Unit 9 Flashcards

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

A

Awry

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3
Q

A short club used as a weapon

A

Bludgeon

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4
Q

To end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

A

Capitulate

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5
Q

To warm by rubbing

A

Chafe

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6
Q

To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of

A

Defile

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7
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Dreadful, causing fear or suffering

A

Dire

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8
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Charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

A

Disarming

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9
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To wear sore by rubbing

A

Chafe

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10
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In bad humor, discontented, annoyed

A

Disgruntled

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11
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To advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

A

Encroach

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

A

Endow

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13
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To ward off, resist

A

Fend

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14
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To feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk

A

Chafe

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15
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Freedom from punishment

A

Impunity

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16
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Air, manner

A

Mien

17
Q

Having to do with punishment

A

Penal

18
Q

Related to the matter at hand, to the point

A

Pertinent

19
Q

The greatest in strength or power

A

Predominant

20
Q

Something wonderful or marvelous

A

Prodigy

21
Q

A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

A

Recluse

22
Q

Fame, glory

A

Renown

23
Q

Quick to learn

A

Apt

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

A

Awry

25
Q

To strike with a heavy club

A

Bludgeon

26
Q

To strain or press against

A

Chafe

27
Q

To march in a single line or columns

A

Defile

28
Q

Warning of trouble to come

A

Dire

29
Q

To get along

A

Fend

30
Q

Appearance

A

Mien

31
Q

Most common

A

Predominant

32
Q

An unusual feat

A

Prodigy

33
Q

To use force or strong arguments to gain some point

A

Bludgeon

34
Q

A sore or injury caused by rubbing

A

Chafe

35
Q

A narrow passage

A

Defile

36
Q

Demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

A

Dire

37
Q

Manage

A

Fend

38
Q

Canyon

A

Defile

39
Q

Expression

A

Mien