Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 4 Flashcards
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Person or group that opposes another
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Adversary
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Cleaverly skillful in coping with difficulty or danger;
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Adroit
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turn away or aside
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avert
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appealing forcibly to the mind or reason
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Cogent
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tear down
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demolish
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Pass off as vapor (moisture in the air) or in invisible minute particles
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Evaporate
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pertaining to money or finance
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Fiscal
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Hold back; interfere with
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Hamper
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containing a perceptible amount of moisture; (damp, moist, wet)
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Humid
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Overspread with water (flood, swamp, overwhelm)
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Inundate
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of very great size (gigantic, huge)
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Mammoth
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(offensive, objectionable)
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Obnoxious
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dangerous or complicated situation.
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Plight
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Make full or complete again: (refill, renew, restore)
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replenish
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severe rebuke ( censure, reproof
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reprimand
