Vocab II Flashcards

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Barrage

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Bombard (someone) with something or artillery.

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Complacent

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Pleased, especially with oneself or one’s merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect

Like Govt

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3
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Cavalier

A

showing a lack of proper concern; offhand.

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4
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Destitute

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without the basic necessities of life or not having

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5
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Implausible

A

(of an argument or statement) not seeming reasonable or probable; failing to convince. (impossible)

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6
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Ransack

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go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage

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7
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Livid

A

Furiously angry

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8
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Versatile

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able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities.

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9
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Thwart

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prevent (someone) from accomplishing something

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10
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Sinister

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giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen

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11
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Charisma

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compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others

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12
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Disillusion

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disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be or to realize that a belief or an ideal is false

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13
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Erratic

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not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable (crazy)

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14
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Debunk

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expose the falseness or hollowness of (a myth, idea, or belief)

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15
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Uncanny

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strange or mysterious, especially in an unsettling way.

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16
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Appease

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relieve or satisfy

17
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Conducive

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making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.

18
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Deviod

A

Absence of

19
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Lethargic

20
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Unrelenting

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not giving up