Andrew 2 Flashcards by Fraser M

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Biography

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Writing about someone else’s life

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Obtain

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Get something

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Defer

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Delay

Accept someone else’s opinion

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Autobiography

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Writing about your own life

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Deviate

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Straying off the path that you started on

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Elapse

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Time passing

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Agile

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Light footed

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Prejudice

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Judgement before you really know

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Acorn

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Seed of an oak tree
“The mighty oak grows from a tiny acorn”
Means big things from a small start

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Divert

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Change path

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Parched

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Dry

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Haulage

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Carrying a load

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Intellect

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Intelligence

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Urban

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In a city

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Inadequate

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Not good enough

Unsatisfactory

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Drought

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No rain

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Envious

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Jealous

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Bland

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Plain, ordinary.

Often used to describe boring food

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Rural

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In the country

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Rota

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Timetable

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Haddock

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A large edible fish

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Beret

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A small French hat

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Apex

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Top

Pinnacle

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Annual

Happens every year

Falter

Hesitate

Hinder

Delay Hamper Impede

Buckle

Give way | Collapse

Heir

In line to inherit

Idle

Lazy | Not in use

Bulb

An electric light | The tuber of a flower

Beaker

A cup

Brook

A small stream

Bridle

Head gear of a horse

Canal

A straight man made river used for transport

Hind

Back | Behind

Donor

Giver

Novel (adjective)

New and different

Heath (noun)

Land with low growing plants

Cultivate

Help to grow

Cartilage (noun)

Cushioning tissue for joints

Furtive

Stealthy | Sly

Transient

Not permanent

Dilapidated

In ruin

Downcast

Depressed

Timorous

Uncertain | Fearful

Surreptitious

Furtive

Serene

Quiet | Calm

Tremulous

Quivering | Timorous

Motionless

Not moving

Tendon

Tough stringy tissue that attaches muscle to bone

Drudge

Menial slave

Tremor

Quiver | Shake

Steeple

Church tower

Defect

Blemish Fault Change allegiance

Flaw

Fault | Defect

Umpire

Referee

Earnest

Serious and Steady

Irate

Too angry to keep quiet

Yacht (noun)

Sailing boat

Fluid (adjective)

Liquid

Futile (adjective)

Pointless

Former (adjective)

Before Previous Preceding

Latter (adjective)

Second one Last one Later time