Vocab 5 Flashcards

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fatuous

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silly and pointless

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forbearance

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restraint, self control

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fortuitous

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happening by chance

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fractious

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irritable and difficult to control

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garrulous

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talkative

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gratuitous

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uncalled for, unnecessary

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hapless

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unfortunate

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iconoclast

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a person who veers from the norm

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hegemony

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leadership or dominance

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impecunious

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having little money, penniless

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impetuous

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acting without care

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impinge

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encroach on

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impute

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attribute to

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inchoate

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just beginning, not fully formed

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incontrovertible

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unable to be denied

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inexorable

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impossible to prevent

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injunction

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an authoritative order

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inimical

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tending to obstruct or harm, unfriendly

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innocuous

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benign, not harmful

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inoculate

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immunize someone against

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interlocutor

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somone engaged in conversation

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inure

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to be accustomed to something, usually something unpleasant

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instransigent

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stubborn, unwiling to change one’s views

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inveterate

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long established habit

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largesse

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geneorisity in bestowing money or gifts