Vocab Unit 2

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fiat

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(n) an arbitrary order or degree; a command or act of will or consciousness

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concord

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(n) a state of agreement, harmony; a treaty

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flotsam

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(n) floating debris; homeless, impovershed people

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incarcerate

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(v) to imprison, confine, jail

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pussilanimous

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(adj) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

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hallow

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(v) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecreate, to honor greatly, revere

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overweening

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(adj) conceited, presumptuous, excessive, immoderate

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ignominy

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(n) shame and disgrace

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incumbent

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(adj) obligatory, required
(n) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

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exigency

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(n) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

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nettle

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(n) a prickly or stinging plant
(v) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

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recumbent

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(adj) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

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ludicrous

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(adj) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

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mordant

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(adj) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or stule; sharply or bitterly harsh

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enervate

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to weaken, lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of, enfeeble, hamstring

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pecuniary

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(adj) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

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emend

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(v) to correct, to alter to serve a new or different purpose

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prepossessing

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(adj) pleasing, tending to create a favorable impression

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delineate

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(v) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

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jocular

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(adj) humorous, jesting, joking

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bastion

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(n) a fortified place, stonghold

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esoteric

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(adj) intended for or understood by only a select few; private, secret

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nuance

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(n) a sublte or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate graduation or shade of difference

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mundane

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(adj) eathly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

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sophistry

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(n) resoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

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depraved

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(adj) brought to a state of evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

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acuity

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(n) sharpness (particularly of the mind or process)

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grouse

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(n) a type of game bird; a complaint
(v) to complain, grumble

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garner

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(v) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

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malediction

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(n) a curse, expression of hatred and condemnation

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penchant

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(n) a strong attractoin or inclination

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consummate

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(adj) complete or perfect in the highest degree
(v) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

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glean

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(v) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

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asseverate

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to affirm earnesly and with emphasis

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frenetic

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frenzied, frantic, highly agitated
(adj)

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atrophy

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(n) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure
(v) to waste away

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dissaray

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(n) disorder, confusion,
(v) to throw into disorder