Lesson 4 Flashcards
Adversary
syn. opponent; foe; enemy
person or group that opposes another
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Adroit
Syn: shrewd; resourceful; dexterous
cleverly skillful in coping with difficultly or danger
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avert
syn. prevent; forestall; obviate
turn away or aside; ward off
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cogent
syn. convincing; sound
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason
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demolish
syn. destroy; raze; smash
tear down
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evaporate
syn. disappear; vanish
pass of as vapor (moisture in the air or in invisible minute particle
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fiscal
syn. financial; monetary; pecuniary
pertaining to money or finance
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hamper
syn.hinder; impede; obstruct
hold back; interfere with
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humid
syn. damp; moist; wet
containing a perceptible amount of moisture
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inundate
syn. flood; deluge; overwhelm; swamp
overspread with water
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mammoth
syn. gigantic; giant; huge; enormous
of very great size
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manifest
make clear; show plainly
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obnoxious
deserving of censure
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plight
dangerous or complicated situation
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replinish
make full or complete again
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