List 1 Flashcards

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Stymied

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Prevent, hinder

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Requisite

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Essential

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critical

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turning point

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innovations

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introduce something new

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regency

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office

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demarcations

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set apart; distinguish

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sovreignity

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supreme power or excellence

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eclectic

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selecting from a variety of sources

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scant

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barely sufficient

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obtrusive

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forward in manner of conduct

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boisterous

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strong; rowdy

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etiolated

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to bleach; make pale

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singular

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unique

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circumscribed

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to constrict the range of

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receptivity

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open and responsive to ideas

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autonomy

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the quality of being self-governing

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legislation

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the exercise of the power and function of making rules (as laws) that have the force of authority by virtue of their promulgation by an official organ of a state or other organization

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comport

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to be fitting; accord

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delineate

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to represent

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revel

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to take intense satisfaction; wild party

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ominous

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foreshadowing evil

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detestable

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intense dislike

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adept

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contriving

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devise; plan

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annihilating
to destroy the substance or force of
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acrimonious
caustic; biting; bitter
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inured
hardened; accustomed
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inverterate
confirmed; long-standing
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timorous
timid state
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cowed
destroy the courage of
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turgid
swollen; bloated
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predilection
established preference for something
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repatriation
amends; compensation
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commandeer
to take arbitrary or forcible possession of
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extradition
surrender of a criminal
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interdict
to forbid; prohibit
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lackluster
lacking in brilliance; dull
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poised
marked by balance
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indigence
poverty
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opulence
wealth; affluence
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eminence
person of high rank
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complacent
self-satisfied
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pernicious
highly injurious; deadly
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precocity
early in development or occurrence
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parsimony
the quality of being careful with money or resources; stingy
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ignobility
of low birth or common origin; plebeian
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affinity
liking; similarity
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odium
hatred and condemnation accompanied by loathing or contempt : detestation
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affable
characterized by ease and friendliness
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churlish
rude; boorish
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debacle
violent disruption; tumultuous
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precedent
prior in time; order
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servile
submissive; obedient