Vocab Set 1

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Zenith

Back 1

The highest point or condition

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Zealot

Back 2

An extremist; A person totally devoted to a purpose or cause

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Vicarious

Back 3

Indirect; Experienced through the imagination; Not experienced directly

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Venerate

Back 4

To honor; To respect deeply; revere

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Ubiquitous

Back 5

Existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time.

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Subsidize

Back 6

To pay for; support financially

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Squelch

Back 7

To hold back; suppress

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Sporadic

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Irregular

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Solicitous

Back 9

Showing or expressing concern, care or attention

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Solace

Back 10

Comfort in sorrow or misfortune

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Sham

Back 11

A pretended or counterfeit; something meant to deceive

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Sensory

Back 12

Of the senses

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Scrupulous

Back 13

Ethical; Careful about moral standard

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Scoff

Back 14

To laugh at; To make fun of; Mock; Refuse to take seriously

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Rudimentary

Back 15

Basic skills; Fundamentals

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Retrospect

Back 16

Looking back

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Resilient

Back 17

Quick to recover

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Reprehensible

Back 18

Deserving of blame, criticism or disapproval

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Relinquish

Back 19

To surrender something; Give something up

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Regress

Back 20

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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Predisposed

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Tending toward or open to something beforehand

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Ostentatious

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Showy; Meant to impress others

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Optimum

Back 24

Ideal; Best possible; Most favorable; most desirable

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Maudlin

Back 25

Tearfully sentimental; overly emotional

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Liason

Back 26

A person who serves as a connection between individuals or groups; Go between

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Lethargy

Back 27

Weariness; Great lack of energy

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Juxtapose

Back 28

To put side by side

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Instigate

Back 29

To cause; To bring about by moving others to action; stir up

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Infallible

Back 30

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

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Inane

Back 31

Silly; Without sense or meaning; Foolish

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Inadvertent

Back 32

Not intended; accidental

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Impetuous

Back 33

Done or acting in a hurry; Without little thought; Impulsive

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Impeccable

Back 34

Faultless; Perfect

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Gregarious

Back 35

Outgoing; Sociable; Enjoying and seeking the company of others.

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Fritter

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TTo waste; To spend or waste a little at a time

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Fortuitous

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Lucky, Happening by chance or by accident. Or at random.

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Facetious

Back 38

Funny

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Euphoric

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Overjoyed; Having an intense feeling of well-being

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Estrange

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Alienate; To make unsympathetic or unfriendly

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Equivocate

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To be deliberately vague in order to mislead

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Embellish

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To decorate; Beautify by adding details

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Dissident

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A rebel

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Discretion

Back 44

Good sense; tact

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Dexterous

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Skilled

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Detriment

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A disadvantage; Something that cayses damage, harm, or loss

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Despondent

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Depressed

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Collaborate

Back 48

Work together

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Berate

Back 49

To criticize or scold harshly

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Ambiguous

Back 50

Unclear; Able to be interpreted in more that one way