Vocabulary Test Study Guide Group B

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Avid

Back 1

showing great enthusiasm for or interest.

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Clinging

Back 2

to adhere closely stick to

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Aardvark

Back 3

alarge, nocturnal, burrowing animal

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Corridor

Back 4

agallery or passage connecting parts of a building; hallway

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Ermine

Back 5

any of the various weasels having a winter coat

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Incongruous

Back 6

outof keep or place; inappropriate

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Persuasion

Back 7

the state or fact of being persuaded or convinced

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Ragged

Back 8

clothed in tattered garments torn or worn torags

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Painstaking

Back 9

done with or imploring great care andthoroughness

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Sleek

Back 10

smooth or glossy

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Emulate

Back 11

match or surpass

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Penmanship

Back 12

aperson’s handwriting

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Confers

Back 13

grant or bestow (a title, degree, benefit, orright)

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Almamater

Back 14

theschool, college, or university that one once attended

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Abruptly

Back 15

very suddenand not expected, talking to other people in a very brief and unfriendly wasrudely brief.

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Bundled

Back 16

a number of things considered together

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Abrupt

Back 17

curt or brusque in speech, manner, etc.

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Riveting

Back 18

completely engrossing,compelling

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Asphalt

Back 19

a mixture of darkbituminous pitch with sand or gral, used for surfacing road, flooring, roofing,etc.

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Loitering

Back 20

stand or wait around idlyor without apparent purpose

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Milieu

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surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature

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Lingo

Back 22

language

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Lunacy

Back 23

intermittent insanity, formerly believed to be related to phases of the moon.

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Riddled

Back 24

full of or all over

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Vital

Back 25

neededin high level, important

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Colleague

Back 26

aperson with whom one works with.

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Errant

Back 27

to not be properly written or out of thenorm.

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Summoned

Back 28

to call upon someone to do something

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Sputtered

Back 29

spitup in an explosive manner

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Metropolitan

Back 30

of or relating to a large city and thesurrounding cities and towns.

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Abandonment

Back 31

to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert

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Manageable

Back 32

able to be managed, controlled, or accomplished without greatdifficulty.

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Succinctly

Back 33

marked by compact precise expression without wasted words

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Usually

Back 34

commonly encountered, experienced, or observed

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Preliminary

Back 35

prior to or preparing forthe main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory

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Definitive

Back 36

done or reached decisivelyand with authority

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Assert

Back 37

state a fact or believe confidently and forcefully.

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Rudiments

Back 38

the first principle of asubject

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Accuser

Back 39

a person who is at fault

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Jeer

Back 40

make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice;

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Evoke

Back 41

bringor recall to the conscious mind

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Pulpit

Back 42

a raised platform or lectern in a church or chapel from whichthe preacher delivers a sermon.

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Defacto

Back 43

in fact; in reality

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Acquisition

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an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a libraryor museum

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Passive

Back 45

acceptingor allowing what happens or what others do, without active response or resistance

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Rationale

Back 46

the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something

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Misdemeanor

Back 47

aminor wrongdoing

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Vie

Back 48

to put forward in competition or rivalry

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Substantiate

Back 49

provide evidence to support or prove the truth

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Grocery

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a store selling foodstuffs and various household supplies

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Impeachment

Back 51

is a formal processin which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which,depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from officeas well as criminal or civil punishment.

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Cohort

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group of people bandedtogether or treated as a group.

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Precedent

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an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example orguide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

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Anthology

Back 54

collection of literary pieces, such as poems, shortcollections, or plays

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Channeled

Back 55

direct toward a particular end or object

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Marshal

Back 56

toarrange or assemble in order

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Derision

Back 57

contemptuous ridicule ormockery