Unit 2 Flashcards

(20 cards)

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Cater

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To satisfy the needs of, try to make things easy and pleasant, to suppu food and service

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Available

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Ready for use, at hand

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Customary

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Usual, expected, routine

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Dissuade

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To persuade not to do something

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Entrepreneur

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A person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business

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Firebrand

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A piece of burning wood; a trouble maker, an extremely energetic or emotional person

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Hazard

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(n) risk, peril

(v) to expose to danger or harm; to gamble

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Homicide

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The killing of one person by another

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Indifference

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A lack of interest or concern

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Indignant

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Filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean

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Indispensable

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Absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

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Lubricate

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To apply oil or grease; to make smooth, slippery, or easier to use

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Mutual

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Shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more

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Pelt

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To throw a stream of things; to strike successively; to hurry

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Plague

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An easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; a widespread evil; (v) to annoy or bother

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Poised

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Balances, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for action

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Regime

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A government in power; a form or system of rule or management; a period of rule

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Retard

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To make slow, delay, hold back

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Transparent

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Allowing light to pass through; easily recognized or understood, easily seen through or detected

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Unscathed

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Wholly unharmed, not injured