Manhattan text completion(easy) Flashcards
New words of Manhattan 8 book- text completion
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unflagging (Adj)
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Tireless, persistent.
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Sate (verb)
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- to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully.
2. to fill to excess; surfeit; glut.
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Inveigle
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- To entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into):
to inveigle a person into playing bridge. - To acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away):
to inveigle a theater pass from a person.
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Vassal
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- (in the feudal system) a person granted the use of land, in return for rendering homage, fealty, and usually military service or its equivalent to a lord or other superior; feudal tenant.
- a person holding some similar relation to a superior; a subject, subordinate, follower, or retainer.
- a servant or slave.
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Mulish
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used to compare one’s stubbornness to a mule
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mien
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air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
a man of noble mien.
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prognosis
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Forecasting outcome of the disease
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penitent
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feeling of sorrow or regret
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ecumenical
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- including or containing a mixture of diverse elements or styles; mixed:
- general; universal.
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obviate
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to remove
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libelous
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Vilify, defamatory, Denigrate
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resolute
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firmly resolve or determined
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recrimination
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an accusation in response from someone else’s
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Recidivism
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- repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
2. Psychiatry. the chronic tendency toward repetition of criminal or antisocial behavior patterns.
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hubristic
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Extremely proud
