Word Quiz 1 Flashcards
(10 cards)
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Calamity
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- A great misfortune or disaster
- Grievous affliction
- Misery
1
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Bulwark
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- A wall built for defence
- Protection against external danger
- Strong support or encouragement
2
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Disperse
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- To drive or send off in various directions
- Scatter
- Spread widely
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Laden
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- Burdened
- Loaded down
- To fill or cover abundantly
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Pernicious
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- Causing harm or ruin
- Hurtful
- Evil
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Placid
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- Pleasantly calm
- Peaceful
- Tranquil
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Procure
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- To obtain by care, effort, or the use of special means
* To bring about, especially by indirect means
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Relic
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• An object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical or sentimental interest
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Relinquish
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- To renounce or surrender
- To give up
- Put aside
- Let go
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Salvage
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- Saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas
* The property saved from danger
