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List Two Flashcards

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Persevere

A

Per – so – veer
Verb
To continue despite difficulty, persist
Perseverance-n

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Habiliments

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Ha – Bill – ah– munts
Noun
Clothes and accessories
NO OTHER FORMS

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Succinct

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Suck – sink-t
Adjective
Briefly stated,quickly and clearly to the point
Synonym – concise
Succinctly-adv
Succinctness-n
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Acquiescence

A 
Ack-wee-ess-ence
Noun
Acceptance agreement or consent without complaint
Antonym contest/protest
Acquiesce-v
Acquiescent-adj
Acquiescently-adv
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Aggregation

A 
Ag-rih-gay-shun
Noun
A group mass total or collection of something 
          aggregate – N
         Aggregational-adv
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Elucidate

A 
Ih-loo-sah-date
Verb
To explain clearly or wity clarity
Elucidation-n
Elucidative-adj
Elucidater-n
Lucid-adj
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Litigant

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Lih-tah-gaeht
Noun
A person engaged in a lawsuit
Litigation-n
Litigating-adj/verb
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Corroborate

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Cah-rob-er-ate
Verb
Make certain validate or verify
Corroborative-adj
Corroboratively-adv
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Glean

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Gleeeeen
Verb
To gather (often slowly) to discover/learn, to collect
Gleaner-n
Gleanable-adj
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Acrimonious

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Ack-rih-moan-eyyy-us
Adjective
Harsh bitter and nasty
Synonym – caustic
Acrimoniously-adv
Acrimoniousness-n
Acrimony-n
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Mollify

A 
Mol-ih-fy
Verb
To soothe soften or lesson 
SYN: mitigate
Mollification-n
Mollifiable-adj
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Volition

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Vul-ih-shun
Noun
The act of will one’s own choosing
Volitional-adj

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Temerity

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Tuh-mere-ity
Noun
Boldness, rashness, recklessness
Synonym – audacity
NO OTHER FORMS
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Feral

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Fair-ul
Adjective
Wild, crazy, uncontrollable
NO OTHER FORMS

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Sordid

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Sore-did
Adj
Morley ignoble, immoral or unclean
Sordidly-adv
Sordidness-n
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Pinion

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Pin-yen
Noun or verb
N: a fastener or something that binds
V: to fasten or bind
NO OTHER FORMS
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Stolid

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Stall-id
Adj
Unemotional 
synonym – apathetic, stoic
Antonym – zealous
Stolidity-n
Stolidly-adv
Stolidness-n
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Contentious

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Con-ten-Shus
Adj
Argumentative (neg conn)
SYN: BELLIGERENT, CANTANKEROUS, QUARRELSOME
Contentiously-adv
Contention-n
Contentiousness-n
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Connivance

A 
Cah- nye-vence
Noun
The act of secrete and sneaky wrong doing
Conniving-v
Connive-v

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