Set 8 Flashcards

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Idiosyncrasy

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Quirk, peculiarity

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Ignominy

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Shame or humiliation

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3
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Immutable

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Not changing

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Imperious

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Arrogant, domineering

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5
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Implacable

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Relentless, merciless

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6
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Impotent

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Powerless

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7
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Impregnable

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Invincible

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8
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Impromptu

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Spontaneous

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Impunity

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Responsibility, absence of guilt

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Incendiary

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Flammable, heated

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11
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Inception

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Beginning

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12
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Indigenous

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Native

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13
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Inexorable

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Unstoppable

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14
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Influx

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Entry, arrival

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15
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Ingratiate

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To grovel, to ‘suck up to’

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Inhibition

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Reserve, self-conscience

17
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Innocuous

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Harmless

18
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Inordinate

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Excessive

19
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Insatiable

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Unquenchable, voracious

20
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Iconoclast

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One who always finds faults