30/08 (1) Flashcards

Beyond Hit Parade 1 (43 cards)

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August

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(Adj) majestic; venerable

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Countenance

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(N) 1. A person’s facial expressions

2. Support or approval

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Broach

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(V) to bring up; to announce; to begin to talk about

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Brook

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(V) to tolerate ; to endure; to countenance

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Cardinal

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(Adj) major

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Chauvinist

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(N) a blindly devoted patriot

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Color

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(V) to change as if by dyeing I.e. to distort, gloss, or affect

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Consequential

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(Adj) pompous; self-important

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Die

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(N) a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop

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Essay (v)

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(V) to test or try; to attempt; to experiment

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Exact (v)

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To demand; to call for; to require; to take

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Fell (adj)

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(Adj) inhumanly cruel

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Fell (adj)

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(Adj) inhumanly cruel

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Flag (v)

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(V) to sag or droop; to become spiritless; to decline

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Flip (adj)

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(Adj) sarcastic , impertinent, as in flippiant

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Flippant

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(Adj) not showing serious or respectful attitude

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Ford

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(V) to wade across the shallow part of a river or stream

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Grouse

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(V) to complain or grumble

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Guy (n)

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(N) a rope or cord or cable attached to something as a brace or guide

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List (v)

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(V) to tilt or lean to one side

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Lumber (v)

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(V) move heavily and clumsily

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Meet (adj)

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(Adj) fitting, proper

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Milk (v)

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(V) to exploit; to squeeze every last ounce of

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Mince

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(V) 2. To pronounce or speak affectedly; to euphemize, to speak too carefully
.3 To take tiny steps; to tiptoe

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Nice
(Adj) exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
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Occult
(Adj) hidden, concealed, beyond comprehension
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Pluck (n)
(N) courage, spunk, fortitude
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Prize (v)
(V) to pry, to press or force with a lever; something taken by force, spoils
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Rail (v)
(V) to complain about bitterly
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Rend/rent
(V) to tear | (N) an opening caused by tear or such
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Quail (v)
(V) to lose courage; to turn frightened
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Qualify (v)
(V) to limit
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Sap (v)
(V) to enervate or weaken the vitality of
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Sap (n)
(N) a fool or nitwit
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Scurvy (adj)
(Adj) contemptible, despicable
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Singular (adj)
(Adj) exceptional, unusual, odd
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Stand (n)
(N) a group of trees
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Steep (v)
(V) to saturate or completely
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Strut (n)
(N) the supporting structural cross-part of a wing
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Table (v)
(V) to remove (as a parliamentary motion) from consideration
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Tender (v)
(V) to proffer or offer
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Waffle (v)
(V) equivocate; to change ones position
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Wag (n)
(N) wit, joker