vocab 5-8 Flashcards

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Gawk

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Look with amazement

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2
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Consist

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Be composed of

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3
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Hospitality

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Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

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4
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Humiliate

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Cause to feel shame

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5
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Resent

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Feel bitter or indignant about

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6
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Disarming

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Act of reducing or depriving of weapons

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7
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Taunt

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A cruel or scornful remark

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8
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Liability

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The state of being legally obliged and responsible

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9
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Brandish

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Exhibit (show) aggressivly

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10
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Elated

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Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits.

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11
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Recoil

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Draw back, as with fear or pain

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12
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Intimidating

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Discouraging through fear

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13
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Pseudonym

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A fictitious name used when performing a particular role (In Greek, pseudes means “false” and onoma means “name”.)

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14
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Orientation

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A course introducing a new situation or enviroment.

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15
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Metaphysical

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Highly abstract and overly theoretical

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16
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Endeavor

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A purposeful or industrious undertaking

17
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Obliterate

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Do away with completely, without leaving a trace

18
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Emphasis

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Special importance or significance

19
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Sullen

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Showing a brooding ill humor

20
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Saunter

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Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

21
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Initiation

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A formal entry into an organization, or position, or office