week 4 wed Flashcards by Hannah Yamamoto | Brainscape

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glut

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oversupply

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incongruous

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lacking agreement

incompatible

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complaisant

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showing a desire to please

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cumbersome

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clumsy or difficult to manage

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staunch

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strongly loyal

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inhibit

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to hold back

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spontaneous

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occurring naturally

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urbane

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sophisticated

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aberration

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a departure from what is right and true

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evoke

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to call forth or to mind

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fastidious

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not easy to please

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unequivocal

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very clear, definite

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temporize

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act evasively to gain time

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figurehead

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a person with apparent but no real authority

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accommodate

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to oblige

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temporal

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relating to time

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aboveboard

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without dishonesty or concealment

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ad infinitum

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lasting forever

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transcend

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to exceed, to beyond the limits

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disarming

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preventing criticism with charm

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brevity

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briefness

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bereaved

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suffering the loss of a loved one

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perennial

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lasting through the years

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carouse

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to participate in a loud, drunken party

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dubious

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causing doubt

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delve

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to look for

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accost

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to approach and speak to aggressively

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arrogate

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to claim for one’s self unjustly

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vitiate

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to make faulty or impure

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undermine

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weaken

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adamant

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stubborn, unyielding

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encomium

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high praise

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posit

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to assume as a fact

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euphoria

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feeling of great happiness

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vacuous

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lacking substance

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dogma

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specific set of ideas asserted to be absolutely true

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turpitude

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immoral behavior