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fINALS FLASHCARD

  1. Cursory: (adj) (A) Hasty (B) Not thorough

  1. Incursion: (noun) An attack on or an invasion of enemy territory; a raid

  2. Precursor: (noun) Someone or something that precedes something else; a forerunner

  1. Succor: (noun) Help in time of distress (verb) to give aid and comfort in time of distress

  2. Chastise: (verb) To punish for misbehaving or wrongdoing

  1. Disparage: (verb) To speak of as unimportant or inferior; belittle

  1. Innuendo: (noun) A roundabout, often spiteful reference to someone or something not named; an insinuation

  1. Vilify: (verb) To utter slanderous and abusive statements against; defame; speak evil of

  1. Amends: (noun) compensation giving as satisfaction for insult, loss, or injury

  1. Extricate: (verb) to free or release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage

  1. Mitigate: (verb) to make less severe or intense; moderate

  1. Rectify: (verb) to set right; remedy

  1. Egress: (noun) A path or means of going out; an exit

  1. Gradient: (noun) The degree to which something inclines; slope

  1. Secession: (noun) The act of withdrawing formally from membership in an organization, association, or union

  1. Unprecedented: (adj) Not having occurred before; without precedent; novel

  1. Analogous: (adj) Similar in certain qualities, circumstances, or uses

  2. Antithesis: (noun) Direct contrast; opposition

  1. Deviate: (verb) To differ or move away from a specified course or prescribed mode of behavior; diverge

  1. Nuance: (noun) A subtle or slight degree of difference, meaning, color, or tone; gradation

  1. Autonomy: (noun) Independence; the quality or condition of being self-governing

  1. Hierarchy: (noun) An order of persons or entities classified according to authority, rank, or importance

  1. Regime: (noun) A system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above

  1. Totalitarian: (adj) Referring to a government that exercises control over all aspects of life

  2. Usurp: (verb) To seize and retain the rights, power, property, or position of another without legal authority 

  1. Apathy: (noun) Lack of feeling or emotion; impassiveness

  1. Empathy: (noun) Understanding, concerned identification with another’s situations or feelings

  1. Sensational: (adj) (A) arousing great interest or excitement (B) designed to shock or thrill spectators or readers

  2. Sensibility: (noun) The ability to feel, sense and perceive; mental or emotional responsiveness toward something

  3. Sentiment: (noun) A thought, view, or attitude based more on feeling than reason

  1. Culpable: (adj) Responsible for wrong or error; blameworthy; deserving censure

  1. Extort: (verb) To obtain by threats or other coercive means

  2. Illicit: (adj) Not permitted by custom or law; illegal

  1. Ruffian: (noun) A tough or rowdy person (adj) tough or rowdy

  1. Vile: (adj) (A) unpleasant; disgusting (B) Morally low or base

  1. Banter: (noun) Good-humored, playful conversation

  1. Facetious: (adj) (A) Playfully humorous (B) Jesting, often in an inappropriate or offensive way

  1. Flippant: (adj) Marked by disrespectful frivolity or indifference; rudely witty

Ludicrous: (adj) Laughable because of an obvious absurdity or ridiculousness

  1. Whimsical: (adj) Playful or fanciful; imaginatively humorous

  1. Emigrate: (verb) To leave one country or region in order to settle another

  1. Figuratively: (adverb) In a manner marked by metaphorical language or figures of speech

  1. Literally: (adverb) (A) According to actual meaning of the word or phrase (B) According to facts; without exaggeration or metaphor

  2. Persecute: (verb) To ill-treat persistently and grievously

  3. Prosecute: (verb) To bring a legal action against in order to convict of a violation of a law

  1. Depreciate: (verb) To decrease in value

  1. Frugal: (adj) Avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of money; thrifty

  1. Indigent: (adj) Lacking money or resources to provide adequately the necessities of life; needy; impoverished

  2. Munificent: (adj) Very generous in giving

  1. Recession: (noun) A moderate and brief decline in economic activity

  1. Blasé: (adj) Uninterested, unexcited, or bored as a result of overindulgence or enjoyment

  2. Cliché: (noun) A trite or overused expression or idea, such as “time flies”

  1. Forte: (noun) Something in which a person excels; strong point

  2. Gauche: (adj) Lacking social experience or grace; awkward; rude; tactless

  3. Naive: (adj) Showing a lack of experience or judgement

  1. Dilatory: (adj) (A) Characterized by procrastination (B) Tending or intended to cause delay

  2. Languid: (adj) (A) Lazily slow or relaxed (B) Lacking spirit or energy

  1. Sloth: (noun) Laziness; indolence 

  2. Somnambulate: (verb) To walk while asleep

  3. Stupor: (noun) A condition of reduced sensibility or consciousness; daze