VOCAB Flashcards
(119 cards)
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Asset
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all of a persons money/property, a quality/person that can be used to your advantage
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Demand
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to ask/call for with authority
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Extensive
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large in amount; extending over a great area
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Foul
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disgusting in look, taste, or smell
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Frantic
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wild with fear/anxiety, usually marked by wild and hurried activity
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Murky
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very dark/gloomy; not clear
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Startle
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to frighten suddenly, usually with not seriously
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Trickle
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to flow/fall in drops
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Wither
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to shrivel up from loss of moisture
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Allegiance
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loyalty/obedience; esp. to ones country/government
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Anesthetic
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a substance that causes temporary loss of feeling in the body
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Appendage
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a projecting part of the body such as and arm/leg
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Ascend
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to go up
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Descend
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to go down
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Corpse
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a dead body
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Sympathy
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a feeling of sadness for another persons grief/misfortune
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Upstanding
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honest; respectable
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Cherish
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to hold dear to ones heart, to feel affection for
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Endure
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to keep going despite hardships; to suffer patiently without complaint
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Envy
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a painful feeling of wanting something that belongs to someone else
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Excruciating
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intensely painful; agonizing
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Extremities
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the end parts of limbs of your body
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Immortal
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living/lasting forever
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Precise
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very exact
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Protrude
to stick out
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Awe
a feeling of mixed respect, wonder, amazement, and/or fear
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Exhale
to breathe out
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Inhale
to breathe in
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Reiterate
to say over and over again repeatedly
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Relocate
to move to a new location
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Singe
to burn slightly; esp. to remove hair by passing briefly through a flame
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Tangible
able to be touched
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Wistful
having/showing a feeling of regret/longing for something
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Yearn
to want something very much
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Adjacent
next to/near
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Casualty
a person killed/injured in a war/accident
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Debut
a first public appearance
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Interrogate
to question someone formally and thoroughly
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Jargon
the special language of a particular activity/group; usually filled with many important sounding words
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Limelight
the center of public attention
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Makeshift
serving as a temporary replacement for something
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Pantomime
to communicate using only gestures and facial expressions
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Sorrow
a feeling of deep sadness
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Triage
the process of sorting injured people based on their need for treatment and likelihood of survival
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Ajar
slightly open
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Astonished
struck with sudden amazement/surprise
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Boast
to brag about ones assets/accomplishments
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Depart
to leave
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Devour
to eat up hungrily
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Dismal
very gloomy/depressing
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Dusk
the darker part of twilight
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Famished
extremely hungry
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Gaze
to look at something intently and thoughtfully
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Glutton
a person who eats too much
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Idle
not working; lazy
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Labor
work; esp. physical work
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Perish
to pass away completely; to die
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Remote
far away; isolated
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Summit
the highest point
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Wane
to get gradually smaller
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Wax
to grow larger, stronger, or fuller
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Deluge
a flood; an overwhelming amount of something
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Gaunt
being thin and bony, as form hunger/ suffering
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Grotesque
very ugly; deformed/monstrous
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Haste
excessive speed; quickness
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Immense
huge; colossal
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Inferno
a place/state that resembles hell, esp. in great heat/raging fire
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Inquisitive
asks many questions; curious about the affairs of others
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Lunatic
an insane person
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Menagerie
a collection of wild/foreign animals kept for exhibition
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Mourn
to feel sorrow, esp. over someones death
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Parcel
a package
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Peculiar
strange/odd; unusual
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Plummet
to fall straight down; to plunge
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Shudder
to tremble with fear/horror
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Smother
to overcome/kill by depriving of air/exposing to smoke/fumes
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Transform
to change completely in appearance/form
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Baffled
totally confused; preplexed
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Decieve
to cause someone to believe something that is false, to mislead/trick
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Eerie
strange and frightening; creepy
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Ferocious
fierce; savage
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Flee
to run away; often from danger/evil
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Morsel
a small piece/amount; usually of food
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Mortal
does not last forever
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Rendezvous
to meet together at a pre-planned time and place
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Retreat
to go away from something difficult, dangerous, or uncomfortable
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Sphere
a globe shaped body; a ball
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Tedious
tiring because of length/dullness
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Trudge
to walk/march steadily, usually with much effort
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Weary
worn out; tired
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Chronological
arranged in order of time
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Clarify
to make a statement/idea more clear and understandable
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Context
the circumstances that surround an event; the sentences that come before and after a word
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Elaborate
to add more detail to something that had been written/said
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Generation
the average period during which children are born, grow up, and begin to have children of their own
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Hybrid
something made by the combination of two different elements
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Implement
to put a decision/plan into action
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Mandatory
required by rules/the law
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Prior
coming before something
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Subsequent
coming after something
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Relevant
related to the matter at hand
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Altruism
unselfish interest in the well being of others
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Conscious
mentally alert/active; aware
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Essential
important in the highest degree; neccessary
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Malice
ill will; the desire to do harm just for the satisfaction of doing it
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Pride
a feeling of pleasure/satisfaction about your achievements/the achievements of someone close to you; an excessively high opinion of yourself
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Remarkable
worthy of being noticed; esp. as being uncommon/extraordinary
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Retort
to answer back; typically in an angry/sharp manner
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Reverie
a daydream; the state of being lost in thought
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Uncanny
strange/mysterious, sometimes in an unsettling way
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Commonplace
very common/ordinary
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Corridor
a passageway into which rooms open
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Edible
fit/safe to be eaten
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Potable
suitable for drinking
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Haggard
looking thin, worn, or exhausted, usually as result of prolonged suffering/worry
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Heir
a person who inherits property
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Morose
sullen; gloomy; sulky
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Ominous
giving the impression that something bad/unpleasant is going to happen
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Tragic
causing extreme distress/sorrow
