Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards

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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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