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21 Cards in this Set
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Assimilate
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- To be or become absorbed
- To bear a resemblanced He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip. |
To become
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Plethora
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- Overabundance; excess
A plethora of advice and a paucity of assistance |
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Relegate
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- To send or consign to an inferior position
- To send into exile; banish He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service. He relegates the less pleasant tasks to his assistant. |
Send away
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Immerse
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- To plunge into a place
- To involve deeply She is totally immersed in her law practice. |
Go into
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Mitigate
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- To become milder
- To make less severe. To mitigate a punishment |
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Facets
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- Aspect
- Phase They carefully examined every facet of the argument. |
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Adipose
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- fatty; consisting of, resembling, or relating to fat.
He recommended exercise to reduce my adiposity |
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Construe
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- To adduce or explain the meaning of
- Interpret - To analyze the structure of They construed my smile as assent |
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Assent
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- To agree or concur; subscribe to
- To yield in, to give in, concede - Compliance Assenting to his demands, I did as I was told |
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Construal
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- an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing
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Autonomous
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- Self-governing
- Independent - Not subject to control from outside - Existing and functioning as an independent organism A subsidiary that functioned as an autonomous unit. |
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Valence
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- The capacity of one person or thing to react with or affect another in some special way, as by attraction or the facilitation of a function or activity
- Chemistry/Immunology - Psychology: The degree of attraction or aversion that an individual feels toward a specific object or event. I do not claim to know much more about novels than the writing of them, but I cannot imagine one set in the breathing world which lacks any moral valence. |
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Interdependent
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- Mutually dependent, depending on each other
Today, the mission of one institution can be accomplished only by recognizing that it lives in an interdependent world with conflicts and overlapping interests |
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Integral
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- Pertaining to, or belonging as a part of the whole
- Necessary to the completeness of the whole - Consisting or composed parts that together constitute a whole - Possessing everything essential, entire - Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent The kitchen is an integral part of the house The point is integral to his plan |
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Salient
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- Prominent or conspicuous
- Projecting or pointing outwards - Leaping or jumping - Important, striking, remarkable - Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention Salient traits A salient angle A salient animal |
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Ascribe
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- To credit or assign
- To attritube or to think of belonging, as a quality of characteristic They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic. Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism. |
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Advocate
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- To speak or write in favor of, support, recommend publicly.
- A person who speaks or writes in support of defense of a person, cause He advocated higher salaries for teachers. An advocate of peace. |
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Discernible
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- Distinguishable
- Perceptible Things happen in the earth and sky with no discernible cause. |
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Tactile
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- Pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- Perceptible to the touch; tangible Heaney must thus continue to be a poet rich in tactile language |
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Esoteric
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- Belonging to a few
- Private, secret, confidential - Understood by and meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest An esoteric cult An esoteric interest |
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Archaic
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- Prior to full development
- Primitive style - Pertaining to the style of fine arts, especially from ancient times An archaic form of animal life |
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