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vocab 19-21

QuestionAnswer
impasse standoff
wunderkind prodigy
acumen shrewdness
nanotechnology use of single atoms and molecule to construct microscopic devices
notarise to certify legally
piauant spicy
malodorous stinking
pungent a sharp taste
erroneous incorrect
concurrent aumultaneous
negligible unimportant
renege to break a promise
precept law
visage a facial expression
irrevocable impossible to retract
tantamount equal value
subversive rebellious
conducive to cause
amenable agreenable
stricture limit
sedentary motionless
influx an inward flow
rigorous servere
patina a sheen on a surface
placebo a fake drug
junta military group ruling a country
pinnacle peak
mollify to calm
perjury lying under oath
plaintive mournful
confute to argue
meritorious deserving of an award
mezzanine lowest balcony in a theather
tribulation difficult experience
recumbent lying down
dynasty a succession of rulers
purport to claim
forte an area of expertise
botch to ruin through clumsiness
kieptomania a continual urge to steal
renown fame
ineffable indescribable
fortitude strength in adversity
perennial lasting indefinitely
brinksmanship pushing dangerous situations to the edge of disaster rather than conceding
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