Unit 18 Flashcards
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Obdurate
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Wickedly stubborn; obstinate
1
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Dour
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Gloomy and stern; sullen
2
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Duress
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The use of force or threats to make someone act
3
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Flux
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Continuous change; instability
4
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Influx
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A massive movement into; inrush
5
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Confluence
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A meeting of two or more people, events, or circumstances; merging
6
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Irrepressible
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Impossible to hold back or control; uncontainable
7
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Suppress
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To put down by force; quash
8
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Reprimand
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A harsh or formal scolding
9
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Implicate
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To show that someone has a connection with a crime
10
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Explicate
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To systematically explain or outline
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Duplicitous
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Intentionally misleading; deceptive/devious
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Inexplicable
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Impossible to explain or understand or clarify
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Complicity
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Involvement in something wrong or unlawful
