Vocabulary Set#5 Flashcards

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Ambiguous

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Ambiguous means more than one possible meaning.

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Ambivalent

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Ambivalent means uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow.

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Austere

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Austere means of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; practicing great self-denial; severely simple.

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Axiom

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Axiom means a proposition that is not susceptible to proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident; a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.

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