Word set - Week 13 Flashcards

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Incontrovertible

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Undeniable

Not open to question, indisputable

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Importune

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Ask urgently

Appeal, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, petition, plead, pray, solicit, supplicate

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Surreptitious

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Done, made, or, acquired by secret

Clandestine, covert, furtive, sneaky, stealthy, undercover, underground, underhanded

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Subjugate

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Conquer

Enslave, to bring under control and governance

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Eventuate

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To result finally

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Emit

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To give off (light, ray, etc)

Cast, discharge, eject, exhale, expel, issue, release, shoot, vent

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Subterranean

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Underground, secret, hidden

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Viable

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Possible

Practicable, workable

Achievable, attainable, doable, feasible, realizable

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Premise

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Grounds for a conclusion

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Jeopardize

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Endanger

Compromise, hazard, imperil, menace, venture

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Incredulous

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Skeptical, unwilling to admit what is offered as truth

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Permeate

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To spread through

Percolate, suffuse, transfuse

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Propitious

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Favorable

Auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, hopeful, promising, upbeat

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Surmise

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To form a notion of from scanty evidence

Guess, assume, conjecture, presume, speculate, suppose, suspect

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Curtail

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To cut off the end of, shorten

Abbreviate, abridge, cut back

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Repress

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To put down by force

Subdue, suppress, squash, quell

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Cryptic

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Puzzling, mysterious, hidden meaning

Ambiguous, enigmatic, equivocal, inscrutable, murky, mystic, nebulous, obscure, occult

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Inchoate

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In an early stage