Watsons Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Hostile

A

unfriendly

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2
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Vital

A

important

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3
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Miraculous

A

extraordinary

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4
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Incapable

A

something you are unable to do

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5
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Emulate

A

to imitate

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6
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Intimidate

A

to frighten

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7
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Punctual

A

to be on time

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8
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Reinforcements

A

more forces being sent to battle

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9
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Radioactive

A

the process of atomic nuclei losing their energy by radiation

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10
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Pomade

A

a scented oil that is applied to the hair

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11
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Hypnotized

A

to capture the whole attention of someone or something OR a trancelike state

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12
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Frostbite

A

an injury to the body tissues by extreme cold

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13
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Skimpy

A

short and revealing clothes OR meager

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14
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Strangling

A

to squeeze or constrict the neck of a person or animal

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15
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Traitor

A

a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc

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16
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Peon

A

a Spanish-American day laborer or unskilled worker

17
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Cussing

A

to say bad words or an offensive word

18
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Genie

A

a spirit from Arabian folklore usually located in a oil lamp

19
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Conscience

A

an inner feeling or voice viewed as acting as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one’s behavior

20
Q

Linoleum

A

a material consisting of a canvas backing thickly coated with a preparation of linseed oil and powdered cork, used especially as a floor covering

21
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Executioner

A

an official who carries out a sentence of death on a legally condemned person

22
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Tolerate

A

accept or to put up with