Week 8 Vocab Flashcards

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Acute

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  1. Sharp, severe
    2.having keen insight
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Adamant

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Impervious, immovable, unyielding

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3
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Adept

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Extremely skilled

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4
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Capitulate

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To surrender

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5
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Capricious

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Subject to whim (impulse),fickle

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6
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Captive

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To get attention of,hold

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7
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Carouse

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To party, celebrate

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8
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Deft

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Skillful,capable

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9
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Defunct

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No longer used or existing

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10
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Delegate

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To hand over responsibility for something

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11
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Elated

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Overjoyed, thrilled

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12
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Elicit

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To bring forth, draw out, evoke

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13
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Eloquent

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Expressive, articulate, moving

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14
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Felicitous

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1.well suited, apt
2.delightful, pleasing

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15
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Feral

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Wild, savage

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Fervent

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Ardent, passionate

17
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Gourmand

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Someone found of eating and drinking

18
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Grandiloquence

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Lofty, pompous language

19
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Grandiose

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On a magnificent or exaggerated scale

20
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Hardy

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Robust, capable, of surviving through adverse conditions