Vocab 1-25

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flag
v. to decline in strength or vigor
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alacrity
n. cheerful eagerness or readiness to respond
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capitulate
v. to surrender; to give up or give in
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ingenuous
adj. frank; without deception; simple
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culpable
adj. deserving blame; guilty
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insular
adj. like an island; isolated
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austere
adj. unadorned; stern; forbidding
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transient
adj. not staying for a long time; temporary
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acrimonious
adj. full of spite; bitter; nasty
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acumen
n. keenness of judgment; mental sharpness
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burgeon
v. to expand; to flourish
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profligate
adj. extravagantly wasteful and usually wildly immoral
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impetuous
adj. impulsive; extremely impatient
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hiatus
n. a break or interruption, often from work
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incorrigible
adj. incapable of being reformed
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fauna
n. animals
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pejorative
adj. negative; disparaging
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spurious
adj. false; fake; counterfeit
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adulterate
v. to contaminate; to make impure
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propensity
n. a natural inclination or tendency
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despot
n. an absolute ruler; an autocrat
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indignant
adj. angry; insulted
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heed
v. to pay attention to
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lugubrious
adj. exaggeratedly mournful
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gravity
n. seriousness