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harris's study stack
Stack #1
| word | meaning |
|---|---|
| dubious | means, uncertain skeptica, doubtful,questionable. |
| singular | means unique, special, remarkable, exceptional. |
| sanctimonious | means phony holy, exaggerated religious feeling, hypocritical devotion or piousness, often "holier than thou". |
| pre-empt | is to supercede, to replace by prior arrangement. |
| frenetic | means frantic or frenzied, it describes how one acts when both desperately rushed and disorganized |
| immutable | meqans unchangeable, permanent, steadfast. |
| affinity | is a natural attraction or proclivity, a sense of kinship with something or someone, a strong sense of liking. |
| transient | means on the move, just passing through, not staying long. |
| vindictive | means to be spiteful, vengeful, malicious, wanting to take revenge. |
| exigent | means urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action. |
| facile | means easily done, glib, lacking depth. |
| precedent | is a something that comes before something else and serves as an example of justification for it. |
| concord | means harmony, agreement, a peaceful similarity of attitudes. |
| willful | means headstrong, stubborn determined to have one's own way. |
| precipitate | is to bring about, to set off, to cause happen. |
| fauna | refers to animals |
| rigorous | means exacting, strict, harsh, demanding of precision. |
| illict | means forbidden, illegal, improper, taboo. |
| reprove | means to critcize or correct. |
| capitulate | is to surrender, cave in to pressure, to collapse. |
| robust | means strong, hardy,vigorous |
| coalesce | means to merge, to fuse, to blend together, to combine |
| superficial | is to be shallow, concerned with only the obvious, not deep or probing. |
| scrutnize | means to examine carefully, to study in detail |
| aptitude | is natural ability, a talent, an inclination towards something that has not yet been mastered. |
| obfuscate | means to make unclear, to darken or confuse, to muddle |
| mundane | means ordinary, routine, commonplace, not special, of this world, not of heaven;earthly. |
| harbinger | is a forerunner, something that precedes something else and let's us know it is coming. |
| circumspect | means cautious, guarded, vigilant. |
| approbation | is praise, approval, admiration. |
| static | means not moving, stationary, lacking movements or growth. |
| anarchy | means lawlessness, the absence of government or authority; a state of chaos. |
| colloquial | means informal, conversational, common. |
| hermetic | means airtight or tightly sealed, unaffected by anything outside itself. |
| expedite |