GP words 1 Flashcards by russell bock | Brainscape

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Languishes

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Lose / lack vitality ; grow weaker

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Regresses

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Return to a former / less developed state

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Forays

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Raid, venture into a new field of knowledge

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Advent

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Arrival of a notable thing

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Synonymous

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Closely associated with

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Erroneous

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Wrong, incorrect

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Indubitably

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Unquestionably, without a doubt

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Ramifications

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Unwelcomed consequences

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Lamentably

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Regrettably

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Quintessential

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Exemplar

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Nascent

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Infant, budding, new

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Excise

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Surgically remove

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Sanctity

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Utmost importance

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Normalcy

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The traditional, past, default ways

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Devoid

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Entirely lacking, completely without

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Underpins

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Support, justify

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Nefarious

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Wicked, criminal

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Cognizant

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Aware, conscious of

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Pertinent

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Relevant to issue

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Fodder

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Food

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Begets

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cause

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Fraudulent

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Deceitful, deceptive

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Flouting

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Open disregard

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Scant

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Barely adequate, insufficient

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Pernicious

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Harmful effects

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Curtailed

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Reduce in extent, to restrict something

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Proponents

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An expert who advocates theories

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Blighted

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Sever detrimental effects on

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Social ills

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Social problems

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Surmounted

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Overcome

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Escape the straitjacket of

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Overcome the adversities of

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Panacea

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Remedy for all difficulties

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Malthusian

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Refers to Economist Thomas Malthus

- Theory of how food production will never be able to keep up with growth in the human population

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Conundrum

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Question, problem

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Touted

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Attempt to persistently sell something

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Predicated

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Found / based something on

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Heralding

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Being a sign for change to happen