Vocab #8 Flashcards

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Acquiesce

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(v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit

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Amity

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(n.) Friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations

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3
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Arduous

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(adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort

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4
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Gestalt

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(n.)an organized whole; tendency to integrate pieces of information into meaningful wholes

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5
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Inundate

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(v.) to flood

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6
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Perjury

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(n.)Deliberately making a statement contrary to the truth or withholding the truth under oath.

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7
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Perspicuity

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(n.) clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity

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8
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Preposterous

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(adj.) ridiculous, senseless

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9
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Trepidation

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(n.) fear, fright, trembling

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10
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Voluble

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(adj.) characterized by a ready flow of words; glib, fluent

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