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capitulate

capitulation

capitulator

A

cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender; the action of surrendering or ceasing to resist an opponent or demand

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enhance

enhancement

enhancer

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intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of something

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expedite

expediter

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make an action or process happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly

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extricate

extricable

extrication

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free someone or something from constraint or difficulty

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innocuous

innocuously

innocuousness

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not harmful or offensive

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emanate

emanative adj.

emanator

emanation

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something abstract but perceptible that issues or spreads out from a source (sound, light, smells); originate from be produced by give out or emit something

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ambiguity
ambiguous
ambiguously

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uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language

lack of commitment resulting from failure to make choice between alternatives
language not precise

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solicit
solicitor
solicitation
soliciting

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ask for or try to obtain something from someone. ask someone something; accost someone and offer one’s or someone else’s services as a prostitute; someone who tries to obtain business orders, advertising, etc.

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squander

squanderer

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waste something, especially time or 44 in a reckless and foolish manner; allow an opportunity to pass or be lost

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tentative, adj
tentatively, adv
tentativeness, n

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not certain or fixed; provisional; done without confidence; hesitant

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undermine

underminer n

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erode the base of foundation of a rock formation; dig or excavate beneath a building so as to make it collapse; to damage or weaken someone or something or insidiously

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emulate
emulation
emulator
emulative

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match or surpass a person or an achievement, typically by imitation; imitate; reproduce the function or the action of a different computer or software system

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indifference
indifferent
indifferently

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lack of interest; concern, or sympathy; unimportance; unconcerned; neither good nor bad; mediocre; not especially good; fairly bad; neutral in respect of some specified physical property

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relegate

relegation

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dismiss to an inferior rank or position

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repudiate, v
repudiation, n
repudiator

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reuse to accept or to associate with; deny the truth or validity of; refute; refuse to fulfill or discharge an agreement; obligation, or debt

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rescind

rescindable

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revoke, cancel, or repeal a law, order, or agreement

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languor
langurourus
languid
languorously

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the state or feeling, often pleasant, of tiredness or inertia; an oppressive stillness of the air

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lethargic
lethargically
lethargy

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sluggish and apathetic; a lack of energy and enthusiasm

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fluctuate
fluctuation
fluctuating

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rise and fall irregularly in number and amount

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stagnant
stagnating
stagnate
stagnation

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a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space having no current flow and often having a unpleasant smell as a consequence
water or air that ceases to flow or move
figuratively, cease developing
become inactive or dull

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hamper

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hinder or impede the movement or progress of; a basket with a lid for carrying food or laundry

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defer
deferment
deferrable
deferral
deference
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delay or put off an action or event until a later time
postpone
submits humbly to or respect for a person or a person’s wishes or qualities

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ambivalent
ambivalenty
ambivalence

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having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

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dubious
dubiously
dubiousness

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hesitating or doubting; not to be relied upon; suspect or suspicious; morally suspect or suspicious
morally suspect or suspicious; of questionable value

English Vocab 10B (8 decks)

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