Week 4 Flashcards

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Equinox

A

when the sun crosses the plane of the earth’s equator

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Euro

A

European nations adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies

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Evanescent

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tending to vanish like vapor

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4
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Expurgate

A

edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate

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5
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Facetious

A

cleverly amusing in tone

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Fatuous

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devoid of intelligence

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Feckless

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generally incompetent and ineffectual

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Fiduciary

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relating to or of the nature of a legal trust

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9
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Filibuster

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a tactic for delaying legislation by making long speeches

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Gamete

A

a mature sexual reproductive cell

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