week 7 Flashcards by Isabella Sanchez | Brainscape

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implacable

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cannot be pacified, inexorable

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paroxysm

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a fit, sudden outburst

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reprehensible

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worthy of blame, really bad

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jurisdiction

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power, range of authority

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skirmish

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small fight, brief encounter

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harass

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to trouble, torment

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monolithic

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massively soild, large, powerful

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indigent

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poor, needy

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arbitrary

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based on whim, dictorial

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fray

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a fight

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stymie

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to hinder, impede, puzzle

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effigy

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a likeness of hated person

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flout

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show contempt, scoff

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cognizant

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aware

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turbulent

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unruly, agitated

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terminate

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to end, kill, do away with

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forthwith

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immedietly, right away

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exacerbate

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to irritate, to make worse

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revert

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return( to previous state)

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oust

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to drive, out eject

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ameliorate

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make better, relieve