Unit 4 Flashcards

(55 cards)

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To puzzle completely, confuse

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Bewilder

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A joining together for some common purpose

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Alliance

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A clown; a coarse, a stupid person

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Buffon

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Arousing argument, dispute or disagreement

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Controversial

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To discourage

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Dishearten

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Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

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Fruitless

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Unfriendly, unfavorable,; war like, aggressive

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Hostile

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Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused

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Inflammable

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To give or cause something unpleasant, impose

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Inflict

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Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful malicious;

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Malignant

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To hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self by self-denial or suffering

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Mortifying

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In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things

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Orthodox

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To run quickly, scamper, hurry

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Scurry

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Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull, spiritless, listless

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Sodden

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Full of life vigor; courageous

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Spirited

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Having a certain force or effect in fact, it not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing.

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Virtual

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Completely empty having no legal force or effect

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Void

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Empty or unfurled space

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Void

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To cancel or nullify

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Void

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Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious

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Wayward

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To draw back suddenly as though in pain or fear

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Wince

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The actin drawing back in this way

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Wince

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S for alliance

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Pact, league, coalition

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A for alliance

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S for bewilder
Baffle, perplex
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A for bewilder
Set straight, enlighten
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S for buffoon
Jester, fool
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S for controversial
Arguable, debatable
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S for dishearten
Dismay, demoralize, dispirit
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A for dishearten
Encourage, hearten
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S for fruitless
Useless, vain, unproductive, futile
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A for fruitless
Productive, effective
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A for hostile
Friendly, cordial, peaceful
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S for inflammable
Combustible, flammable, excitable
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A for inflammable
Fireproof, fire resistant, calm
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S for inflict
Deal out, visit upon
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A for inflict
Suffer, undergo, sustain
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S for malignant
Lethal, wicked
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A for malignant
Wholesome, beneficial, benign
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S for mortifying
Humiliate, embarrass, abash
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S for orthodox
Traditional, standard, customary
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A for orthodox
Unusual, unconventional, heretical
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S for procure
Gain, acquire, achieve
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S for scurry
Rush, dash, scramble
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A for scurry
Trudge, plod, creep, crawl
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S for sodden
Drenched, waterlogged, saturated
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A for sodden
Parched, arid
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S for spirited
Lively, animated, gallant
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A for spirited
Lifeless, dull, lackluster
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S for virtual
Functioning as, equivalent to
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S for void
Invalid, bare, vacant
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A for void
In effect, teeming with, confirm
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S for wayward
Perverse
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A for wayward
Docile, well behaved, predictable
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S for wince
Flinch, shudder, recoil