From Qns Flashcards
1
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Deleterious
A
Causing harm or damage
2
Q
Preponderance
A
the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
E.g. “the preponderance of women among older people”
3
Q
Intransigence
A
refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something.
4
Q
Comportment
A
How you carry yourself
5
Q
Nugatory
A
Useless or futile / of no value or importance
6
Q
Ineluctable
A
Unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable
‘The ineluctable facts of history’
7
Q
Interdict
A
prohibit or forbid / intercept and prevent the movement of
8
Q
Expurgate
A
Remove matter thought to be unsuitable from (a text or account)
e.g. ‘an expurgated English translation’
9
Q
Timorous
A
Showing or suffering from nervousness a lack of confidence
e.g. ‘timorous voice’
10
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Turgid
A
Swollen and congested
or tediously pompous and bombastic
