Vocab 5

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   Partake

   to participate; to take or have a part or share along with others.

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   Intermittent

   occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.

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   Converge

   to tend to meet at a point.

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   Officious

   objectionably aggressive in offering one's unwanted and un-wanted services, help, or advice.

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   Solicit

   to seek for (something) by entreaty; to petition.

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   Robust

   strong and healthy; vigorous.

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   Potent

   having great power, influence, or effect.

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   Antioxidant

   a substance that inhibits oxidation, especially one used to counteract the deterioration of stored food products or even aging.

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   Ensure

   to make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case.

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    Escalation

    a rapid increase; a rise.

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    Emphatic

    using emphasis; forceful or insistent.

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    Aspire

    to direct one's hopes or ambitions toward achieving something.

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    Annals

    a record of events year by year.

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    Conclusive

    of evidence or argument) serving to prove a case; decisive or convincing.

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    Arms

    weapons and ammunition; armaments.

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    Palatable

    of food or drink) pleasant to taste.

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    Ominous

    giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

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    Decorous

    in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

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    Jagged

    having rough, sharp points of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

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    Bovine

    anything that has to do with cattle. Think of cows, bulls, steers, or calves

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    Dilapidated

    of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

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    Consensus

    a general agreement.

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    Dreary

    dull, bleak, and depressing.

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    Premonition

    a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.

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    Appalling

    causing shock or dismay; horrific.

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    Disintegration

    the process of losing cohesion or strength.

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    Lop-sided

    leaning to one side.

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    Tranquility

    the quality or state of being peaceful; calmness.

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    Persevere

    to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success.

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    Prolonged

    continuing for a long time or longer than usual; lengthy.

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    Unanimously

    without opposition; with the agreement of all people involved.

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    Affirm

    to state as a fact; assert strongly and publicly.

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    Momentous

    of a decision, event, or change) of great importance or significance, especially in its bearing on the future.

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    Dread

    a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.

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    Unfathful

    disloyal, treacherous, or insincere.

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    Precedent

    an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.

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    Abhorrent

    inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.

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    Impart

    to give something

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    Imposing

    impressive (in size or appearance).

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    Seething

    filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.

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    Probe

    to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely.

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    Ravaged

    severely damaged; devastated.

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    Vindication

    the action of clearing someone of blame or suspicion.

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    Impartiality

    the equal and objective treatment of opposing views; fairness.

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    Deprecatory

    expressing disapproval; disapproving.

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    Imprudent

    not cautious or prudent; rash.

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    Vocal

    inclined to express oneself in words, especially copiously or insistently.

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    Conventionally

    in a way that is based on what is traditionally done or believed.

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    Foreboding

    fearful apprehension; a feeling that something bad will happen.

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    Revelation

    a surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is made known in a dramatic way.