Vocab Finals

Front 1

A departure, usually of large numbers of people.

Back 1

exodus

Hint 1

flight,escape

Front 2

Foreign; charmingly unfamiliar or strikingly unusual.

Back 2

exotic

Hint 2

alien; striking

Front 3

Advantageous to one's interest or purpose.(adj)

An emergency course of action;a means to an end (n)

Back 3

expedient

Hint 3

covenient;scheme

Front 4

To use to the greatest possible advantage, often selfishly.(v)

A brilliant or heroic deed.

Back 4

exploit

Hint 4

capitalize on, heroics

Front 5

To explain in detail.

Back 5

expound

Hint 5

clarify

Front 6

To assemble or construct from seperate parts

Back 6

fabricate

Hint 6

produce, devise

Front 7

Not meant seriously; playful or humorous

Back 7

facetious

Hint 7

waggish

Front 8

An exact copy(n)

Reproduced exactly. (adj)

Back 8

facsimile

Hint 8

replica

Front 9

Faulty reasoning; n error in logic.

A false or mistaken notion

Back 9

fallacy

Hint 9

mistake

Front 10

A unit of lenth roughly equal to six feet and used primarily in the measurement of marine depths.

To get to the bottom of; to understand

Back 10

fathom

Hint 10

probe, sound; grasp, comprehend

Front 11

Unconsciously foolish, stupid, or absurd

Back 11

fatuous

Hint 11

inane,vacuous

Front 12

Possible; both doable and workable

Back 12

feasible

Hint 12

practicable

Front 13

To pretend or give a false appearance of.

Back 13

feign

Hint 13

fake

Front 14

Agreeably suited to the purpose or occasion; aptly or gracefully expressed

Back 14

felicitous

Hint 14

appropriate

Front 15

An object believed among primitive peoples to have magical powers.

An object of unreasonable excessive attention or reverence.

Back 15

fettish

Hint 15

charm, amulet

Front 16

A complete failure

Back 16

Fiasco

Hint 16

disaster

Front 17

Likely to change for no apparent reason; inconstant.

Back 17

fickle

Hint 17

changeable, capricious

Front 18

To steal slyly, especially small things.

Back 18

filch

Hint 18

pilfer

Front 19

Skill, delicacy, or subtlety in doing something or hanling a situation

To accomplish by subtle orskillful maneuvering.

Back 19

finesse

Hint 19

artfulness

Front 20

Extremely and deliberately conspicuous; glaring.

Back 20

flagrant

Hint 20

shocking

Front 21

To show off in a conspicuous or offensive way.

Back 21

Flaunt

Hint 21

display

Front 22

To treat openly with scorn or contempt.

Back 22

Flout

Hint 22

mock

Front 23

To change continually from one position to another.

Back 23

Fluctuate

Hint 23

waver

Front 24

A minor, often amusing, fault of weakness in character.

Back 24

Foible

Hint 24

frailty

Front 25

To secure an advantage or prevent a loss by previous action.

Back 25

Forestall

Hint 25

hinder

Front 26

Arousing fear or admiration because of the unusual size or superiority of the thing involved.

Difficult to do because of the size of the job involved.

Back 26

Formidable

Hint 26

Awesome, redoubtable

Front 27

Occuring by change or accident.

Back 27

Fortuitous

Hint 27

accidental

Front 28

Thrify or economical in the use of money

Involving little expense; meager

Back 28

Frugal

Hint 28

sparing

Front 29

Excessive and, for that reason, offensive to good taste and obviously insincere.

Back 29

Fulsome

Hint 29

inordinate

Front 30

Incapable of producing the desired result; unsuccessful or ineffective

Back 30

Futile

Hint 30

vain, fruitless

Front 31

To stare openmouthed in amazement; to open wide

Back 31

Gape

Hint 31

gawk (at); yawn

Front 32

To distort in such a way as to make unintelligible

Back 32

Garble

Hint 32

scramble

Front 33

To regard with excessive or malicious satisfaction.

Back 33

Gloat

Hint 33

revel

Front 34

A long pointed stick used for driving animals; anything that spurs a person on.

To drive or urge on.

Back 34

Goad

Hint 34

prod, spure

Front 35

Relating to a drawn or pirtoral representation; visual

Back 35

Graphic

Hint 35

pictorial

Front 36

Freely given; done without recompense.

Uncalled for; unjustified

Back 36

Gratuitous

Hint 36

free

Front 37

Tending to form or move in a herd or other group; social

Enjoying the company of others; sociable

Back 37

Gregarious

Hint 37

outgoing

Front 38

A twisted facial expression indicating pain, disgust, or disapproval.

Tocontort the features of the face in order to indicate pain, disgust, or disaproval.

Back 38

Grimace

Hint 38

frown, scowl

Front 39

To feel around for

Back 39

Grope

Hint 39

fumble (for)

Front 40

Extremely demanding and exhausting.

Back 40

Grueling

Hint 40

taxing, draining

Front 41

Causing great shock, horror, and repugnance.

Back 41

Gruesome

Hint 41

horrifying

Front 42

Easily cheated or deceived

Back 42

Gullible

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Credulous

Front 43

Worn and exhausted from anxiety, disease, hunger, or fatigue.

Back 43

Haggard

Hint 43

careworn

Front 44

A long, emotional public address designed to arouse strong feelings or spur the audience on to action; a similar piece of writing.

To deliver a harangue

Back 44

Harangue

Hint 44

tirade, diatribe, philippie,pontificate

Front 45

A forerunner

To herald the approach of.

Back 45

Harbinger

Hint 45

precursor

Front 46

Scornfully superior and aloof.

Back 46

Haughty

Hint 46

supercilious

Front 47

Grossly wicked or vile

Back 47

Heinous

Hint 47

Diabolic

Front 48

Dishonor or disgrace usually resulting from some sort of shameful conduct.

Back 48

Ignominy

Hint 48

Humiliation

Front 49

Unlawful, illegal

Back 49

Illicit

Hint 49

Unauthorized

Front 50

Entirely free of stain, blemish, fault, or error; spotless

Back 50

Immaculate

Hint 50

unsoiled

Front 51

Exemption from something, especially a disease.

Back 51

Immunity

Hint 51

impunity

Front 52

Not subject to change or modification

Back 52

Immutable

Hint 52

unchangeable

Front 53

A deadlock or dead end.

Back 53

Impasse

Hint 53

stalemate

Front 54

A hindrance or obstruction.

Back 54

Impediment

Hint 54

Encumbrance

Front 55

Incapable of being penetrated of affected

Back 55

Impervious

Hint 55

impenetrable

Front 56

Incapable of being pacified or appeased; inflexible

Back 56

Implacable

Hint 56

unappeasable

Front 57

Understood, implied

Absolute, unquestiong

Back 57

Implicit

Hint 57

inferred

Front 58

To call into question; to cast doubt on.

Back 58

Impugn

Hint 58

question

Front 59

To put into jail or otherwise confine

Back 59

Incarcerate

Hint 59

jail, imprision

Front 60

To make violently angry

Back 60

Incense

Hint 60

engrage

Front 61

The beginning of something

Back 61

Inception

Hint 61

commencement

Front 62

Impoverished; needy

Back 62

Indigent

Hint 62

destitute

Front 63

Showing remarkable originality, imagination, inventiveness or skill; clever

Back 63

Ingenious

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brilliant

Front 64

Existing as a natural or essential part of.

Back 64

Inherent

Hint 64

intrinsic

Front 65

Something new; a change.

Back 65

Innovation

Hint 65

novelty

Front 66

To stir up; urge on

Back 66

Instigate

Hint 66

provoke

Front 67

Incapable of being overcome

Back 67

Insuperable

Hint 67

insurmountable

Front 68

To come between; to involve oneself to.

Back 68

Intervene

Hint 68

seperate

Front 69

Fearless and bold

Back 69

Intrepid

Hint 69

valiant

Front 70

To protest bitterly or vehemently

Back 70

Inveigh

Hint 70

rail against

Front 71

Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually happens.

Back 71

Irony

Hint 71

contradiction

Front 72

To endanger

Back 72

Jeopardize

Hint 72

risk, hazard

Front 73

To throw overboard; to discard

Back 73

Jettison

Hint 73

dump

Front 74

Having or exhibiting sound judgment

Back 74

Judicious

Hint 74

prudent

Front 75

To show to be just, right, valid,or free of blame.

Back 75

Justify

Hint 75

defend