Vocab Midterm Review

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Adage

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a proverb, wise saying

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BONANZA

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a sudden profit or gain

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CHURLISH

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lacking politeness or good manners, rude

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CITADEL

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a fortress or stronghold

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COLLABORATE

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to work with, work together

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DECREE

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an order

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DISCORDANT

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disagreeable, conflicting

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EVOLVE

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to develop gradually

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EXCERPT

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a passage taken from a book, article, etc...

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GROPE

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to feel about uncertainly

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HOVER

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to float or drift in air

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JOSTLE

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to bump, shove, brush against, push

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LAGGARD

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a person who moves slowly or falls behind

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PRECLUDE

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to make impossible, prevent

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REVERT

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to return, go back

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RUBBLE

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wreckage, debris, ruins

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SERVILE

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of or relating to a slave

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VIGIL

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a watch, especially at night

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WRANGLE

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a noisy quarrel

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ANTICS

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ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

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AVOWED

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declared openly without shame, acknowledgement

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BANTER

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talk that is playful and teasing

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BOUNTIFUL

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giving feely, generous

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CONGESTED

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overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess

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DETRIMENT

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a harm or loss, injury or damage

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DURABLE

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sturdy, not easily worn out

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ENTERPRISING

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energectic, willing and able to try new things

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FRUGAL

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economic, avoiding waste and luxury

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GINGERLY

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with extreme care or caution

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GLUT

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to provide more than what is needed or wanted

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INCOGNITO

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in a disguised state, under an assumed name or identity

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INVALIDATE

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to make valueless, take away all force or effect

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LEGENDARY

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described in well-known stories, existing in legends rather than in real life

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MAIM

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to cripple, disable, injure, mar

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MINIMIZE

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to make as small as possible

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OBLIQUE

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slanting or sloping

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VEER

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to change direction or course suddenly, swerve

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VENERATE

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to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect

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WANTON

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a spoiled, pampered person, especially one with low morals

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ALLOT

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to assign or distribute in shares or portions

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AMASS

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to bring together, collect

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AUDACIOUS

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bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

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COMPLY

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to yield to a request or command

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DEVOID

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not having or using, lacking

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ELITE

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the choice part of a group of people or things

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GRAPPLE

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to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with

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INCAPACITATE

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to deprive or strength or ability

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INSTIGATE

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to urge on, to stir up, provoke

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LONGEVITY

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long life, long duration, length of life

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MYRIAD

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in very great numbers

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PERSPECTIVE

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a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally

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PERTURB

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to trouble, make uneasy

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PRODIGIOUS

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immense, extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

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RELEVANT

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connected or related to the matter at hand

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SKITTISH

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extremely nervous or easily frightened

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TETHER

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to fasten with a rope or chaiN

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UNISON

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sounding together in agreement or accord

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VIE

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to compete, strive for victory

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WILLFUL

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stubbornly self-willed, done on purpose, deliberate

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ANNUL

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to reduce to nothing, make ineffective or inoperative

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BLASE

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bored as a result of having enjoyed too many pleasures

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BOLSTER

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to support, give a boost to

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DEPLORE

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to feel or express regret

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FRIVOLOUS

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to little importance, not worthy of serious attention

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MUSTER

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to gather or summon

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NONENTITY

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a person or thing of no importance

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OBSESS

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to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

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ORNATE

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elaborately decorated

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OUST

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to remove, drive our of place or position

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PERUSE

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to read thoroughly and carefully

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POROUS

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full of tiny holes,able to be penetrated by water or air

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PROMONTORY

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a high point of land, cliff

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PRONE

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lying face down, inclined, likely

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QUALM

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a pang of conscience, uneasiness or doubt

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RECOURSE

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a person or thing turned to for help or advice