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FlashCards por lazaro sanchez, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por lazaro sanchez
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| auspicious | adjective promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion. |
| posterity | noun succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity. all descendants of one person: His fortune was gradually dissipated by his posterity. |
| shirk | verb (used with object) to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.). verb (used without object) to evade work, duty, etc. “Congress must not shirk its responsibilities,” the White House said in a statement. |
| tenacious | adjective holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits. highly retentive: a tenacious memory. |
| assiduous | adjective: constant; unremitting: assiduous reading. constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive: an assiduous student. |
| audacious | adjective: extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer. extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future. |
| elucidate | verb (used with object), elucidated, elucidating. to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain: an explanation that elucidated his recent strange behavior. Synonyms: clarify, illuminate. to provide clarification; explain. Synonyms: clarify, clear up, illustrate. |
| repercussion | noun: an effect or result, often indirect or remote, of some event or action: The repercussions of the quarrel were widespread. a rebounding or recoil of something after impact. reverberation; echo. |
| voluminous | adjective: forming, filling, or writing a large volume or many volumes : a voluminous edition. sufficient to fill a volume or volumes : a voluminous correspondence. of great volume, size, or extent: voluminous flow of lava. of ample size, extent, or fullness: |
| endeavor | verb: (used without object) make an effort; strive: We must constantly endeavor if we are to succeed. verb: to attempt; try: He endeavors to keep things neat in his apartment. Archaic. to attempt to achieve or gain. noun: a strenuous effort; attempt. |
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