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1-3 Unit Test Flashcards

1
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Alight

A

(V) to get down from

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2
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Dynasty

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(N) a powerful family or group of rulers that maintains its position or power for some time

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3
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Germinate

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(V) to begin to grow come into being

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Humdrum

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(ADJ) ordinary dull, routine, without variation

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5
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Insinuate

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(V) to suggest or hint slyly, to edge into something indirectly

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Interrogate

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(V) to ask questions

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Resume

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(N) a brief summery about ones past work experiences

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Trivial

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(Adj) not important, minor, ordinary, commonplace

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Truce

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(N) a pause in fighting, temporary peace

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Vicious

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(Adj) evil, bad, spiteful, having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme

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Adjacent

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(Adj) near, next to

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Barren

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(Adj) not productive

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13
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Disrupt

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(v) to break up, disrupt

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Foretaste

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(N) sample, or warning

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Hurtle

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(V) to rush violently, dash, headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully

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Interminable

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(Adj) endless, so long as to seem endless

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17
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Recompense

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(V) to pay back; to give a reward; (n) a payment for loss, service, or injury

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Renovate

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(V) to repair, to make new again

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19
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Sullen

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(Adj) silent or brooding because of ill humor; slow moving, or sluggish

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Trickle

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(V) to flow or fall by drops or in a small steam; (n) a small, irregular quantity of anything

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Cater

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(V) to satisfy the needs of, to supply food or service

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Entrepreneur

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(N) a person who starts up and takes on the risk of a business

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Hazard

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(N) risk, peril;(v) to expose to danger or harm; to gamble

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Homicide

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(N) the killing of one person by another

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Indignant

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(Adj) filled with resentment or anger over something unjust, unworthy, or mean

26
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Lubricate

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(V) to apply oil or grease;to make smooth, slippery, or easier to use

27
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Mutual

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(Adj) shared, felt, or shown equally by two or more

28
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Plague

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(N) an easily spread disease causing a large number of deaths; (V) to annoy or bother

29
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Transparent

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(Adj) allowing light to pass through

30
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Unscathed

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(Adj) not injured

31
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Available

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(Adj) ready for use, at hand

32
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Customary

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(Adj) usual, expected, routine

33
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Dissuade

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(V) to persuade not to do something

34
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Firebrand

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(N) a piece of burning wood; a troublemaker; an extremely energetic or emotional person

35
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Hinder

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(V) to delay; to stop or prevent from happening

36
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Indifference

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(N) a lack of interest or concern

37
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Indispensable

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(Adj) absolutely necessary, not to be neglected

38
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Pelt

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(V) to throw things, to hurry

39
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Poised

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(Adj, pat.) balanced, suspended;calm; ready for action

40
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Regime

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(N) a period of rule

41
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Brood

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(N) a family of young animals (V) to think over in a worried, unhappy way

42
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Culminate

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(V) to end. Climax

43
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Drone

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(N) a loafer, a buzzing or humming sound; (V) to make a buzzing or humming sound

44
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Indulge

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(V) to give in to a wish or desire

45
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Literate

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(ADJ) being able to read or write

46
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Luster

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(adj) the quality of giving off light

47
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Oration

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(N) a public speach

48
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Peevish

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(Adj) cross, complaining, irritable

49
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Singe

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(V) to burn slightly; (N) a burn at the ends or edges

50
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Upright

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(Adj) vertical

51
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Animated

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(Adj) full of life (part) moved to action

52
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Constituent

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(N) an essential part; a voter who elects a representative

53
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Downright

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(Adv) thoroughly;(adj) absolute

54
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Goad

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(V) to drive or urge on; (n) something used to drive or urge on

55
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Hanker

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(v) to long (for), to dsire

56
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Loom

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(V) to come to view (N) a machine for weaving

57
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Miscellaneous

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(Adj) mixed, of different kinds

58
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Seethe

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(V) to boil or foam

59
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Unique

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(Adj) on of a kind

60
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Verify

A

(V) confirm

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