Vocab #4 Flashcards
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Complicity
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Partnership in wrongdoing
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Bristle
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Stiffen with fear
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Liquidation
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Termination of a business by using its assets to discharge its liabilities
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Extrinsic
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Coming from outside;Foreign
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Asperity
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Something hard to endure;A hardship
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Buttress
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A support for a wall or object to make it stronger or defensible
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Cloy
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Supply of feed to surfeit
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Churlish
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Rude
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Decorum
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Propriety in manners and conduct
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Intractable
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Hard to manage or mold
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Capitulate
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To surrender under agreed conditions
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Respite
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A (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
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Entreat
A
Ask for or request earnestly
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Emollient
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Soothing or softening;Usually to the skin
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Avarice
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A desire for wealth
