Vocabulary 4/30 Flashcards

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Benign

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Having a kindly disposition; gracious

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Audacity

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The willingness to take bold risks; rude or disrespectful behavior/ impudence

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Compelled

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Force or oblige (someone) to do something

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Contempt

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The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration; worthless or deserving scorn

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Credibility

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The quality of being trusted and believed in; convincing or believable

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Generalization

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A general statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases

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Immensity

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Vastness; enormous; extent

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Legitimately

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According to law/ lawful; in accordance with established rules, principals, or standards

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Melancholy

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A gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged/ depression; sober thought fullness/ pensivensess

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Paradoxes

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Predisposed

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Make someone liable or inclined to a specified attitude/ action/ condition

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Abyss

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A deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

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