Pay It Forward Flashcards

(50 cards)

1
Q

to gather together

A

muster

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2
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attention is given to someone or something by newspapers, magazines, TV programs, etc.

A

Publicity

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3
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to walk slowly without effort

A

saunter

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4
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very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural

A

grotesque

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5
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showing a desire to help people

A

altruism

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6
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the act of giving up something you want to keep

A

sacrifice

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7
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a pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive

A

euphemism

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

A

instinct

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9
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to begin or start

A

commenced

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10
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to lower your body

A

hunker

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11
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an opposite or different fact, event, or situation

A

contrary

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12
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a wrinkle in the skin of a person’s face

A

furrow

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13
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wanting to have what someone else has

A

envy

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14
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having or showing personal qualities that people admire

A

noble

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15
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to confuse someone very much

A

bewilder

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16
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very careful about doing something correctly

A

scrupulously

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17
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refusing to think about or consider someone or something

A

dismissive

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18
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to ruin the surface of something

A

defaced

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19
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exactly right

A

ideal

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20
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to keep (something) out of the way

A

repel

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21
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a sudden understanding

22
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to keep someone or something away for sometime

23
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to continue to do something

24
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to make (yourself) neat and tidy

25
very strong or forceful
brute
26
becoming very angry or annoyed when you do not get what you want
petulant
27
showing no emotion
stony
28
not having complete trust in someone or something
warily
29
graceful and elegant
poise
30
stiff
bristly
31
a final threat or promise
ultimatum
32
to echo
reverberate
33
the spreading of a harmful idea or practice
contagion
34
simple or plain
chaste
35
overused
trite
36
showing a desire to help people
altruistic
37
physical or emotional shock
jarring
38
the back of a person's neck
nape
39
conflicting
warring
40
a person who has legal right to receive the property of someone who dies
heir
41
easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally
vulnerable
42
starting, stopping, and starting again ; not constant
intermittently
43
very sad or disappointed
crestfallen
44
very strange or unusual
surreal
45
a person who helps someone who is doing something illegal of wrong
accomplice
46
to shout in a deep voice
bellowed
47
a fast speech
spiel
48
to shine in small bright flashes
glinted
49
when a person or group gathers to wait and pray
vigil
50
the area around or near a particular place
vicinity