pay it forward vocab Flashcards

(50 cards)

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warring

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conflicting

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intermittent

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staring,stopping, and starting again

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vulnerable

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susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm

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crestfallen

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sad and disappointed

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spiel

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a fast speech

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surreal

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having the qualities of surrealism

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bellow

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to shout in a deep voice

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glint

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to shine in small bright flashe

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accomplice

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a person who helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal

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vigil

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when a person or group gathers to wait and pray

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vicinity

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the area around or near a particular

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reverberate

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to echo

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contagion

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the spreading of a harmful idea or practice

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trite

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overused

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altruistic

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showing a desire to help

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jarring

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physical or emotional shock

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heir

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

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nape

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the back of a person’s neck

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brute

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very strong or forceful

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warily

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not having complete trust in someone or something

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stony

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showing no emotion

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bristly

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poise

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graceful and elegant

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ultimatum

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a fine threat or promise

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chaste
simple or plain
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envy
wanting to have what someone else has
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deface
to ruin the surface of something
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dismissive
refusing to think about or consider something correctly
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scrupulous
very careful about doing something correctly
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noble
having or sharing personal qualities that people admire
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preon
to make yourself neat and tidy
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stave
to keep someone or something away for a short time
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proceed
to continue to do something
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ideal
exactly right
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revelation
a sudden understanding
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repel
to keep out or away
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petulant
becoming angry and annoyed when you do not get what you want
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altruism
showing a desire to help people
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sacrifice
the act of giving up something that you want to keep
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publicity
attention that is given to someone or something by newspaper, magazine, tv programs, etc
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muster
to gather together
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grotesque
very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural
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saunter
to walk slowly with out effort
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furrow
a wrinkle in the skin of a person's face
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instinct
a natural desire that makes you want to act a certain way
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hunker
to lower your body
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commence
to begin or start
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contrary
an opposite or different fact, event, or situation
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euphemism
a pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive
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bewilder
to confuse someone very much