LeFeber ICT Vocabulary List # 5and Roots Flashcards

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venerable

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deserving to be regarded with reverence; impressive by reason of age, character and/or attainments.

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acrimonious

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caustic, biting, or rancorous in feeling, language or manner; bitter.

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impudent

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lacking modesty, marked by contemptuous boldness; insolent.

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oblique

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inclined; not straightforward; devious, underhanded; at a 45 degree angle.

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prerogative

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a special right, power or privilege; a distinctive excellence.

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amount

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refers to bulk or quantity like sugar.

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number

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refers to objects which are thought of as individual units like oranges.

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fewer

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used in connection with people or with objects which are thought of as individual units; countable.

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less

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used in connection with the concept of bulk; less weight/ less money.

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ambi (root)

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around or both.