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Flashcards in B26-50 Deck (25)
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1
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Indefatigable

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(adj) tireless, unceasing

2
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Deploy

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(v) to station or assemble troops or forces in positiion

3
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Codify

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(v) to organize something (such as laws or rules) into a system

4
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Relent

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(v) to become less severe; to give in

5
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Loathe

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(v) to dislike something greatly

6
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Cumbersome

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(adj) clumsy or difficult to manage

7
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Affected

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(adj) behaving in an artificial way to impress people

8
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Skittish

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(adj) nervous; easily frightened

9
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Colloquial

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(adj) appropriate to spoken, as opposed to written, language; informal

10
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Scenario

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(n) an outline or a planned series of events, either real or imagined; a summary of a work of fiction

11
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Drastic

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(adj) extreme; severe

12
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Inept

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(adj) without skill; absurd or foolish

13
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Multifarious

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(adj) having many different parts or forms; numerous and varied

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Efficacy

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(n) the power to produce the desired effect

15
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Dissonant

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(adj) harsh and disagreeable in sound

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Brusque

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(adj) abrupt and curt of manner

17
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Ambiance

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(n) environment

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Voluminous

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(adj) having great size or fullness

19
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Vanquish

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(v) to defeat, esp. totally

20
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Pilfer

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(v) to steal a small amount

21
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Disdain

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(n) a feeling of contempt

22
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Reconcile

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(v) to make friendly again; to settle a dispute; to make seemingly incompatible things fit together or coexist

23
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Banish

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(v) to drive away; to force leave a place by official decree

24
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Vacillate

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(v) to swing back and forth

25
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Morose

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(adj) sour tempered and inclined to be sient