Vocabulary Set #1

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Innocuous

Back 1

Not offensive or harmful

Example: He did not make any innocuous remarks towards the LGBT community.

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Remotely

Back 2

1) From a distance; without physical contact

Example: stars can be seen remotely through a telescope.

2) In the slightest degree

Verging on being indifferent, he wasn't even remotely interested

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Fiend

Back 3

1) an evil spirit or demon

2) a wicked or cruel person

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Surmise

Back 4

Suppose something true without having sufficient evidence

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Corroborate

Back 5

Confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding.

Example: the witness corroborated my story

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Vigilant

Back 6

Keeping careful watch of possible dangers

Example: the entire community became vigilant after multiple robberies were committed in their neighborhood

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Assiduous

Back 7

Showing great care (meticulous) and perseverance

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Vehement

Back 8

Showing strong feelings; forceful, passionate, or intense

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Sagacious

Back 9

Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement; shrewd

Example: A sagacious general is more likely to be victorious than an injudicious general.

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Injudicious

Back 10

Showing very poor judgement; unwise

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Auxiliary verbs

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also called helping verbs, are used together with the main verb to show the verb's tense or to form a negative or question.

1) Denoting a question: Does Sam write all his own reports?

2) Denoting a negative: The secretaries haven't written all the letters yet.

3) Denoting the main verb's tense: Terry is writing an email to a client at the moment.

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Vexatious

Back 12

Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.

Example sentence: Many students think exams are vexatious.

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Combatant

Back 13

A person or country engaged in a war, conflict, or competition.

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Thwart

Back 14

1) To prevent someone from accomplishing something.

Example: to thwart his chance of winning the race, Leah poisoned his drink.

2) oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully.

Example: In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus and his comrades manage to thwart Caesar's rise to power.

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Eye

Back 15

Look or watch closely or with interest

Example: I turned around and eyed the mysterious man who was walking closely behind.

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Enigmatic

Back 16

Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious

Example: He took the money with an enigmatic smile.

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Project

Back 17

Estimate or forecast (something) on the basis of present trends.

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Forecast

Back 18

A prediction or estimate of future events, especially coming weather or financial trends

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Excavate

Back 19

1) make (a hole or channel) by digging

* dig out material from (the ground)

* extract (material) from the ground by digging

2) Remove earth carefully and systematically from (an area) in order to find buried remains)

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Feasible

Back 20

Possible to do easily and conveniently

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Subliminal

Back 21

(of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceive by or affecting someone's mind without their being aware of it; subconscious processes.

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Parable

Back 22

A simple story used to illustrate a lesson, typically a moral or religious one.

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Allegory

Back 23

A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning

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Jeer

Back 24

making rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice

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Impartial

Back 25

Treating all rivals fair and just

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Penultimate

Back 26

Second to last

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Annotate

Back 27

To add a short explanation or opinion to a text or drawing; to add notes (to a text or diagram) giving an explanation or comment.

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Politically correct

Back 28

Exhibiting (or failing to exhibit) political correctness); unoffensive; nondiscriminatory; unbiased.

2) conforming to a belief that language and practices which could offend political sensibilities (as in matters of sex or race) should be eliminated.

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Aesthetic

Back 29

Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty/giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty.

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Sensibility

Back 30

Capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli; refers to the capacity to respond or be affect by something.

2) a person's delicate sensitivity that makes them readily offended or shocked

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Superlative

Back 31

1) The highest quality or degree

2) Grammar (an adjective or adverb) expressing the highest or very high degree of a quality.

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Palpable

Back 32

able to be touched or felt

(especially of a feeling or atmosphere) so intense as to be almost touched or felt.

Example: a palpable sense of loss

2) clear to the mind; plain to see

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Antithetical

Back 33

Directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible

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Anecdote

Back 34

A short and amusing or interesting story about a real person or incident

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Censure

Back 35

Hash judgment

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Censor

Back 36

Hide information

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Demur

Back 37

Raise doubts or objections or show reluctance

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Dissent

Back 38

(can be used either as a verb or noun) hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed

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Demure

Back 39

(Of a woman or her behavior) reserved, modest, and shy.

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Didactic

Back 40

1) intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

2) in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way (inclined to teach or lecture others too much; a boring, didactic speaker.)

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Pedantic

Back 41

Shows facts (one who is too concerned with literal accuracy)

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Disinterested

Back 42

Not influenced by considerations of personal advantage

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Tiresome

Back 43

Causing someone to feel bored or annoyed

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Conscientious

Back 44

(of a person) wishing to do what is right, especially to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly

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Diligent

Back 45

Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties

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Assiduous

Back 46

Showing care or perseverance

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Spontaneous

Back 47

Coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; performed or occurring a result of a sudden impulse of inclination without premeditation or external stimulus

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Cramp

Back 48

A painful, involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, typically caused by fatigue or strain