gamsat set eight <3 Flashcards by kay t | Brainscape

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virulent

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harmful

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apportion

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divide & share

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congregation

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group of people for worship

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interspersed

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scatter among

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wanes

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decrease in vigour

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blunders

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careless mistake

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toil

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work hard / incessantly

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futility

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pointlessness / uselessness

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dismay

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distress

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malaise

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discomfort but idk why

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credo

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belief / principles

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inextricably

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impossible to disentangle`

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conviviality

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friendliness

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transient

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impermenant

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ephemeral

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lasting short amount of time

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adversarial

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characterised by conflict / opposition

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elusive

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difficult to achieve

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belaguered

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difficult situation

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beset

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trouble someone persistently

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omnipotent

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almighty

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lamming

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hit hard

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brutish

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animal like inhumane

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vilification

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criticism

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perversity

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unreasonable behaviour

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inept

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no skill

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scrupulous

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thorough

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cantakerousness

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bad tempered

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disgorged

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pour out

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dismal

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causing gloom

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vengeance

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punishment

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appeased

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make peace with

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interment

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burial of corose

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forlorn

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sad lonely

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penance

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punishment from wrongdoing

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concocted

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creade a plan

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credence

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belief something is true

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seldom

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rare

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subsumed

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absorb in something else

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construed

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interpret in a particular way

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aloofness

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distant `

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piety

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being religious

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acquiese

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accept reluctantly

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impetus

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makes smth happen quicker

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capatious

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having alot of space

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obsolete

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no longer produced

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paradox

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absurd statement

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inexorable

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impossible to stop / prevent

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banality

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unoriginal

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pestilence

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plague

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formidable

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fear / respect b/c power

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dissonance

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lack of agreemtn

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diplomatic

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control a situation w/o upsetting ppl

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patronising

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apparently kind BUT betrays