Vocab Unit 6 Flashcards


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accountable

Adj. Being answerable to a given superior

Adj. Responsible for some action, job or task

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anecdote

N. An account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting

N. A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience

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brazen

Adj. Bold, audacious, and without shame

Adj. Not disguised, plainly visible

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circumspect

Adj. Not clearly visible or attracting attention

Adj. Having or showing shrewdness and good judgment

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confidant

N. A person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others

N. A person who provides guidance or mentorship to others

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debase

V. To harm or ruin the reputation or dignity of

V. To decrease the value, character, or quality of

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deride

V. To harshly mock or ridicule

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egregious

Adj. Conspicuously or obviously bad or wrong

Adj. Overly excessive in amount or degree

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engimatic

Adj. Difficult to interpret or understand

Adj. Having a strange, curious or mysterious nature

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extraneous

Adj. Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with

Adj. Not essential or necessary for a given task or purpose

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gimmick

N. A trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or trade

N. A strategy to promote a product or boost sales

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hypocrisy

N. The claim or pretense of holding beliefs, feelings, standards, qualities, opinions, or virtues that one does not actually possess

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inception

N. The creation or beginning of something

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infirmity

N. A state of being weak or lacking physical strength

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insatiable

Adj. Incapable of being satisfied or appeased

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nominal

Adj. Significantly unimportant and deserving of little to no attention

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phishing

N. Deceptive online practice involving spoofing to obtain valuable information

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procrastinate

V. To delay taking action

V. To postpone or assign to a later time or date

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resuscitate

V. To give new life to, or to restore to a healthy condition

V. To restore (someone) to a state of consciousness

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susceptible

Adj. Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing