competence -- Rex Ingamells>

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anteduiluvian

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made, evolved, or developed a long time ago

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metronome

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an instrument designed to mark exact time by a regularly repeated tick

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entanglement

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the condition of being deeply involved...or like a rope tangled

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contentment

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happy

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ambiguous

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doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness

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mileage

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an allowance for traveling expenses at a certain rate per mile

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hostage

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a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement

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plutocrat

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government by the wealthy

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depose

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to remove from a throne or other high position

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intercede

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to intervene between parties with a view to reconciling differences : MEDIATE

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personable

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pleasant or amiable in person : ATTRACTIVE

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interface

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a surface forming a common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases

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dismiss

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to permit or cause to leave

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abnormal

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UNUSUAL, EXCEPTIONAL...NOT NORMAL

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polygraph

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an instrument for recording variations of several different pulsations (as of physiological variables) simultaneously -- compare LIE DETECTOR

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mission

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the act or an instance of sending

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remit

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to lay aside (a mood or disposition pr MONEY usually) partly or wholly..

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diligence

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persevering application

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missive

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a written communication