Unit 8 Flashcards

1
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arrears

A

unpaid or overdue debts an unfinished duty

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2
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cascade

A

a steep narrow waterfall something falling or rushing forth in quantity to flow downward like a waterfall

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3
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crotchety

A

cranky ill tempered full of odd whims

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4
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impassable

A

blocked so nothing can get through

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5
Q

manacle

A

a handcuff anything that chains or confines to chain or restrain

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6
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martial

A

warlike fond of fighting relating to war the army or military life

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7
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partition

A

something that divides the act of dividing something into parts or sections

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8
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perishable

A

likely to spoil or decay

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9
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sinister

A

appearing evil dangerous threatening evil or harm

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10
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taut

A

tightly drawn tense neat in good order

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