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Vocabulary Day 19-20 Flashcards

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1
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Adage

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A traditional saying; a proverb

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Abstract

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Theoretical; impersonal

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Abstruse

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Hard to understand

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Adjourn

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To suspend until another time

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Adventitious

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Accidental; connected to but nonetheless

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Affable

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Easy to talk to; friendly

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Ballyhoo

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Sensational advertising or promotion; uproar

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Conjure

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To summon or bring into being as if by magic

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Conventional

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Common; customary; unexceptional

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Collusion

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Conspiracy; secret cooperation

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11
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Compelling

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Forceful; causing to yield

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Deem

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To judge; to consider

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Defile

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To make filthy; to desecrate

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Degrade

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To lower in dignity or status

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Deign

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To condescend

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Expedite

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To speed up or easy the progress of

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Exigency

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An emergency; an urgency

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18
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Exult

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To rejoice, to celebrate

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19
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Fraternal

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Like brothers

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Facade

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The false front of a building

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21
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Germane

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Applicable; pertinent; relevant

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22
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Homily

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A sermon

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Intervene

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To come between opposing groups; to mediate; to take place

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Invoke

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To entreat or pray for; to call on as in prayer; to declare to be in effect

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Impasse

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A deadlock; situation from which there is no escape

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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27
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Lobby

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To urge legislative action; to exert influence

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28
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Milieu

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Environment; surroundings

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Microcosm

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The world in miniature

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30
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Malapropism

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Humorous misuse of a word that sounds similar to the word intended but has a ludicrously different meaning

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Mania

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Crazed, excessive excitement insanity; delusion

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32
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Noisome

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Offensive or disgusting; stinking noxious

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33
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Onerous

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Burdensome; oppressive

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34
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Oblivion

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Total forgetfulness; the state of being forgotten

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35
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Profuse

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Flowing; extravagant

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36
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Posterity

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Future generations; descendants; heirs

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37
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Proletariat

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The industrial working class

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38
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Posthumous

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Occurring after one’s death; published after the death of the author

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Quandary

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State of perplexity; predicament

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Quintessential

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Being the most perfect example of

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41
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Susceptible

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Capable of being influenced by something; capable of being emotionally affected; venerable or receptive to

42
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Sacrilege

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A violation of something sacred; blasphemy

43
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Solvent

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Not broke or bankrupt; able to pay one’s bills

44
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Sobriety

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The state of being sober; seriousness

45
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Tirade

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A prolonged, bitter speech

46
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Tautological

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Redundant; circular

47
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Torpor

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Sluggishness; inactivity; apathy

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Venal

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Capable of being bribed; willing to do anything for money; corrupt

49
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Wrath

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Deep anger; fury

50
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Waive

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To relinquish (a right); to forgo; to put aside for the time being

51
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Appalling

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causing horror or consternation

52
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Agenda

A

program; the things to be done

53
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apparition

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a ghost or ghostly object

54
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apportion

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to distribute proportionally

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alacrity

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cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond

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appraise

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to estimate the value or quality of

57
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banter

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an exchange of good-humored or mildly teasing remarks

58
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benighted

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ignorant; unenlightened

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corollary

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something that follows; a natural consequence

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convivial

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fond of parting; festive

61
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coherent

A

holding together; making sense

62
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deity

A

a god or goddess

63
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dejected

A

depressed; disheartened

64
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delectable

A

delightful; delicious

65
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delve

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to search or study intensively

66
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explicit

A

clearly and directly expressed

67
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emulate

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to strive to equal or excel, usually through imitation

68
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elliptical

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oval; missing a word or words; obscure

69
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facet

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any of the flat; polished surfaces of a cut gem; aspect

70
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fathom

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to understand; to penetrate the meaning of

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ghastly

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shockingly horrible; frightful

72
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hiatus

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a break or interruption; often from work

73
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implement

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to carry out

74
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impotent

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powerless; helpless; unable to perform sexual intercourse

75
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incipient

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beginning; emerging

76
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Ignominy

A

deep disgrace

77
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ludicrous

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ridiculous; absurd

78
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monolithic

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massive; solid; uniform and unyielding

79
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myopia

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nearsightedness; lack of foresight

80
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nirvana

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a blissful, painless, worry-free state

81
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obeisance

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a bow or curtsy; deep reverence

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olfactory

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pertaining to the sense of smell

83
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proliferate

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to spread or grow rapidly

84
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prolific

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abundantly productive; fruitful or fertile

85
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phantasm

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apparition; ghost; phantom

86
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promulgate

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to proclaim; to publicly or formally declare something

87
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preponderance

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superiority in weight, number, size, extent, influence etc.; majority; predominance

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presentiment

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the feeling that something (especially something bad) is about to happen

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platonic

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nonsexual; purely spiritual

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protege

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a person under the care of someone interested in welfare or career

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qualify

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to modify or restrict

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repose

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rest; tranquility; relaxation

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salutary

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healthful; remedial; curative

94
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scintillate

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to sparkle, either literally or figuratively

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shackle

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a manacle; a restraint

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slake

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to quench; to satisfy; to assuage

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temerity

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boldness; recklessness; audacity

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touchstone

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a standard; a test of authenticity or quality

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undermine

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to impair; to subvert; to weaken by excavating underneath

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unilateral

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involving one side only; dine on behalf of one side only; one-sided; not mutual

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