Unit 11 Flashcards

1
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deep-seated, fixed, deep-rooted, indelible

A

ingrained

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2
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to disfigure, misshape, to falsify

A

distort

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3
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a satire, travesty, to lampoon, burlesque

A

parody

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4
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to refill, restock,refresh, restore

A

replenish

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5
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brilliant, blazing

A

meteoric

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6
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unavoidable, inescapable, fated

A

inevitable

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7
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to rule, reign; to overcome, conquer

A

prevail

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8
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to split, cleave, splinter, tear asunder

A

rend

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9
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strapping, hefty, beefy, brawny

A

burly

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10
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to be stingy; to scrimp, cut corners

A

skimp

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11
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determined, untiring, persistant

A

dogged

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12
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dirt, sand; courage, mettle; to grind

A

grit

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13
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to delve into, sift through, poke around

A

rummage

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14
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speechless, stunned, flabbergasted

A

dumfounded

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15
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petrified remains; a relic

A

fossils

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16
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died out, vanished

A

extinct

17
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a detective, investigator

A

sleuth

18
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to stroll, saunter; a walk, ramble

A

amble

19
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willful destruction, malicious defacement

A

vandalism

20
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an assumed name, pseudonym

A

alias