Vocabulary Flashcards

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Eccentricity (noun)

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The quality of being strange or unusual in behavior; an act or habit that is strange or unusual.

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Sprightly (adjective)

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Full of life and energy — used especially to describe an older person.

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Interdependent (adjective)

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Related in such a way that each needs or depends on the other; mutually dependent.

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Staunch (adjective)

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Very devoted or loyal to a person, belief, or cause.

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Bequeath (verb)

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To say in a will that (your property) will be given to (a person or organization) after you die; to give (ideas, knowledge, etc.) to (younger people) as part of their history.

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Inhibition (noun)

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A nervous feeling that prevents you from expressing your thoughts, emotions, or desires.

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Peril (noun)

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The possibility that you will be hurt or killed or that something unpleasant or bad will happen; danger.

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Cosmology (noun)

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The scientific study of the origin and structure of the universe.

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Imminent (adjective)

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Happening very soon.

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Stigma (noun)

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A set of negative and often unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something.