First Vocabulary Test

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Facetious

Back 1

Humorous, playfully joking

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Ostentatious

Back 2

Meant to impress, flashy

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Discretion

Back 3

Best possible, most favorable, most desirable

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Detriment

Back 4

Something that causes damage, harm, or loss

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Vicarious

Back 5

Experienced through the imagination, not experienced directly

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Dexterous

Back 6

Skillful in using the hands or body

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Scrupulous

Back 7

Careful about moral standards, conscientious

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Gregarious

Back 8

Sociable, enjoying and seeking the company of others

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Optimum

Back 9

Good judgment or tact in actions or speaking

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Sensory

Back 10

Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling

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Instigate

Back 11

To bring about moving others to action, stir up

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Rudimentary

Back 12

Fundimentary, necessary to learn first

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Resilient

Back 13

Able to recover quickly from harm, illness, or misfortune

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Collaborate

Back 14

To work together on a project, cooperate in an effort

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Zealot

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A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause

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Squelch

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To silence or suppress, crush

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Venerate

Back 17

To respect deeply, revere

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Despondent

Back 18

Downhearted, hopeless, overwhelmed with sadness

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Retrospect

Back 19

Reviewing the past, considering past events

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Scoff

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To make fun of, mock, refuse to take seriously

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Juxtapose

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To place close together, especially in order to compare or contrast

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Lethargy

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A great lack of energy, inactivity due to laziness, sluggishness

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Ambiguous

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Able to be interpret in more than one way, not clear

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Inane

Back 24

Without sense or meaning, foolishness

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Dissident

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A person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especially in politics or religion

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Embellish

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To decorate, bueatify by adding details

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Subsidize

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To support financially, provide a grant or contribution

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Fritter

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To spend or waste a little at a time

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Inadvertent

Back 29

Unintentional, accidental

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Sporadic

Back 30

Happening now and then, occasional

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Relinquish

Back 31

To surrender, give up

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Impetuous

Back 32

Done or acting in a hurry, with little thought, impulsive

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Maudlin

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Tearfully sentimental, overly emotional

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Berate

Back 34

To criticize or scold harshly

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Ubiquitous

Back 35

Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time

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Zenith

Back 36

The highest point or condition, peak

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Estrange

Back 37

To make unsympathetic or unfriendly, alienate

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Infallible

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Not capable of error or failure, unable to make a mistake

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Euphoric

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Overjoyed, having an intense feeling of well being

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Regress

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To return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior

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Propensity

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A natural preference or tendency

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Reprehensible

Back 42

Deserving of blame, criticism, or disapproval

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Fortuitous

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Happening by chance, by accident, or at random, lucky

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Solace

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Comfort in sorrow or misfortune, consolation

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Liaison

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A person who serves as a connection between individuals or groups, a go between

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Equivocate

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To be unclear, to be deliberately vague in order to mislead

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Impeccable

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Faultless, perfect

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Solicitous

Back 48

Showing or expressing concern, care, or attention

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Predisposed

Back 49

Tending toward or open to something beforehand

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Sham

Back 50

A pretense or counterfeit, something meant to deceive