unit 2 Flashcards

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enigma

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a mystery or puzzle

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dispatch

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to send to a specific place or on speicifc business

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nocturnal

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of, about, or happening in the night; active at night

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attest

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to make a statement about something on the basis of personal experience; bear witness; testify

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orient

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to determine one’s location or direction; to locate in relation to a direction (east, north, south, west, ect.)

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discern

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to recognize; detect

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enhance

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to improve; add to the strength, beauty, or value of something

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mobile

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moving or able to move from place to place

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attribute

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a quality or feature of a person or thing

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exemplify

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to be an example; represent; be typical of

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flagrant

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shockingly obvious; outrageous

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venture

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to take the risk of; dare

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13
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comprehensive

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including all or much

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14
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rehabilitate

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to restore to a normal life through therapy or education

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preserved

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to continue with an effort or plan despite difficulties

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turmail

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complete confusion; uproar

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calamity

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an event bringing great loss and misery

18
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fluctuate

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to vary irregularly; to go up and down or back and forth

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ponder

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to consider carefully; think deeply about

20
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conventional

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customary; ordinary

21
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four, fourth

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quard, quart

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feeling, suffering

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path, pathy

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in a certain manner

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hearing, sound

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audi, audio

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to hang
pend
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state, condition
hood
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year
ann, enn
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more than normal; overly; excessively
hyper
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circle
cycl, cyclo
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not the opposite of
non
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constitute
to make up; be the parts of
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default
to fail to do something required
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predominant
most common or most noticeable
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prerequsite
something required beforehand
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confiscate
to seize with authority, legally take possession
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decipher
to interpret or read (something confusing or hard to make out)
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nominal
slight; very small compared with what might be expected
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recession
a temporary decline in business
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hypothetical
supposed for the sake of argument ot examination; imaginary; theoretical
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