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Term | Function | Definition | Definition | Definition |
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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 |