Science Fiction Flashcards

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What does evaluate mean?

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to determine or set the value or amount of.

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What does prohibit mean?

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to forbid, by authority or law.

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What does instigate mean?

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to cause by incitement.

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What does meander mean?

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to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course.

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What does replenish mean?

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to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up.

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What Does resume mean?

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to take up or go on with again after interruption; continue

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What does evacuate mean?

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to leave empty

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What does haggle mean?

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To dispute

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What does endorse mean?

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to approve, support, or sustain.

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What does baffled mean?

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to confuse, bewilder, or perplex

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What does premises mean?

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A proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.

A tract of land in lauding its buildings

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What does deceit mean?

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concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:

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What does compassion mean?

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a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune.

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What does skepticism mean?

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Doubtfulness, unsure of

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What’s does emphatic mean?

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strongly expressive.

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What does luxurious mean?

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wanting or requiring what is choice, expensive, or the like

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What does ecstatic mean?

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of, pertaining to, or characterized by ecstasy.

subject to or in a state of ecstasy; rapturous.

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What does prosperous mean?

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having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing

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What does authentic mean?

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not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.

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What does ignorant mean?

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lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:

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What does dire mean?

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causing or involving great fear or suffering

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What does suspicious mean?

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tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable:

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What does infrequent mean?

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happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely