Midterm Vocabulary Review Flashcards

1
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fault or weak point

A

weakness

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2
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firm belief in yourself

A

confidence

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3
Q

part of the baseball field outside the plates

A

outfield

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4
Q

tendon or stretchy part near muscle

A

sinew

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5
Q

large, thick brown seaweed

A

kelp

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6
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quality of truthfulness

A

honesty

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7
Q

the only of its kind; no equal

A

unique

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8
Q

making fun of; laughing at

A

mocking

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9
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to bite and wear away

A

gnaw

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10
Q

high piece of land sticking out over the water

A

headland

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11
Q

marked skin; used to identify farm animals

A

branded

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12
Q

a calming song; for a child

A

lullaby

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13
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useful, to make use of the resources

A

resourceful

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14
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in a continued or persisting way

A

insistently

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15
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stealing

A

thieving

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16
Q

pressure or pushing against something

A

compressions

17
Q

elegantly or with much care

A

daintily

18
Q

destruction

A

devastation

19
Q

complain or mutter unhappily

A

grumbled

20
Q

not moving, or without direction

A

neutral

21
Q

paths that carry blood through the body

A

veins

22
Q

a thick, black, sticky substance

A

pitch

23
Q

very small

A

minute

24
Q

regularly or usually

A

normally

25
Q

on purpose, a way that demands attention

A

intentionally