Review for Vocab List 7

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Thwart

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To oppose, confuse or defeat. To keep someone from achieving their goals or plans.

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Bilk

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To swindle or cheat. To defraud a person. To escape from someone or manage to lose a pursuer.

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Languid

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Lacking vigor and energy. Listless, indifferent, or slow.

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Ultimatum

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A final demand or statement of terms, the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relations.

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Impetus

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A force that makes something happen or happen more quickly.

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Facetious

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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

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Dereliction

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The state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated; neglect of duty.

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Haphazard

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Lacking any obvious principle of organization; random.

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Circumvent

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To find a way around an obstacle; to overcome a problem in a clever and surreptitious way.

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Foil

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To prevent something from being successful; to thwart.