Unit 9 Flashcards

(39 cards)

1
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Suitable, fitting, likely

A

Apt

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2
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In a turned or twisted position or direction

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Awry

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3
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A short club used as a weapon

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Bludgeon

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4
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To end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

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Capitulate

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5
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To warm by rubbing

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Chafe

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6
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To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of

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Defile

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7
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Dreadful, causing fear or suffering

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Dire

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8
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Charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

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Disarming

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9
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To wear sore by rubbing

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Chafe

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10
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In bad humor, discontented, annoyed

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Disgruntled

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11
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To advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

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Encroach

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12
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To furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

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Endow

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13
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To ward off, resist

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Fend

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14
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To feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk

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Chafe

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15
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Freedom from punishment

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Impunity

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16
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Air, manner

17
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Having to do with punishment

18
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Related to the matter at hand, to the point

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The greatest in strength or power

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Something wonderful or marvelous

21
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A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

22
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Fame, glory

23
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Quick to learn

24
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Wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

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To strike with a heavy club
Bludgeon
26
To strain or press against
Chafe
27
To march in a single line or columns
Defile
28
Warning of trouble to come
Dire
29
To get along
Fend
30
Appearance
Mien
31
Most common
Predominant
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An unusual feat
Prodigy
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To use force or strong arguments to gain some point
Bludgeon
34
A sore or injury caused by rubbing
Chafe
35
A narrow passage
Defile
36
Demanding immediate action to avoid disaster
Dire
37
Manage
Fend
38
Canyon
Defile
39
Expression
Mien