AVID Vocab Quiz #18

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Retention - n.

• to go back and do again

• to assume to be likely to happen

• the act of keeping or remembering something

• the act of gaining a skill or possession of something

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Eminent - adj.

• superior or high in status

• cause for celebration

• very expressive; using emphasis

• somewhat unwillingly

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Unveil - v.

• to hide or keep secret

• to cause suffering

• to make a secretive mention of something

• to make visible

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Frankly - adv.

• the act of being direct or clear

• the act of being friendly

• being on time or punctual

• the act of being trustworthy

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Plausible - adj.

• fun or outgoing

• reasonable and possibly true

• punctual or on time

• most basic part

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Eccentric - adj.

• wild or crazy

• having no fixed path or pattern

• enough; just meeting a requirement

• peculiar or odd

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Novel - adj.

• new or innovative

• capable of working independently

• honest or trustworthy

• skilled or talented

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Erratic - adj.

• the most essential or most basic part

• having no fixed path or pattern

• enough; just meeting a requirement

• predominant, superior, most important

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Dubious - adj.

• evil or bad natured

• doubtful, questionable

• tinged with a feeling of sadness

• to be vulnerable to something

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Spur - v.

• to stimulate or incite

• to cause suffering to

• to make a secretive mention of something

• to become smaller in scope or degree