Vocab 11 Flashcards by Maddux Bell

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Bulwark

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A wall or embarkment for protection

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Crescendo

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A steady increase in intensity or force.

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Disingenuous

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Crafty, not strait forward.

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Dogged

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Unrelenting, persistent

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Etymology

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The study of a word origin and change

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Extant

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I’m existence

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Impresario

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Producer of entertainment.

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Intransigent

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Refusing to moderate a position, uncompromising.

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Lachrymose

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Inclined to shed many tears, mournful.

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Malaise

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Discomfort

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Pallid

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Pale, dull

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Palpable

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Able to be handlers or touched, obvious.

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Pundit

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A critic

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Requisite

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Required, important.

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Waive l

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Not to enforce a rule, set aside.

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