Can Behavioral Science Help in Flint? Flashcards

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voguish

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suddenly or temporarily popular / fashionable / smart

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beleaguered

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troubled / lay siege to

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peculiar

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distinctive /different from the usual or normal:

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veer

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to change direction or course

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5
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sly

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displaying cleverness

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coercion

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related to compel to an act or choice

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fluff

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something inconsequential

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enamored

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affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination

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sheepishly

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affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault

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quintessential

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perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing

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panacea

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a remedy for all ills or difficulties

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thorny

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full of difficulties or controversial points

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Eugenics

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the practice or advocacy of controlled selective breeding of human populations (as by sterilization) to improve the population’s genetic composition

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disenfranchised

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deprived of some right, privilege, or immunity

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to dole

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something distributed at intervals to the needy

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admonition

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gentle or friendly reproof / counsel or warning against fault or oversight

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reverse

suddenly or temporarily popular / fashionable / smart

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reverse

troubled / lay siege to

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reverse

distinctive /different from the usual or normal:

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reverse

to change direction or course

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reverse

displaying cleverness

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reverse

related to compel to an act or choice

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reverse

something inconsequential

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reverse

affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination

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# reverse affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault
sheepishly
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# reverse perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing
quintessential
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# reverse a remedy for all ills or difficulties
panacea
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# reverse full of difficulties or controversial points
thorny
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# reverse the practice or advocacy of controlled selective breeding of human populations (as by sterilization) to improve the population's genetic composition
Eugenics
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# reverse deprived of some right, privilege, or immunity
disenfranchised
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# reverse something distributed at intervals to the needy
to dole
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# reverse gentle or friendly reproof / counsel or warning against fault or oversight
admonition