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Vocab. Review
Vocabulary Units 1-12 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. Unable to be conquered | Invincible |
| adj. Limited in knowledge of the world; narrow-minded | Provincial |
| v. To establish; to reflect the truth of | Evince |
| adj. Supportive; encouraging; helping to bring about | Conducive |
| v. To lead towards some action | Induce |
| v. To draw a conclusion from fact; to infer | Deduce |
| adj. Extended in time; prolonged | Protracted |
| adj. Stubborn; obstinate; hard to move forward | Intractable |
| v. To draw back; withdraw | Retract |
| adj. Irritable or short-tempered | Petulant |
| adj. Acting passionately and without forethought | Impetuous |
| n. That which drives one; momentum | Impetus |
| adj. Tending to argue or cause discord | Fractious |
| n. Minor violation of a rule or law | Infraction |
| v. To intrude on an area belonging to another; to trespass | Infringe |
| v. To cut out of; remove | Excise |
| adj. Sharply cutting; direct and powerful | Incisive |
| adj. Brief and straightfoward | Concise |
| n. A large and serious book | Tome |
| n. The best or most typical example | Epitome |
| n. Two opposite parts of one whole | Dichotomy |
| n. The structure or parts of one whole | Anatomy |
| n. Feeling of regret or remorse | Compunction |
| adj. Paying strict attention to detail; extremely careful | Punctilious |
| adj. Stinging or biting, especially in taste or smell | Pungent |
| v. To force or strongly persuade; coerce | Compel |
| n. A sudden, involuntary urge to do something | Impulse |
| v. To send out or away | Expel |
| n. A guess often one based on inadequate or faulty evidence | Conjecture |
| adj. Downcast or sad; depressed | Dejected |
| adj. Lowly, miserable and wretched | Abject |
| n. An agent sent on a mission | Emissary |
| adj. Showing little regard; scornful | Dismissive |
| adj. Failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent | Remiss |
| n. Cause for action | Motive |
| n. A recurring theme, subject or idea | Motif |
| v. To dramatically express emotions | Emote |
| n. A bridge that carries a road or railroad over a valley | Viaduct |
| adj. Unable to be affected | Impervious |
| v. To depart, especially from a path or plan | Deviate |
| v. To make unnecessary; to avoid | Obviate |
| v. To put aside until later; to yield respectfully | Defer |
| n. Act or practice of yielding to another's authority | Deference |
| v. To discuss something with someone else; consult | Confer |
| n. A conclusion not directly provided by evidence, but able to be drawn from the facts at hand | Inference |
| v. To present or offer | Proffer |
| v. To increase greatly in number; multiply | Proliferate |
| n. Manner in which one acts or behaves | Comportment |
| adj. Claimed as true, but probably false | Purported |
| adj. Satisfied with a situation that should be changed or improved | Complacent |
| n. Something which has a positive mental effect, but no physical effect | Placebo |
| adj. Calm; undisturbed | Placid |
| adj. Unnecessary or unwanted | Gratuitous |
| v. To gain another's favor by flattery or false friendliness | Ingratiate |
| n. One who is not properly thankful | Ingrate |
| adj. Easily taught; submissive to instruction | Docile |
| v. To teach a certain point of view to | Indoctrinate |
| n. That which is taught; body of beliefs or ideas | Doctrine |
| v. To decrease the strength of | Temper |
| n. Restraint or moderation, esp. in regards to food or alcohol | Temperance |
| adj. Lacking moderation; severe or extreme | Intemperate |
| adj. Not direct or straightforward | Tortuous |
| v. To respond critically or sarcastically | Retort |
| v. To wrongly or illegally force someone to comply with a demand | Extort |
| adj. Talkative; given to rapid, abundant speech | Voluble |
| adj. Having too many twists and turns; overly complicated | Convoluted |
| v. To unfold; to develop or change gradually | Evolve |
| adj. Too unchangeable in character or purpose | Inflexible |
| v. To cause to turn aside or away | Deflect |
| n. Change in pitch or tone of the voice | Inflection |
| adj. Not helpful; harmful | Adverse |
| v. To fall back into an old condition | Revert |
| v. To undermine; to corrupt | Subvert |
| v. To do away with legal penalties for | Decriminalize |
| v. To reveal guilt, or make (someone) appear guilty | Incriminate |
| n. An accusation made in reply; a counter-charge | Recrimination |
| adj. Deserving blame | Culpable |
| n. One responsible for a crime | Culprit |
| interjection. Statement uttered to show personal responsibility for a wrong. | Mea Culpa |
| n. Burden or obligation | Onus |
| adj. Unpleasant and burdensome | Onerous |
| v. To prove not guilty | Exonerate |
| n. Praise or approval | Approbation |
| n. A dishonest or immoral person; a scoundrel | Reprobate |
| v. To scold or criticize | Reprove |
| adj. Shy not assertive | Diffident |
| n. Faithfulness; loyalty | Fidelity |
| v. To trust (another) with information or a secret | Confide |
| n. A misleading or mistaken idea | Fallacy |
| adj. Misleading or deceptive | Fallacious |
| adj. Capable of being mistaken; imperfect | Fallible |
| adj. Able to be trusted in or believed | Credible |
| n. Trust or belief | Credence |
| n. Tendency to believe things too quickly or easily | Credulity |
| adj. Unable to believe something; amazed | Incredulous |
| adj. Uncertain; doubtful | Dubious |
| adj. Certain beyond doubt or question | Indubitable |
| adj. Worthy of fear or respect; mighty | Redoubtable |
| adj. Surpassing all others; definitive | Ultimate |
| adj. Just before the final; next to last | Penultimate |
| n. A demand or threat that is final | Ultimatum |
| adj. Without beginning or end | Infinite |
| adj. Defining for all others; standard | Definitive |
| adj. Extremely small; incalculably or immeasurably small | Infinitesimal |
| adj. New and different | Novel |
| n. An inexperienced person; amateur | Novice |
| adj. Showing creativity and originality | Innovative |
| adj. Original; dating from the beginning of existence | Primal |
| adj. Extremely ancient; of earliest time | Primeval |
| n. Condition of being first in time or importance | Primacy |
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