APLAC Vocabulary 11 Flashcards
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Crescendo
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A steady increase in intensity or force
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Bulwark
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A wall or embankment for defense; fortification
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Disingenuous
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Crafty, not straightforward
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Dogged
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Unrelenting, persistent, unyielding
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Etymology
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The study of word origin and change
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Extant
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In existence
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Impresario
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Producer of entertainment; manager
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Intransigent
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Refusing to moderate a position; uncompromising; adamant
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Lachrymose
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Inclined to shed many tears; mournful; tearful
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Malaise
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Discomfort; unease
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Pallid
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Pale, dull, wan
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Palpable
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Able to be handled or touched, plain, manifest
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Pundit
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A critic; authority
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Requisite
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Required; important; needed
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Waive
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Not enforce a rule; set aside; renounce; remit