pay it forward Flashcards

(49 cards)

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Altruism

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showing a desire to help people

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Sacrifice

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the act of giving up something that you want to keep

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Publicity

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attention that is given to someone or something by

newspapers, magazines, TV programs etc.

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Muster

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to gather together

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Grotesque

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very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural

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Saunter

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to walk slowly without effort

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Furrow

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a wrinkle in the skin of a person’s face

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Instinct

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

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Hunker

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to lower your body

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Commence

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to begin or start

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Contrary

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an opposite or different fact event or situation

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Euphemism

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

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Bewilder

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to confuse someone very much

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Envy

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wanting to have what someone else has

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Deface

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to ruin the surface of something

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Dismissive

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refusing to think about or consider something or someone

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Scrupulous

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very careful about doing something correctly

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Noble

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having or showing personal qualities that people admire

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Preen

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to make yourself neat and tidy

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Stave

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to keep someone or something away for a short time

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Proceed

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to continue to do something

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Ideal

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exactly right

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Revelation

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a sudden understanding

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Repel

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to keep something out or away

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Petulant
becoming angry and annoyed when you do not get what you | want
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Brute
very strong or forceful
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Warily
not having complete trust in someone or something
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Stony
showing no emotion
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Bristly
stiff
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Poise
graceful and elegant
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Ultimatum
a final threat or promise
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Chaste
simple or plain
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Reverberate
to echo
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Contagion
the spreading of a harmful idea or practice
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Trite
overused
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Altruistic
showing a desire to help people
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Jarring
physical or emotional shock
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Heir
a person who has the legal right to receive the property of | someone who dies
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Nape
the back of a person’s neck
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Warring
conflicting
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Intermittent
starting, stopping, and starting again; not constant
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Vulnerable
easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally
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Crestfallen
very sad and disappointed
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Spiel
a fast speech
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Surreal
very strange or unusual
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Bellow
to shout in a deep voice
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Glint
to shine in small bright flashes
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Accomplice
a person who helps someone who is doing something wrong | or illegal
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Vigil
when a person or group gathers to wait and pray