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Oct.24,2015-Lesson.12,13 Flashcards

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formidable

A

very power and strong; hard to overcome (indomitable)

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indomitable

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impossible to defeat or discourage

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potent

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powerful; chemically or medically effective (efficacious,forceful)

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bulwark

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a strong protection; a wall built to defence (rampant,bastion)

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rampart

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a thick stone build around a house

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impregnable

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not able to be captured by attack; very strong

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redoubtable

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causing fear; very powerful

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robust

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full of vigour (potent)

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vigour

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n. strength; energy

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impervious

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adj. unable to go through; incapable of being affected

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efficacious

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adj. having the power to produce a desired effect

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stalwart

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adj. physically strong

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impotent

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adj. lacking strength or power

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predominant

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adj. most important (paramount)

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brawn

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n. muscular strength (vigour)

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bastion

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n. stronghold; fortress (bulwark)

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coalesce

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v. to come together to form one group (consolidate)

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amalgamate

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v. to unite (two or more things) into one.

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anthology

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n. a collection of works of art or music

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convoke

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v. to call a group of people to a formal meeting

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synchronize

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v. to happen at the same time and speed

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synthesis

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something made by combining different thins (fusion)

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fusion

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n. a combination or mixture of thins

24
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eclectic

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adj. including things taken from many different sources (diverse, multifarious)

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amalgam

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n. a combination of different things

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amass

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v. to gather (accrue)

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accrue

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v. to increase in value; to grow up slowly

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compatible

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adj. able to exist together without violet

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contemporary

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adj. happening in the same time

30
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predilection

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n. a tendency to be attracted to something

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