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LGR 9-12
final must knows
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vert/vers | to turn |
| to bend | flex/flect |
| to roll/to turn | volv/volu |
| to twist | tort/torq |
| to undermine;to corrupt | subvert |
| to fall back to an old condition | revert |
| not helpful;harmful | adverse |
| change in pitch or tone of voice | inflection |
| to cause to turn aside or away | deflect |
| too unchangalbe in character of purpose | inflexible |
| to unfold;to develop or change gradually | evolve |
| having too many twists and turns; overly complicated | convoluted |
| talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech | voluble |
| to wrongly or illegally force someone to comply with a demand | exort |
| to respond critically or saracastically | retort |
| not direct or straightforward | tortuous |
| prove good, approve | prob/prov |
| burnen | onus/oner |
| to blame | culp |
| crime, charge of crime | crimin |
| to scold or criticize | reprove |
| a dishonest or immoral person; a scoundrel | reprobate |
| praise or approval | approbation |
| to prove not guilty | exonerate |
| unpleasant and burdensome | onerus |
| burden or obligation | onus |
| interjection statement muttered to show personalrespondibility for a wrong | mea culpa |
| one responsible for a crime | culprit |
| deserving blame | culpable |
| an accustation made in reply; a counterchange | recrimination |
| to reveal guilt or make (someone) appear guilty | incriminate |
| to do away with legal penalties for | decriminalize |
| doubtful;to doubt | dub |
| to trust, believe | cred |
| to decieve | fall |
| to trust, believe | fid |
| worthy of fear or respect; mighty | redoubtable |
| certain beyond doubt or question | indubitable |
| uncertain;doubtful | dubious |
| unable to believe something; amazed | incredulous |
| tendency to believe things too quickly or easily | credulity |
| trust or belief | credence |
| to be able to be trusted in or believed | credible |
| capable of being mistaken; imperfect | fallible |
| misleading or deceptive | fallacious |
| a misleading or mistaken idea | fallacy |
| to trust (another) with information or a secret | confide |
| faithfulness;loyalty | fidelity |
| shy; not assertive | diffident |
| new | nov |
| first | prim |
| end, border, limit | fin |
| last | ultima |
| origonal; dating from the beginning of existence | primal |
| showing creativity and origonality | innovative |
| surpassing all others;definative | ultimate |
| just before the final; next to last | penultimate |
| a demand or threat that is final | ultimatum |
| exremely ancient; of earliest time | primeval |
| an inexperienced person; amateur | novice |
| defining for all others; standard | definitive |
| without beginning or end | infinite |
| extremely small, incalculably or immeasurably small | infinitesimal |
| new and different | novel |
| primacy | condition of being first in time or importance |