#5 Flashcards

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acrimony

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Bitterness of temper or manner; hostility

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affinity

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A feeling of closeness or kinship for something or someone

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ambivalent

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Having mixed, often opposing feelings about something or someone; indecisive

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cessation

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A stop, either final or temporary

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enclave

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A specific region or community within a larger region, community, or territory

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exacerbate

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To maker more bitter, more severe, more violent

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illicit

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Improper; unlawful

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indigenous

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Native; naturally living or growing in a certain area

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inexorable

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Not to be persuaded, stopped, changed by pleading; relentless

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proselytize

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To convert someone to a faith, belief, or cause

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