END OF YEAR VOCABULARY FINAL – UNITS 1-12 (STUDY GUIDE)
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[in] retrospect – looking back
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ambiguous – unclear
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liability – a handicap liaison – a link
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ante, anti – preceding
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attrition – a natural loss of individuals
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autonomy – freedom from control
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berate – to scold
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bibl, biblio – book
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bolster – to support
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bureaucratic – over-regulated
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charlatan – a con artist
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chron, chrono – time
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–cide – kill
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circumvent – to avoid
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clandestine – concealed
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cohesive – connected collaborate – to team up contingency – possibility
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corroborate – to confirm
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de - separation
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depreciate – to become less valuable
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despondent – depressed
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detriment – a disadvantage dexterous – skilled discretion – good sense disseminate – to spread
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dissident – a rebel
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diverge – to go in a different direction
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dorm – sleep
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dormant – inactive
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egocentric – self-involved embellish – to decorate equivocate – to be unclear estrange – to drive away
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euphoric – very happy
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exonerate – to be found not guilty
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extra – beyond
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facetious – funny
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fid – loyalty fortuitous – accidental gregarious – outgoing grievous – terrible hoist – to raise
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illicit – unlawful
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impeccable – perfect
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impetuous – impulsive
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inadvertent – not intended inane – silly incongruous – contradictory indigenous – native
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indiscriminate – unselective
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infallible – flawless
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inquisitive questioning
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instigate – to cause
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inundate – to flood
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irrevocable – not reversible
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–ism – doctrine
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-ject – throw
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liber, liver – free mandate – an authorization maudlin – overly emotional
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nebulous – indefinite
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nov – original
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oblivious – not noticing
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optimum – ideal
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prim, prime – first
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proliferation – a rapid increase
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prolific – creating abundantly
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propensity – readiness raucous – disorderly recourse – a way to get help
-rect – straight
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regress – to go backward
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reinstate – to put back
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reiterate – to repeat
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relegate – to send
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reticent – quiet
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robust – strong and well
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rudimentary – basic
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sanction – to grant approval of
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scoff – ridicule scrupulous – ethical sedentary – involving much sitting sensory – of the senses
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sham – something confusing; fake
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solace – relief
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solicitous – attentive
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sporadic – irregular
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squander – to spend carelessly
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sym, syn – together
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tantamount – just like
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tenacious – grasping strongly
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tenet – a principle
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ostentatious – showy ostracize – to reject pan – all precipitate – to bring on predisposed – likely relinquish – to yield replete – filled reprehensible – shameful resilient – quick to recover squelch – to hold back subsidize – to pay for superfluous – unnecessary terse – short ubiquitous – found everywhere utopia – a paradise venerate – to honor ver – true vicarious – indirect vit, viv – life voc, vok – call
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juxtapose – to put side by side
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lacking – a, an
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lethargy – inactivity
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vociferous – loud
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zealot – an extremist
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zenith – the highest point