Chapter 1.1 Flashcards

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Not showing care for the consequences of an action

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imprudent / imprudence

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Conduct the policy, actions, affairs of (state, organisation, people) with authority

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govern

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3
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Strongly wanting to do or have something

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eager

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Have qualities or features especially those of appearance, in common with (someone or something); look alike

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resemble
resemblance

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5
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A cause of pain or harm

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affliction

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6
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(Of a person) in a very unhappy or uncomfortable state
A poor quality or very bad

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wretched, wretchedness

I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again
The wretched conditions

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7
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Make physical or mental effort

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exert

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8
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Not keeping with goos taste and propriety; improper

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indecorous

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9
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Never ending or changing

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perpetual

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10
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A feeling of revulsion; disgusted loathing

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abhorrence

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11
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A sense of disgust

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revulsion

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12
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Remarkably or impressively great in extent size or degree

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prodigious

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13
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Made smaller or less

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diminished

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14
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Demand or specify (a requirement) typicalky as part of an agreement

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stipulate

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15
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Resulting from or showibg sincere abd intense conviction;
Work more extensicely than before

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earnest / earnestness

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16
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Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance

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forbearance

17
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Absorb or assimilate ideas or knowledge

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imbibe