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vocabunit12
vocabulary unit 12
Question | Answer |
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antipathy | a strong dislike, hostile feeling |
applicable | capable of being applied; relevant, suitable |
asset | something of value; a resource; an advantage |
beset | to attack from all sides; to surround; hem in harassed, troubled |
compassion | sympathy for another's suffering; pity |
decorum | proper behavior, good taste; orderliness |
duress | compulsion by threat; fordable confinement |
exuberant | high-spirited, enthusiastic unrestrained, excessive, abundant |
facsimile | an exact copy |
imbibe | to drink, to take in, absorb |
implacable | not to be satisfied or pacified, unyielding |
infinitesimal | so small as to be almost immeasurable; minute |
innocuous | harmless, inoffensive, insignificant |
militate | to have effect or force on or against someone or something |
patent | exclusive rights over an invention to arrange or obtain such rights plain, open to view |
prowess | distinguished bravery; superior skill or ability |
sedate | quiet, settled, sober to administer a tranquilizer |
stentorian | extremely loud |
stipulate | to arrange specifically; to require as a condition of agreement |
ultimatum | a final proposal or statement of conditions |