Pay It Forward Flashcards

1
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Showing a desire to help people

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Altruism

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2
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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

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Proceed

21
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Exactly right

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Ideal

22
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A sudden understanding

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Revelation

23
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To keep (something) out or away

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Repel

24
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Becoming angry and annoyed when you do not get what you want

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Petulant

25
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Very strong or forceful

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Brute

26
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Not having complete trust in someone or something

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Warily

27
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Showing no emotion

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Stony

28
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Stiff

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Bristly

29
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Graceful and elegant

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Poise

30
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Final threat or promise

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Ultimatum

31
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Simple or plain

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Chaste

32
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To echo

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Reverberate

33
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The spreading of a harmful idea or practice

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Contagion

34
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Overused

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Trite

35
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Showing a desire to help people

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Altruistic

36
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Physical or emotional shock

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Jarring

37
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A person who has the legal right to receive the property of someone who dies

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Heir

38
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The back of a persons neck

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Nape

39
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Conflicting

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Warring

40
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Starting, stopping, and starting again; not constant

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Intermittent

41
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Easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally

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Vulnerable

42
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Very sad and disappointed

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Crestfallen

43
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A fast speech

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Spiel

44
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Very strange and unusual

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Surreal

45
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To shout in a deep voice

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Bellow

46
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To shine in small bright flashes

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Glint

47
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A person who helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal

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Accomplice

48
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When a person or group gathers to wait and pray

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Vigil

49
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The area around or near a particular place

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Vicinity