week 4 wed Flashcards by Hannah Yamamoto

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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

dubious

causing doubt

delve

to look for

accost

to approach and speak to aggressively

arrogate

to claim for one's self unjustly

vitiate

to make faulty or impure

undermine

weaken

adamant

stubborn, unyielding

encomium

high praise

posit

to assume as a fact

euphoria

feeling of great happiness

vacuous

lacking substance

dogma

specific set of ideas asserted to be absolutely true

turpitude

immoral behavior