Vocab 8 Flashcards

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idiosyncrasy

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quirk, peculiarity

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ignominy

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shame, humiliation

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immutable

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unchanging

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imperious

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arrogant, domineering

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implacable

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relentless, merciless

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impotent

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powerless

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impregnable

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invincible

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impromptu

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spontaneous

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impunity

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absence of guilt; responsibility

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incendiary

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flammable, heated

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inception

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beginning

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indigenous

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native

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inexorable

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unstoppable

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influx

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entry, arrival

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ingratiate

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to grovel, “suck up to”

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inhibition

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reserve, self-consciousness

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innocuous

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harmless

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inordinate

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excessive

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insatiable

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unquenchable, voracious

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iconoclast

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one who always finds faults