Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Inundate

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To cover, as flooding; overwhelm with a large number or amount

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Sanction

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To authorize, allow, or approve

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Circumvent

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To avoid by going around or as if by going around; to escape from, prevents, or stop through cleverness

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Reticent

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Quiet or uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out

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Robust

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Healthy and strong; vigorous

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Cohesive

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Sticking or holding together; unified

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Vociferous

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Noisy; expressing feelings loudly and intensely

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Attrition

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A gradual natural decrease in number; becoming fewer in number

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Grievous

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Causing grief or pain; very serious or severe

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Oblivious

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Unaware; failing to notice

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