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english vocab vol 2
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Question | Answer |
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subdue | restrain; hold back |
superficial | conerned with what is on surface or obvious; shallow |
conviction | a fixed or strong belief |
trivial | little imporatnce or significance |
ambivalent | simultameously having opposing feelings; uncertain |
proliferate | grow or increase rapidly |
apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion |
whimsical | subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable |
maverick | one thats independent and resists adherence to a group |
wily | cunning |
incumbent | imposed as a duty; obligatory |
conception | ability of form or understand an idea |
omnipotent | all- powerful |
capricious [Im.Un.] | impulsive and unpredictable |
context | circumstances of a situation; environment |
obstinate | stubbornly adhearing to an opinion or a course of action |
equivocate | avoid making a definite statement |
obdurate | stubborn; inflexible |
intrepid | courageous; fearless |
malleable | easliy shaped,formed,or influenced |