Unit 8 - Vocabulary 1 - 20 Flashcards by Mateo SolanoWolfe

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Auxiliary

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Giving assistance or support; A helper, aid

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Candid

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Frank, Sincere; Impartial; Unposed

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Cubicle

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A small room or compartment

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Drudgery

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Work that is hard and tiresome

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Envoy

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A representative or messenger

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Escalate

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To elevate; To increase in intensity

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Expedient

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A means to an end; Advantageous, useful

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Feign

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To pretend

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Flair

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A natural quality, talent, or skill; A distinctive style

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Grievous

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Causing sorrow or pain; Serious

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Heterogeneous

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Compounds of different kinds; Diverse

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Horde

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A vast number (as of people); A throng

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Impel

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To force, drive forward

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Incredulous

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Disbelieving, skeptical

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Inscribe

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To write or engrave; To enter a name on a list

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Monologue

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A speech by one actor

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Prognosis

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A forecast of the outcome of a situation/disease

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Rasping

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Harsh sounding voice

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Repugnant

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Offensive

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Scuttle

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To sink a ship by cutting holes in it