pay it forward Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
Q

very sad and disappointed

A

crestfallen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

a fast speech

A

spiel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

very strange or unusual

A

surreal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

to shout in a deep voice

A

bellow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

conflicting

A

warring

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

starting, stopping, and starting again; not constant

A

intermittent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally or emotionally

A

vulnerable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

to shine in small bright flashes

A

glint

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

a person who is doing something wrong or illegal

A

accompline

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

when a person or group gathers to wait and pray

A

vigil

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

the area around or near a particular place

A

vicinity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

to echo

A

reverberate

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

the spreading of a harmful idea or practice

A

contagion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

trite

A

overused

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

showing a desire to help people

A

altruistic

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

physical or emotional shock

A

jarring

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

a person who had the legal right to receive the property of someone who dies

A

heir

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

the back of a person’s neck

A

nape

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

very strong or forceful

A

brute

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

not having complete trust in someone ot something

21
Q

no emotion

22
Q

stiff

23
Q

graceful and elegant

24
Q

a final threat ot promise

25
simple or plain
chaste
26
wanting to have what someone else has
envy
27
to ruin the surface of something
deface
28
refusing to think about or consider something or someone
dismissive
29
very careful about doing something
scrupulous
30
having or showing personal qualities that people admire
noble
31
to make yourself neat and tidy
preen
32
to keep someone or something away for a short time
stave
33
to continue to do something
proceed
34
exactly right
ideal
35
a sudden understanding
revelation
36
to keep something out or away
repel
37
becoming angry and annoyed when you do not get what you want
petulant
38
showing a desire to help people
altruism
39
the act of giving up something that you want to keep
sacrifice
40
attention that is given to someone or something by newspapers, magazines, TV programs, etc
publicity
41
to gather together
muster
42
very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural
grotesque
43
to walk slowly without effort
saunter
44
a wrinkle in the skin of a persons face
furrow
45
a natural desire that makes you want to act a certain way
instinct
46
to lower your body
hunker
47
to begin or start
commence
48
an opposite or difference fact, event, or situation
contray