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Vocab3 Flashcards

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Absurd

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Silly in a humorous way, stupid and unreasonable

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Frugal

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Careful using money or food, or cheap meal, small in amount

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Pew

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Long wooden seat with high back for a row of people to sit on in church

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Mere

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Something not large or important
How strong someone feels about something or how extreme a situation is

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Rarity

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Something unusual or rare (doesn’t occur often)

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Sanction

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Strong action taken to make people obey a law or rule, or a punishment given when they do not obey

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Accusatory

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Suggesting you think someone has done something bad

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Hoax

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A plan to deceive someone or a trick
To deceive especially by playing a trick on someone

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Plausible

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Likely to be true or able to be believed

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Grandeur

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Quality of being very large, special or beautiful

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Retrieve

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To find and bring back something

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Implicate

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To show someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has happened

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Oblige

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Force or make it necessary for someone to do something
To please or help someone by doing something they have asked you to do

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Unorthodox

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Different from usual or expected behaviour, ideas or methods

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Crucial

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Extremely important or necessary

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Subtle

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Not loud, bright, noticeable or obvious in any way
Small but important
Achieved in a quiet way not Attracting attention so it is good or clever

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Recede

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Move further away into distance, to become less clear or bright
Get lower in amount

18
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Nuisance

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Something or someone that annoys you or causes trouble

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Trivial

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Having little value or importance
A problem which is easy to solve

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Wary

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Not completely trusting or certain about something or someone

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