IV1 - Improving Vocab Skills - Unit 1

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Epitome
- the example of /face of
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Absolve
- to clear of guilt
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Taint
- negatively effect, to damage
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Attribute
- a characteristic
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Calamity
- a tragedy
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Dispatch
- to send to a specific place or to specific business
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Enigma
- a puzzle
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Rehabilitate
- to return to normal life
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Amoral
without good morals /ethical principle
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Euphemism
- a term that doesn't offend /a softer term
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Syndrome
- a group of symptoms
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Animosity
- hatred.
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Absolve
to clear of guilt
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Adamant
to be firm about, set in
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Amiable
kind, good-natured
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Amoral
without good morals/ethical principle
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Animosity
hatred
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Antagonist
enemy
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Eccentric
varying, strange, odd
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Encounter
meeting
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Epitome
the example of/face of
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Malign
to speak ill of, talk ish about
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acclaim
praise
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adjacent
near, close to, next to
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elicit
to bring out/draw forth
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engross
to hold interest of
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escalate
to rise, expand, increase, intensify
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exploit
to take advantage of/ use selfishly or unethically
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methodical
with a method, done in a certain way, orderly
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obsolete
no longer active or in use, extinct
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tangible
able to touch/feel, solid
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terminate
to end
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allusion
nod to/hint to
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altruistic
unselfish
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appease
to please, to calm
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arbitrary
impulsive
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assail
to attack
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banal
unoriginal
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euphemism
a term that doesnt offend/a softer term
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mercenary
greedy
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syndrome
a group of symptoms
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Calamity
a tragedy
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Comprehensive
complete
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Conventional
usual
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Flagrant
obvious, blatant
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Fluctuate
to change/vary
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Persevere
to keep going
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Ponder
to think about
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Rehabilitate
to return to normal life
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Turmoil
conflict/disorder
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Venture
to dare
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Attest
to declare to be true
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Attribute
a characteristic
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Discern
to see clearly
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Dispatch
to send to a specific place or to specific business
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Enhance
to make better
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Enigma
a puzzle
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Exemplify
to illustrate
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Mobile
movable
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Nocturnal
of the night
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Orient
to locate