lesson 1 Flashcards

(21 cards)

1
Q

1.the right to give orders make decisions or take actions
2. an expert source of information

A

authority

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2
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having nothing to do with the subject.

A

irrelevant

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3
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a long, slow, and difficult journey.
2. to travel slowly and with difficulty

A

trek

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4
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to ruin or destroy completely.

A

devastate

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5
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a number that is not exact a careful guess
2. to figure out roughly to make an approximate calculation.

A

estimate

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6
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something fake or false.
2. not genuine; fake
3. to pretend

A

sham

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7
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not favoring one side more than another fair

A

impartial

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8
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to make very angry

A

infuriate

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9
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to force out of property by taking legal action

A

evict

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10
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exact specific

A

precise

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11
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to admit the existence of.
2. to express recognition or thanks for.

A

acknowledge

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12
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the rapid of a disease to many people at one time.
2. spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide area

A

epidemic

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13
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hardworking; not lazy

A

industrious

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14
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a person who acts or does business for another
2. something that brings a result

A

agent

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15
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to become weaker; to decrease.

A

abate

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16
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a group of people who have the right to enforce laws.

17
Q

commonly accepted or recognized

18
Q

showing no sign of weakening; showing no decrease

19
Q

causing destruction

20
Q

exactness

21
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great destruction