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Module 2 exam study words
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Undergraduate 1
01/21/2012

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Offer
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provide, furnish, supply
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demands
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requirements, needs, stipulations
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instantly
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right away, immediately, straight away
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ideal
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perfect, optimal
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making allowances for
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providing for, taking into account
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great
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fantastic, wonderful, fine, marvelous
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created
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developed, invented, devised
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due to
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because of, as a result of, on account of
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eliminates
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removes, gets rid of
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creating
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causing, provoking, triggering, prompting
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limited
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restricted, confined
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types
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sorts, kinds, varieties
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judicious
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wise, thoughtful, carefully considered
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scrutinize
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exam very closely, look at carefully, examine in detail
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not doing homework can HURT your reputation
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damage, destroy, badly affect, harm, tarnish
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formal word for to catch
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apprehend
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in a bad period, down, depressed
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in a slump
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terrible, unbearable, agonizing, intense pain
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excruciating
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unclearly, hazily remember
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vaguely
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move inside secretly
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infiltrate
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to blow up
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inflate
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to throw up
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vomit, regurgitate
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to catch on to get
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comprehend
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mainly
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predominantly, primarily
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in the end, after some time
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eventually, ultimately
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to copy or repeat
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to replicate
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means that something cannot be heard or understood in its printed form
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illegible
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a color, or variety of a color
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hue
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extremely precise and careful
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meticulous
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to show to represent
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depict
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frenetic
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frenzied, wild, frantic
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grudging
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close fisted,miserly, jealous
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decisive
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determined, concluded, crucial
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dreadful
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frightful, terrible
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uncanny
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weird, eerie, mysterious
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itemize
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particular, specify, detail
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ardent
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hot, passionate, fiery
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truimphant
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winning, victorious
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stale
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musty
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blunt
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dull
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bygone
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past, last, former
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binding
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compulsory, mandatory
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to mooch
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to beg, to ask for, to borrow,to bum, leach
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nosy (neighbors)
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curious, eavesdropping
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haunt (place for socializing)
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hang out spot
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swipe
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steal, get hands on
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repel
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push away, beat back
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innocuous
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does not cause damage, harmless
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examine closely, to analyze
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scrutinize
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digest
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to take in, to summarize, to understand an idea
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devoured
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to eat quickly, consume destructively
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voracious
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greedy, ravenous
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bowled me over
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to knock me over
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seem
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appear, show look, create an impression
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widespread
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everywhere, boundless, large scale
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conduct
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lead, direct, guide, manage
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nearly
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almost, about, approaching, approximately, virtually
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the reality
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the truth is, fact is that, the absoluteness
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in use
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used, actively using, make use of, put to use, put in operation, put in practice, set to work
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available to
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ready to use, applicable, at hand, at (police) disposal, attainable, obtainable
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replying to
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answering, responding, returning
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told
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announced, commented, declared, stated, made public
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a handful of
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a small number of, a limited number of, only a few
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allowed
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permitted, authorized
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crimes
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criminal infractions, criminal offenses, violations
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keeping to
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adhering to, *sticking to, abiding by, complying with
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sanctions
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allows, permits, authorizes
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latest
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last, most recent
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ideal in “the ideal solution”
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perfect, consummate, quintessential, optimal
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ask for, “request”
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solicit
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“terrible, horrible, unbearable” in context of pain
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excruciating
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Caused
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provoked, prompted, triggered, occasioned, produced
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not dangerous or harmful”, “inoffensive”, “unoffending, harmless”
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= innocuous
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learned - found out, discovered
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ascertained
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