Lesson 1 Flashcards by Peyton Henry

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Acknowledge

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To admit existence of

To show thanks

Recognized

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Abate

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To become weaker

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Unabated

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Showing no sign of weaking

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Agent

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A person who acts or does business for another

Something’s that brings about a result

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Authority

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The right to give orders

Expert with information

A group of people who have the right to in force laws

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Devastate

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To ruin completely

Causing destruction

Great destruction

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Epidemic

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Rapid spreading of a disease to many people

Spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area

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Estimate

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A careful guess

A approximate calculation

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Evict

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To force out of property by law

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Impartial

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Not favoring one side over another

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Industrious

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Hardworking

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Infuriate

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To make angry

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Irrelevant

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Having nothing to do with the subject

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Precise

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Accurate

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Precision

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Exactness

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Sham

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Fake of false

To pretend

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Trek

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Long slow journey

To travel slowly and difficult