10th Week Flashcards

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Inclement

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unfavorable, stormy

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peruse

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To read carefully, or to read casually

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Premonition

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forewarning / is a feeling something bad will happen

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desist

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cease

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Recoil

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draw back

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To pay the piper

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To bear the consequences

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pertinent

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To the point

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Mastiff

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Large dog

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Obsessed

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To haunt/ preoccupy/ when you can’t stop thinking about something

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doleful

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sad, melancholy

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wan

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Sickly pale

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Histrionics

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Display of emotions, temper tantrum, ridiculously display emotions

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elusive

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Hard to grasp

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frustrate

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Counteract, foil, thwart

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symptomatic

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Having to do with signs or symptoms, indicative

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Interject

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Insert, interrupt

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Inert

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without power to move

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salient

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outstanding, prominent

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Imminent

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likely to happen, threatening

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squeamish

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easily shocked, over sensitive

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engrossed

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absorbed