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Flashcards by lazaro sanchez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lazaro sanchez
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| GREGARIOUS | adjective fond of the company of others; sociable. social, genial, outgoing, convivial, companionable, friendly, extroverted. |
| METICULOUS | adjective taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance. |
| ARDUOUS | adjective requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: Land reform is a complex and arduous process. |
| SUCCUMB | verb (used without object) to give way to superior force; yield: to yield to disease, wounds, old age, etc.; The Palestinian people had been dreaming of statehood for more than 40 years and would never succumb to oppression. |
| STANCE | noun: a mental or emotional position adopted with respect to something: They assumed an increasingly hostile stance in their foreign policy. |
| CONSTITUENTS | adjective serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor. Their main constituents are methane and carbon dioxide. |
| CONDESCEND | verb (used without object) to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity |
| EXONERATED | verb (used with object), exonerated, exonerating. to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating. to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task. |
| SUBSIDIZE | verb (used with object), subsidized, subsidizing. to furnish or aid with a subsidy. to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy. to secure the cooperation of by bribery; buy over. |
| DISMISSIVE | adjective indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration: a curt, dismissive gesture. indicating lack of interest or approbation; scornful; disdainful. |
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