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Vocab 5 Flashcards

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Adroit

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Very clever skillful resourceful

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Amendable

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Having an inclination to do something willing to be persuaded

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Aspersion

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A false misleading charge meant to harm someone’s reputation

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Clairvoyant

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Able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception (palm reading)

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Capitulate

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To stop fighting an enemy opponent to surrender after negotiations

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Cursory

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Rapidly and often superficially performed or produced

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Dearth

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The state or condition of not having enough of something
SCARCITY/ LACK

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Despot

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Ruler has total power and often used it in cruel ways tyrannical

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Fracas

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Noisy argument/ fight

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Myopic

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Lack of foresight discernment narrow view of something difficulty in seeing objects far away

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Equivocate

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To use unclear language to deceive/ mislead someone

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Germane

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Both relevant and appropriate

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Hegemony

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Influence control over group of people(country)

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Probity

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Honesty and integrity highest principles and ideals

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Puerile

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Silly childish lacking seriousness of good judgment

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Reprobate

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Person behaves in immoral way to condemn as unworthy or unacceptable

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Rescind

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Reject repeal cancel or avoid something

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Resplendent

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Shining brightly very bright and attractive

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Seminal

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Strong influence on ideas with events important

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Stolid

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Showing no emotion

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Supplant

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To take place if something old replaced substitute

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Surmise

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Thought idea based on scanty evidence

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Temerity

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Quality being confident and unafraid of danger or punishment (foolish/ rude)

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Uncouth

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Behaving in socially unacceptable or impolite manner

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Vacuous

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Having little substance meaning intelligence or serious thought

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Verdant

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Green with growing plants

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Visage

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Face countenance or appearance of a person

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