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Flashcards to make me not go . . . wha??? . . when looking at test questions.
| Term | Function | Definition | Definition | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recapitulate | transitive verb | to restate briefly: summarize | to give new form or expression to | to repeat the principal stages or phases of |
| anticipate | transitive verb | to give advance thought, discussion, or treatment to | to meet before a due date | to foresee and deal with in advance |
| polarize | transitive verb | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern | to break up into opposing factions or groupings | concentrate |
| facetious | adjective | joking or jesting often inappropriately | meant to be humorous or funny | |
| mistaken | adjective | incorrect | wrong in one's opinion or judgment | |
| critical | adjective | inclined to criticize severely and unfavorably | consisting of or involving criticism | |
| insincere | adjective | not sincere | ||
| overlooked | verb | fail to notice | ignore or disregard | pass over (someone) in favor of another |
| occasional | ||||
| patent | ||||
| comprehensive | ||||
| improbable | ||||
| pervasive | ||||
| primed | ||||
| opaque | ||||
| essential | ||||
| arcane | ||||
| laudable | ||||
| painstaking | ||||
| construe | ||||
| anoint | ||||
| acknowledge | ||||
| disregard | ||||
| collude | ||||
| forgery | ||||
| influence | ||||
| style | ||||
| ballooned | ||||
| weakened | ||||
| varied | ||||
| discrepancy | ||||
| ambiguity | ||||
| duplicity | ||||
| sediment | ||||
| cyclical | ||||
| influx | ||||
| astonishment | ||||
| craft | ||||
| cunning | ||||
| innocence | ||||
| naivete | ||||
| vexation | ||||
| comprehensive | ||||
| fundamental | ||||
| inclusive | ||||
| universal | ||||
| significant | ||||
| ubiquitous | ||||
| solicitous | ||||
| munificent | ||||
| irresolute | ||||
| laconic | ||||
| fastidious | ||||
| taciturn | ||||
| aspiration | ||||
| mendacity | ||||
| prevarication | ||||
| insensitivity | ||||
| baseness | ||||
| avarice | ||||
| probate | ||||
| temporal | ||||
| maturity | ||||
| fiction | ||||
| inventiveness | ||||
| art | ||||
| brilliance | ||||
| adventurous | ||||
| doctrinaire | ||||
| eclectic | ||||
| judicious | ||||
| cynical | ||||
| indefatigable | ||||
| fastidious | ||||
| defiant | ||||
| disregard | ||||
| partiality | ||||
| unpretentiousness | ||||
| thematic | ||||
| coherence | ||||
| pedestrian | ||||
| startling | ||||
| celebrated | ||||
| jettison | ||||
| experiment | ||||
| distill | ||||
| caricatured | ||||
| lamented | ||||
| deceptions | ||||
| collusions | ||||
| barriers | ||||
| propagate | ||||
| dismantle | ||||
| identify | ||||
| controlled | ||||
| appreciated | ||||
| employed | ||||
| abrasive | ||||
| intelligible | ||||
| ubiquitous | ||||
| compromised | ||||
| eliminated | ||||
| considered | ||||
| blighted | ||||
| endangered | ||||
| pituresque | ||||
| pristine | ||||
| undisturbed | ||||
| vulnerable | ||||
| apposite | ||||
| ahistorical | ||||
| anachronistic | ||||
| disinterested | ||||
| objective | ||||
| germane | ||||
| sporadically | ||||
| irascibly | ||||
| persistently | ||||
| pugnaciously | ||||
| fitfully | ||||
| judiciously | ||||
| astonishing | ||||
| disordered | ||||
| harmless | ||||
| inscrutable | ||||
| revealing | ||||
| uninformative | ||||
| belie | ||||
| confound | to bring to ruin | to put to shame | to throw in to confusion or perplexity | Transitive verb |
| repudiates | to refuse to accept | to refuse to acknowledge or pay | to refuse to have anything to do with | Transitive verb |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable | Adjective |