Jan 2021 Flashcards

(54 cards)

1
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A thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. Crypto is what to me when I am trying to concentrate on my studies? D

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Dis-trac-tion

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When a service or an item has value to someone else and can be bought you say it has what value? M……

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Mone-tary

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One word to say ‘under normal condition’ or another word for saying ‘generally’ ? ….

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U-sua-lly

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Person who you work with is referred as what? C

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Col-le-ague

Not to confuse with Collage
College

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The smallest about is referred to as the what? M

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Mini-mum

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You call a Car or a Van with a word that starts with a V?

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Ve-hi-cu-lar

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When someone likes to work/relax on his own, you say he is what?

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In-de-pen-dent

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When debts get out of control they turn into what?

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Ar-gu-ments

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When you take out a loan from the Bank to buy a house, they would have to pay your what? M

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Mort-gage

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When you accomplish something with a great degree of success? Ac

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Achieve-ment

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To finish a task, word for it?

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Ac-com-plish

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When you choose one object over another similar object it is said you have a what? P

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Pre-fer-ence
Prefer

Words ending with -ence 
Pre-fer-ence
Indif-fer-ence (lack of interest, concern, or sympathy)
Intelligence
Perman-ence 
interference
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It’s a fathers b……… to stay in his child life and be a good example.

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Ob-li-gation

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Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

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Per-sever-ance

Dist-ance 
in-sur-ance
am-bi-ance
Guid-ance
El-eg-ance   
domin-ance (domin-ate)
Ord-in-ance
Ap-pear-ance
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not content or happy with something. D

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Dis-sat-is-fied

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___________ is the building of structures from individual units, which are often laid in and bound together by mortar; the term _________ can also refer to the units themselves.

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Ma-son-ry

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The necessary items/tools for a particular purpose. E__________

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E-quip-ment

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When the sea move back from the foreshore, you say the sea has what? R

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Re-cede

Long sounding e in the middle of the word gives you the e at the end of the word.

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You say Annacy (LSA Girl who is rich ) is what when it comes to opportunities?

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Pri-vil-ege

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When referencing a topical subject they say the subject is r_______ right now.

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Re-le-vant

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When quoting a book in an essay, it’s said that you are doing what? Re

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Referencing

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22
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When someone asks you to tell them about an object accurately?

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Des-cribe

Des-crip-tion

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When someone get a question right, you can say their answer was what? Ac

What were you thought at your school?

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Ac-cur-ate

Cur-ri-cu-lum 
Obs-cure 
Cur-rent 
Se-cur-ed
Cur-ate / Cur-ator
24
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When a person reacts a certain way to you input or comment you say they had an what? A

25
When you accentuate a work in a sentence, it is said that you what to the word?
Em-pha-sise
26
For most of 2020 we were in what kind of crisis?
Pan-de-mic
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When you wait in line outside a supermarket, it is said that you in what?
Queue-s
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Our food system needs to be what? R
Re-si-li-ent
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When a waiter hand over food to customer, it is said they are doing what? S
Serve
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If a steel column is rusting, you say the structure is what to collapsing? V
Vul-ner-able
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When a building breaks down and falls you say it has what? C
Col-lap-se
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The state of been aware is called what? C
Con-s-cious / con-s-cious-ness ``` Ending in -cious (shuhs) Spa-cious Pre-cious Cons-cious Deli-cious Sus-pi-cious ```
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After an act of criminality, how do the police find out who committed the crime?
In-ves-ti-gation
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When you volunteer to do a task, it is said you what to the task? C
Com-mit-ted
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When you work for charity for free, it is said you are a what?
Vol-un-teer
36
The science and art of cultivating plants and livestock is called what? A
Ag-ri-culture
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When you are been careful with your money it is wise to stick to your set what? B
Bu-d-get The letters “-dge” make the /j/ sound at the end of a one-syllable word, followed by one short vowel. ``` Bri-dge badger budget dodgy edges edging edgy fidget fledgling gadget pledging podgy sledging widget ```
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What do we need to reduce to slow down the current trajectory of climate warming? H.C
Human consumption Com-sump-tion
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Over the past decades, cars and other machinery have been what carbon in to the atmosphere
Emitters | Emission
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What do we call the blanket of air that hug the Earth? The A.....
At-mos-phere
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Word to describe " a large or excessive amount of something."
Plethora Ple-tho-ra (pleh-thuh-ruh)
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A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model. P
Para-digm
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The management of large amounts of money is called what?
Finance ---- Fi -na - nce
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When you cross-boundary to enter into a strangers land without permission is said you have done what?
Trespassed | Tres-pass-ed
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On Earth, gold is a what resource in terms of quantities? S
Scarcity - | Scar-city - Scares
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In a tower. every occupant has to chip in money to pay for the maintenance of the shared what? Am
Amenities
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A time of intense difficulty or danger is referred to as what? C
Crisis
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What was dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands and the peasants class worked the land called? F
Feu-dal-ism
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Something that is clear to see and conceptualise, it is said that is what? Ob
Obvious
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An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something is called what?
Gauge
51
You need to set what with people so that you don't annoy them?
Boundaries
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A principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided? C
Criteria | Cri-ter-ia
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That word that sound like weather but written and mean different?
Whether
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When someone gives you the same amount of something in exchange, you say the exchange is monetarly what?
Equi-va-lent