vocab #1 Flashcards

(20 cards)

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Adamant

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Unwilling to change

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Abhor

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To loathe or hate

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Impasse

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A position or situation from which there is no escape

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Expatiate

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To speak or write in detail

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Fiat

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A formal authorization or decree

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Prodigious

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Having great ability

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Stolid

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Not easily stirred or moved mentally

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Vagary

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An unpredictable or erratic action

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Salient

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Prominent or conspicuous

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Vacillate

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To waver in mind or opinion

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Fatuous

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Foolish or silly

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Facetious

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Not meant to be taken seriously or literally; sarcastic

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Sardonic

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Mocking; cynical

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Vituperation

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Verbal abuse or castigation

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Factotum

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Any employee or official having many different responsibilities

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Perspicacity

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Acute mental vision

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Enervate

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To deprive of force or strength

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Vapid

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Without liveliness or spirit

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Vicarious

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To live through another person

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Importune

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To demand with urgent or persistency