Vocab 14/15 Flashcards

1
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Ambidextrous

A

Able to use hands equally well

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2
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deflect

A

to turn aside/swerve

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3
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Dexterity

A

Skilled hands (jugglers)/clever

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4
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Digital

A

relating to a finger

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5
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Emancipate

A

To free

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6
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Genuflect

A

to bend the knee/kneeling–respect

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7
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Inflection

A

an alteration of pitch or tone

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8
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manacle

A

handcuffs/constraining

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9
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Mandate

A

Order from court/command

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10
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Manifest

A

to reveal/prove

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11
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Manipulate

A

to handle skillfully/for one’s purpose

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12
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Rapacious

A

greedy/exsessive grasping

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13
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Rapt

A

giving ones complete attention

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14
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Reflection

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something thrown back/deep thought

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15
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Surreptitious

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keep secret

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16
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Apprehend

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to arrest/understand

17
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Complicity

A

do something illegal

18
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Comprise

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to consist of/tobe made of

19
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Duplicity

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deceitful in speech/double dealing/two

20
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Entrepreneur

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a person who organized/operates/own business

21
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Explicate

A

to make clear

22
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Explicit

A

definite/in detail

23
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Exploit

A

to take advantage of

24
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Imply

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to hint

25
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Impregnable

A

strong enough to resist attack.capture

26
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Ploy

A

plan something for ones own case

27
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Ply

A

wood/to work at a trade

28
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Reprehend

A

blame

29
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Reprisal

A

retaliation againt someone for hurting oneself

30
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Supplicate

A

toask, to beg, to pray