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Advancing Vocabulary Skills
spring 2015 chapter 1-5
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Grammar
Undergraduate 1
03/31/2015

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detriment
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something that causes damage, harm, or loss
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facetious
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humorous; playfully joking
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ostentatious
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mean by to impress others; flashy
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optimum
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best possible; most favorable; most desirable
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vicarious
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experienced through the imagination; not experienced directly
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dexterous
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skillfullin using the hands or body
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scrupulous
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careful about moral standards; conscientious
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gregarious
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sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others
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decretion
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good judgement or tact in actions or speaking
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senory
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having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, smelling
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instigate
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to bring about by moving others to action; stir up
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rudimentary
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fundamental; necessary to learn first
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resilient
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able to recover quickly from harm, illness, or misfortune
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collaborate
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to work together on a project; cooperate in an effort
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zealot
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a person totally devoted to a purpose or cause
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squelch
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to silence or suppress; crush
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venerate
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to respect deeply; revere
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despondent
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downhearted; hopeless; overwhelmed with sadness
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retrospect
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reviewing the past; considering past events
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scoff
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to make fun of; mock; refuse to take seriously
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juxtapose
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to place close together, especially in order to compare or contrast
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lethargy
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a great lack of energy; inactivity due to laziness; sluggishness
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ambiguous
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able to be interpreted in more than one way; not clear
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inane
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without sense or meaning; foolish
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dissendents
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a person opposed to established ideas or beliefs, especially in politics or religion
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embellish
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to decorate; beautify by adding details
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subsidize
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to support financially; provide a grant or contribution
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fritter
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to spend or waste a little at a time
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invadvertent
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unintentional; accidental
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sporadic
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happening now and then; occasional
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relinquish
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to surrender(something); give(something)up
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impetuous
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done or acting in a hurry, while little thought; impulsive
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maudlin
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tearfully sentimental; overly emotional
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berate
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to criticize or scold harshly
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ubiquitous
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existing or seeming to exist everywhere at the same time
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zenith
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the highest point or condition; peak
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estrange
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to make unsympathetic or unfriendly; alienate
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infallible
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not capable or error or failure; unable to make a mistake
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euphoric
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overjoyed; having an intense feeling of well-being
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regress
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to return to an earlier, generally worse, condition or behavior
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dormant
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inactive; alive but not actively growing, as if asleep
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irrevocable
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not able to be canceled or undone; irreversible
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proliferation
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a rapid spread or increase
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corroborate
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to confirm; strengthen with further evidence; provide proof of
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precipitate
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to cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected
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hoist
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to lift, especially with some mechanical means, like a cable
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charlatan
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a fake; a person who falsely claims to have some special skill or knowledge
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diverge
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to branch off in different directions from the same starting point; to become different
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illicit
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illegal
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disseminate
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to spread or scatter widely; distribute
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