Daily Double Quiz #7 Flashcards

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Incognito

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Italian
Undercover or in disguise
“In disguise”

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Rome Was Not Built in a Day

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An important goal takes time to achieve

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A

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Without
atypical - not typical
agnostic - without a god 
amoral - without morals
anomaly - not normal
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Anti

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Against
antisocial - not social
antibiotic - against bacteria
antidote - a cure

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(Don’t) Burn Your Bridges Behing You

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To make a decision that you cannot change

To ruin a relationship beyond repair

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5
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Macho

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Spanish
Strong; Aggressive
“Manly”

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Bri/Brev

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Brief or short
Brief - Quick
Briefing - Instructions
Brevity - short 
Abbreviations - shorten
Abridged - shortened
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7
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Ben/Bon

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Good
Bonfire - Good fire
Benefit - advantage
Bonjour - good day
Bon bon - chocolate truffle
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A Watched Pot Never Boils

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When waiting anxiously for something, the time moves slower

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9
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Tycoon

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Japanese
A powerful and wealthy business person
“Great lord”

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Cap/Cip/Cept

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to take or to get
intercept - block
capture - take away
recipient - a person who receives something
susceptible - likely to get
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Co/Col/Com/Con

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With or together
Coworker - person that you work with
Conversation - discussion with somebody
Community - Group of people
Companion - person that you are with
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12
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Off the Wall

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Shocking or really unusual ; energetic

Kudos

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Kudos

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Greek
praise or “good job”
“Glory”

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Dem

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people
democracy - people government
epidemic - something that spreads from person to person
demographics - statistics about people

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Dis/Dif

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not, away from, apart, the reverse
dishonest - not honest
disagree - don't agree
disapproved - not approved
diffuse - disable
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Backseat Driver

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A person who gives unwanted advice

17
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Utopia

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Greek
A perfect or flawless place or society
“no place”

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Err

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to wander
error - mistake
erratic - not focused ; not stable
errant - wanderer
errand - wander to different things to do
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E/Ex/Ef

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Out ; out of former
ex-president - former president
exclude - keep out
expire - out of date
explain - say to understand
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Go against the grain

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to go against the norm or status quo

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Chic

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French
Fashionable, in style, or sophisticated
“Elegant

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Fer

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to carry
transfer - across
offer - give
confer - bring together
defer - ?
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Fin

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End, complete
Finish - the end
Finale - end of show
final - last
infinite - not ending
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In the Limelight

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At the enter of attention

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Angst

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German
“fear”
intense worry

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Gen

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Birth/Creation/race/kind
genocide - wiping out a race
generation - group
gender - boy or girl
generous - giving
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Gn/Gno

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to know
incognito - in disguise
ignore - not see or hear
ignorant - stupid
recognize - know
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Under the Table

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in secret, not out in the open, not legal

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Ad lib

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latin
“according to one’s pleasure”
to improvise

30
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Hyper

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over excessive
hyper - energetic
hyperbole - over reacting
hyperactive - very energetic

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Hypo

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Under or beneath ; less than
hypothesis - scientific question
hypothermal - under temperature
hypocritical - doing what you're criticizing
hypochondriac - ?