Lesson 20 Flashcards
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Waive
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To relinquish something voluntarily; to refrain from enforcing
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Echelon
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A level of authority or responsibility; a rank
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Serendipity
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A knack or faculty of making fortunate discoveries by acciden
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Nondescript
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Lacking individual or distinct characteristics
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Punitive
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Punishing; pertaining to punishment
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Discerning
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Having keen perception
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Idyllic
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Simple and carefree; delightfully serene
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Acme
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The highest point
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Soluble
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Easily dissolved
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Malinger
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To feign illness to avoid work
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Cerebral
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Favoring intelligence over emotion or instinct
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Hypocrisy
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Professing beliefs, feelings, that one does not follow or practice
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Conundrum
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A difficult problem
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Deleterious
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Having harmful effects
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Relegate
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To place in an unfavorable place or position
