List 8 Flashcards

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Convalesce

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To recover one’s health

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Alight

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To descend and settle, as after flying

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Dainty

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Preciously delicate or charming

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Feint

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To distract an opponent by pretending to move in one direction and then moving in another

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Implore

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To beg

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Impugn

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To attack as false; to cast doubt on

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Integral

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Necessary to make something complete; essential

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Jurisdiction

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The authority to interpret and apply the law; the geographical range of the law

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Malnutrition

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A lack of proper nutrition

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Meddle

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To Intrude the business of others; to interfere

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Painstaking

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Using or requiring great care and effort

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Pantheon

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A group of highly regarded people; a place dedicated to highly regarded people

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Sear

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To scorch or burn the surface of; to make dry and withered

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Vertical

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Perpendicular to the horizon

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Wince

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To flinch

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