Vocab 31-60 Flashcards by Morgan Firestein

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hedonism

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devotion to pleasurable pursuits

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imperturbable

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extreme calm and steadiness

to turbulence

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impassive

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revealing no emotion

passive face

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indigent

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poor, needy

indigenous people are poor

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inveigh

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speak or write about something with hostility

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unctuous

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excessively smug

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burgeon

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to grow rapidly, flourish

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virulent

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harmful or poisonous

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vociferously

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vehement or clamorous

intense feelings

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equivocate

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use ambitious language with deceptive intent

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contrite

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regretful, seeking forgiveness

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acumen

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keen, accurate judgment

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torpid

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lethargic

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pernicious

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extremely harmful

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diatribe

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denunciation

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hegemony

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the dominance of one state over others

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grandiloquence

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pompous speech

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redoubtable

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awe-inspiring, worthy of honor

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furtive

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marked by stealth

fugitive

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incipient

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to become apparent

inception- dream something into being

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germane

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relevant to the subject at hand

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implacable

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not capable of being changed

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impunity

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immunity from punishment

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comely

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attractive

pithy

concise, succinct

immutable

doesn't change

doughty

bold

glib

easy

soporific

induce sleep

penchant

tendency to do something or to like to do something