Word List 57 Flashcards
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Shear
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Cut or clip (hair, fleece); Strip of something
2
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Preen
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Make oneself tidy in appearance; Feel self-satisfaction
3
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Scuffle
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Struggle confusedly; Move off in a confused hurry
4
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Culvert
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Artificial channel for water
5
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Hermitage
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Home of a hermit
6
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Atrophy
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Waste away
7
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Suffragist
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Advocate of voting rights (for women)
8
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Muster
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Gather; Assemble
9
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Raiment
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Clothing
10
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Disenfranchise
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Deprive of a civil right
11
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Inadvertently
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Unintentionally; By oversight; Carelessly
12
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Rmification
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Branching out; Subdivision
13
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Ichhyology
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Study o fish
14
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Titter
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Nervous laugh
15
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Mortify
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Humiliate; Punish the flush
16
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Intimate
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Hint; Suggest
17
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Affinity
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Kinship
18
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Aplomb
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Poise; Assurance
19
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Inkling
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Hint
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Obese
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Fat
21
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Inflated
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Exaggerated; Pompous; Enlarged (with air or gas)
22
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Perpetrate
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Commit an offense
23
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Rousing
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Lively; Stirring
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Opportune
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Timely; Well-chosen
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Pediatrician
Expert in children's diseases
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Increment
Increase
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Dutiful
Respectful; Obedient
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Disparity
Difference; Condition of inequality
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Duration
Length of time something lasts
30
Stymie
Present an obstacle; Stump
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Dehydrate
Remove water from; Dry out
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Cosmopolitan
Sophisticated
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Dissolution
Breaking of a union; Decay; Termination
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Myopic
Nearsighted; Lacking foresight
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Subjugate
Conquer; Bring under control
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Mote
Small speck
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Prelate
Church dignitary
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Defeatist
Attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome
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Chary
Cautious; Sparing or restrained about giving
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Grueling
Exhausting
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Proxy
Authorized agent
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Swelter
Be oppressed by heat
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Acerbity
Bitterness of speech and temper
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Euphemism
Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one
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Badger
Pester; Annoy
