Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards
(60 cards)
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Equivocate
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To be unclear
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Fortuitous
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Accidental
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Impeccable
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Flawless
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Liaison
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A link
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Predisposed
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Likely
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Propensity
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An inclination
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Reprehensible
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Shameful
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Sham
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Something false
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Solace
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Relief
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Solicitous
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Attentive
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Attrition
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A natural loss of individuals
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Circumvent
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To avoid
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Cohesive
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Connected
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Grievous
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Terrible
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Inundate
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To flood
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Oblivous
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Not noticing
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Reticent
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Quiet
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Robust
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Strong and well
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Sanction
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A grant approval of
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Vociferous
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Loud
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Bolster
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To support
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Deprecitate
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To become less valuable
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Indiscriminate
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Not selective
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Inquisitive
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Questioning
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Nebulous
Indefinite
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Relegate
To send
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Replete
Filled
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Sendentary
Involving much sitting
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Tenet
A principle
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Terse
Short
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Utopia
An ideal or perfect place or state; a place achieving social or political perfection
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Raucous
Noisy and disorderly;boisterous
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Mandate
A groups expressed wishes;clear signal to act;vote of confidence
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Bureaucratic
Insisting on strict rules and routine, often to the point of hindering effectivness
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Reiterate
To state again or repeatedly
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Autonomy
Independence;self-government
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Recourse
A source of help, security, or strength; something to turn to
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Ostracize
To expel or exclude from a group;shun
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Tantamount
Equal in effect or value;the same as
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Tenacious
Holding firmly;persistent;stubborn
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Liability
Something that acts as a disadvantage;a drawback
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Clanestine
done in secret;kept hidden
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Incongruous
Out of place;having parts that are not in harmony or that are inconsistent
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Contingency
A possible future event that must be prepared for or guarded against;possibility
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Indigenous
Living,growing,or producing naturally in a particular place;native
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Superfluous
Beyond what is needed,wanted,or useful;extra
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prolific
Producing many works,results,or offspring;fertile
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Exonerate
To clear of an accusation or charge;prove innocent
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Egocentric
Self-centered;seeing everything in terms of oneself
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-Ism
Doctrine,system,practice of
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Fid
Trust,faith,loyalty
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Rect
Straight,right
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A-,An-
Without,lacking,not
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Prim,Prime
First(in order or importance
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Ver
True,real
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Sym-,Syn-
with,together
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Nov
New,original,fresh
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Pan-
all
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Bibl,-biblio-
book
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