Memoir Vocabulary Flashcards #2

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Apex

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The tip, peak, summit, or highest point.

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Candid

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Truthful and straightforward; frank; outspoken.

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied, especially when unaware of actual dangers or deficiencies; showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.

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Contend

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To struggle to surmount (a difficulty or danger); to assert something as a position in an argument.

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Distraught

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Deeply upset and agitated.

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Inevitable

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Certain to happen; unavoidable.

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Insatiable

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(Of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy.

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Loquacious

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Tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

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Penchant

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A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.

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Peruse

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To examine or read (something) in a careful, detailed, or thorough way. (Often used informally to mean simply 'to look over or read quickly').