14 Flashcards

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Fortitude

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: strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage

Ex: She has endured disappointments with fortitude and patience.

it was only with the greatest fortitude that the Pilgrims were able to survive their first winter in Plymouth

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Cogent

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: PERTINENT, RELEVANT

Ex:a cogent analysis

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Inextricable

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not capable of being solved

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Heckler

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one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults

Ex: Instead of ignoring the trash talking, [Joey] Votto decided to play with the hecklers. “I remember when you used to be good,” one fan shouted out. “I remember when you used to be thin,” Votto fired back.
As is usual with us, we can’t remember any of the jokes well enough to tell them—only one reply made by a comedian, Professor Irwin Corey, to a heckler. “When your I.Q. reaches twenty-eight,” Corey told the man, “sell!”

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Ballpark

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a park or stadium in which ball games (such as baseball) are played

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Guile

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deceitful cunning : DUPLICITY

Ex:a war that called for guile rather than firepower

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Gubernatorial

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of or relating to a governor

Ex:the gubernatorial election

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To capsize

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transitive ​verb

: to cause to overturn

Ex:capsize a canoe

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Avachi

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Qui a perdu tout dynamisme

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Capiteux

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Qui est fort, entêtant ; qui enivre : L’odeur de cet encens est capiteuse enivrant, grisant

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