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