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20 Cards in this Set
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ATTRITION |
A NATURAL LOSS IN NUMBERS, SUCH AS LOSS OF EMPLOYEES BY RETIREMENT, NOT FIRING; A GRADUAL, NATURAL DECREASE. |
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CIRCUMVENT |
TO AVOID BY GOING AROUND SOMETHING; TO ESCAPE, PREVENT, OR AVOID THROUGH CLEVERLY GOING AROUND |
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COHESIVE |
CONNECTED; STICKING TOGETHER AS A WHOLE; UNIFIED |
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GRIEVOUS |
terrible; causing grief or pain; serious or severe |
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INUNDATE |
to flood; to overwhelm with a large quantity |
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OBLIVIOUS |
unaware; failing to notice |
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RETICENT |
quiet; uncommunicative; reluctant to speak out |
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ROBUST |
vigorous; healthy and strong; energetic |
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SANCTION |
to give approval of; to authorize or allow |
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VOCIFEROUS |
outspoken; loud; expressing feelings loudly and intensely |
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CONCURRENT |
occurring at the same time; simultaneous |
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CONFISCATE |
to take possession of; to seize with authority |
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CONSTITUTE |
to form; to establish the parts that make up something; to put something together |
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DECIPHER |
to figure out; to interpret or read something difficult or confusing (as a code) |
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DEFAULT |
to not do something that is required (such as make a payment or not follow through as promised or expected) |
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HYPOTHETICAL |
imagined for the sake of argument; in theory; supposed for examination |
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NOMINAL |
an amount so small as to be nothing; very small compared to what might be expected |
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PREDOMINANT |
the most common or most observable; the main thing that overshadows others |
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PREREQUISITE |
required before something else can be done or acquired or achieved |
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RECESSION |
an economic downturn or setback; a temporary decline in business or finance |
