Unit 13 Flashcards

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Provide or serve as clear evidence of

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Attest

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Make suitable for a new use or purpose

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Adapt

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2
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A joint formed by one or more tapered projections

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Dovetail

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3
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The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or the extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong

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Enormity

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4
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Start to lose strength or momentum

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Falter

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5
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Fearful apprehension, the feeling that something bad is going to happen

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Foreboding

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6
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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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Forlorn

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7
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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

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Haughty

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8
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A hindrance or obstruction in doing something

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Impediment

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9
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Of vital importance

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Imperative

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10
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Stand or wait around idly or without apparent purpose

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Loiter

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11
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Exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work

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Malinger

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12
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Concise and forceful expression

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Pithy

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13
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Steal goods from a place or person

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Plunder

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14
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Easily understood or known

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Simpler

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15
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Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering

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Steadfast

16
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Boast about or praise

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Vaunted

17
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Speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner

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Vilify

18
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Hdhs

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Waif

19
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Hdhd

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Wry