Sat Roots 2 Flashcards

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Capitulate

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To surrender

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Precipitous

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Dangerously high or steep

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Endemic

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A disease or condition regularly found in a particular area or a certain people

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Fallacious

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Based on the mistaken belief

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Haphazard

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Lacking any obvious principal of organization

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Hapless

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An unfortunate person

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Adjorn

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Break off a meeting, legal case, or game with the intention of resuming it later

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Ablution

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The act of washing oneself

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Magnanimous

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Very generous or forgiving, especially towards a rival or someone less powerful than oneself

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Magnate

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A wealthy or influential person, especially in business

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Circumnavigate

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Sail all the way around something, usually the world

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Palpable

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Able to be touched or felt

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Palpitation

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Hey noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or illness

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Inquest

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Murder Investigation

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Rectitude

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Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness

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Rectify

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To put something right; correct

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Ascribe

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Attribute something to (a cause)

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Circumscribe

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Restrict something within limits

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Unilateral

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Performed by or affecting only one person, group, or country involved in a particular situation, without the agreement of another or the others

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings archon to Dickory ideas about someone or something

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Abhor

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Regard with disgust and hatred