Vocabulary Flashcards

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Advocate

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n. - one that pleads the cause of another

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Complaisance

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n. - disposition to please or comply

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Debut

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n. - a first appearance or formal entrance into society

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Effectual

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adj. - producing or able to produce a desired result

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Filibuster

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n. - the use of tactics to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative assembly

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Impropriety

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n. - an improper or indecorous act or remark

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Ostracism

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n. - exclusion by general consent

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Solace

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v. - to comfort in grief or misfortune

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Undermine

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adj. - weaken insidiously or secretly

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Vivacity

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n. - the quality or state of being lively in temper, conduct, or spirit