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#23 Flashcards

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efficacy

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Effectiveness; power to bring about desired result

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incipient

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Beginning to exist or appear

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inculcate

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To teach by frequent repetition; to impress upon

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inestimable

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Too valuable to be measured

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lackluster

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Lacking brightness or vitality; without enthusiasm and spirit

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prodigious

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  1. Extremely large in bulk, quantity or degree

2. Causing amazement or wonder

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regimen

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Regulated program - especially one designed to improve or maintain health (often misused for regime or regiment)

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stoic

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Showing no or little emotion especially when something bad is happening

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zealous

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Very enthusiastic; passionate on behalf of something or someone

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atrophy

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To waste away or fail to develop

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