Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Audacious

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Fearlessly daring; bold

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Contumacy

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A scornful resistance to authority;

A stubborn rebelliousness

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Four

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Marked by sternness, harshness, ill temper

Stubborn

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Éclat

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Brilliance and performance and achievement

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Indefatigable

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Tireless in capable of wearing out or becoming fatigued

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Irresolute

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Undecided or uncertain about what to do

wavering

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Obdurate

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Hard hearted
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Not giving into persuasion

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Obsequious

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Excessively eager to serve obey or win the favor of another

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Pertinacity

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Quality of holding firmly or stubbornly to a purpose

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Stoic

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seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by Joy grief pleasure or pain
Not complain

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