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The Crossover Flashcards

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Acclaim
verb: praise vociferously

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Gloat
verb: dwell on with satisfaction

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Crepe
noun: a small, thin pancake

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Inspire
verb: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

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Distinction
noun: high status importance owing to marked superiority

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Banish
verb: send away from a place of residence, as for punishment

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Flaunt
verb: display proudly

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Phenomenal
adjective: exceedingly or unbelievably great

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Snicker
verb: laugh quietly

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Impersonation:
noun: mimicking the mannerisms of someone else

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Ignite
verb: arouse or excite feelings; stir up or provoke to action

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Taunt
verb: harass with persistent criticism or carping

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Prefer
verb: like better; value more highly

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Enshrine
verb: enclose in a place of worship

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Legendary
adjective: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a myth

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Cackle
verb: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

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Calamity
noun: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

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Dreadful
adjective: exceptionally bad or displeasing

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Random
adjective: lacking any definite plan or order or purpose

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Seldom
adverb: not often

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Resist
verb: express opposition through action or words

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Loom
verb: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

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Mocking
adjective: playfully vexing, especially by ridicule

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Appeal
noun: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

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Strategy
noun: an elaborate and systematic plan of action

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Frantically
adv. in an uncontrolled manner

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Amateur
noun: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime

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Expectation
noun: belief about the future

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Camaraderie
noun: the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

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Decent
adjective: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

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Torso
noun: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

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Swagger
noun: a proud stiff pompous gait

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Sibling
noun: a person’s brother or sister

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Opulent
adjective: rich and superior in quality

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Uphold
verb: keep or maintain in unaltered condition

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Verdict
noun: findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for decision

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Strut
verb: walk in a proud, confident way

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Meditate
verb: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes

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Stubble
noun: short hairs growing on a man’s face when he has not shaved

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Verify
verb: confirm the truth of

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Brutal
adjective: harsh

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Solemn
adjective: dignified and somber in manner or character

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Churlish
adjective: rude and boorish

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Deranged
adjective: driven insane

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Consequence
noun: the outcome of an event

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Annoyed
adjective: aroused to impatience or anger

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Atone
verb: make amends for

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Anticipate
verb: make a prediction about; tell in advance

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Flagrant
adjective: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

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Squall
noun: a loud and harsh cry

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Onset
noun: the beginning or early stages

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Ironic
adjective: humorously sarcastic or mocking

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Profusely
adverb: in an abundant manner

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Faze
verb: disturb the composure of

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Rage
noun: a feeling of intense anger

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Melee
noun: a noisy riotous fight

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Quest
noun: the act of searching for something

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Tension
noun: a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

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Reek
verb: smell badly and offensively

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Mutter
verb: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

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Pulchritudinous
adjective: having great physical beauty

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Eavesdrop
verb: listen without the speaker’s knowledge

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Suffocate
verb: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

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Incident
noun: a single distinct event

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Heirloom
noun: something that has been in a family for generations

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Align
verb: bring into proper or desirable coordination correlation

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Estranged
adjective: caused to be unloved

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Distraction
noun: drawing someone’s attention away from something

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Barely
adverb: in a sparse or scanty way

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Coma
noun: a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness

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Symptom
noun: a sensation associated with a particular disease

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Genetics
noun: the study of heredity and variation in organisms

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Dedicate
verb: address to or inscribe as a sign of honor or respect

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Righteous
adjective: morally justified

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Quiver
verb: shake with fast, tremulous movements

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Massive
adjective: imposing in scale or scope or degree or power

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Hypertension
noun: a disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high

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Autopsy
noun: an examination and dissection of a dead body

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Refuse
verb: show unwillingness towards

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Inevitable
adjective: incapable of being avoided or prevented

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