Progress Harmful Vocab Flashcards

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Audacity

A

Willing to take risks
Or
Rude/ disrespectful behavior
(Boldness daring)

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Ameliorate

A

Make something unsatisfactory better
(Improve enhance)

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Assiduous

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Show great care
(Diligent carful)

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Impetus

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The energy with which a body moves
Or the force that makes something happen
(Momentum/motivation)

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Augment

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Make something greater by adding to it
(Increase, make bigger)

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Fruition

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The point at which a plan or project is realized
(Achievement realization)

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Emanate

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To give off/ give out
(Emerge come out)

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Equivocal

A

Open to more interpretation or uncertain/questionable in nature
(Ambiguous, vague)

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Ramification

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A consequence of an action or event
Or
A subdivision of a complex structure
(Result aftermath)

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Encroach

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Intrude on
(Trespass, butt in)

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Precipitate

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Cause an undesirable event unexpectedly
(Bring on occasion)

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Hamper

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Hinder or obstruct the progress of
(Foil impede)

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Exigency

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An urgent need or demand
(Want necessity)

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect in a gradual or subtle way
(Damaging destructive)

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Vicissitude

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A change of circumstance is fortune that is unpleasant and unwelcome
(Alteration metamorphosis)

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