Pay It Forward Flashcards

(49 cards)

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Showing a desire to help people

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Altruism

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The act of giving up something that you want to keep

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Sacrifice

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3
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Attention that is given to someone or something by newspapers, magazines, TV programs, ect

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Publicity

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4
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To gather together

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Muster

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5
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Very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural

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Grotesque

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6
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To walk slowly without effort

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Saunter

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7
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Furrow A wrinkle in the skin of a person’s face

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Furrow

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8
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A natural desire that makes you want to act a certain way

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Instinct

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9
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To lower your body

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Hunker

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10
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To begin to start

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Commence

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11
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A pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive

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Euphemism

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12
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To confuse someone very much

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Bewilder

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13
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Wanting to have what someone else has

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Envy

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14
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To ruin the surface of something

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Deface

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15
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Refusing to think about or consider something or someone

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Dissmissive

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16
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Very careful about doing something correctly

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Scrupulous

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17
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Having or showing personal qualities that people admire

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Noble

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18
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To make (yourself) neat and tidy

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Preen

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19
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To keep someone or something away for a short time

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Stave

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20
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To continue to do something

21
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Exactly right

22
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A sudden understanding

23
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To keep (something) out or away

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Becoming angry and annoyed when you do not get what you want

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Very strong or forceful
Brute
26
Not having complete trust in someone or something
Warily
27
Showing no emotion
Stony
28
Stiff
Bristly
29
Graceful and elegant
Poise
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Final threat or promise
Ultimatum
31
Simple or plain
Chaste
32
To echo
Reverberate
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The spreading of a harmful idea or practice
Contagion
34
Overused
Trite
35
Showing a desire to help people
Altruistic
36
Physical or emotional shock
Jarring
37
A person who has the legal right to receive the property of someone who dies
Heir
38
The back of a persons neck
Nape
39
Conflicting
Warring
40
Starting, stopping, and starting again; not constant
Intermittent
41
Easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally
Vulnerable
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Very sad and disappointed
Crestfallen
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A fast speech
Spiel
44
Very strange and unusual
Surreal
45
To shout in a deep voice
Bellow
46
To shine in small bright flashes
Glint
47
A person who helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal
Accomplice
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When a person or group gathers to wait and pray
Vigil
49
The area around or near a particular place
Vicinity