8th grade week 5/6 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Tenuous

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Weak or uncertain

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Circumvent

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Go around a thing or situation

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Inherent

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Belonging to someone or something by nature; describing a natural characteristic of something or someone

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Tumult

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Describing a disorderly, agitating, and possibly confusing situation

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Omnipotent

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All powerful; having unlimited power

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Acumen

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The ability to make good judgements and have perceptive knowledge, especially in a particular area

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Antebellum

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Belonging to a period before a war (in the U.S., this usually refers to a time before the Civil War)

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Incontrovertible

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Unable to be disproven

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Belie

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Give a false impression of something

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Sanguine

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Optimistic and cheerful