unit 7 Flashcards

(19 cards)

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amend

If your not doing well in a particular subject, you may want to amend your way of studying it.

A

to change in a formal way

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adhor

A pacifist is someone who adhors violence in all its forms.

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to regard with horror or loathing

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buffet

Blinding snowstorms buffet the barren landmass of antarctica for months on end.

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to force ones way with difficulty

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chaos

A great many people lost their fortunes and even their lives in the chaos brought on by the French Revolution.

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disorder

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commodious

No one would expect a tiny studio apartment to have particularly commodious closets.

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roomy

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corrosive

Sulfuric acid is one of the most corrosive substances known to chemistry.

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acidlike

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discern

It is a jurys job to discern the truth by carefully evaluating all the evidence presented at trial.

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to see clearly

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extant

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still existing

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implicate

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to involve in

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inter

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to bury

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martinet

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a strict disciplinarian

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obviate

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to remove

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renegade

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one who leaves a group

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reprehensible

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deserving blame or punishment

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somber

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dark or gloomy

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squalid

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turbulent

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vociferous

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loud and noisy

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waive

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to do without