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12/30/16 Flashcards

1
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Belie

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Verb

Fail to give a true notion or impression of (somthing); disguise or contradict

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Simmer

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Verb
(Of water or food) stay just below the boiling point while being heated

Be in a state of suppressed anger or excitement

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3
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Defiance

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Open resistance; bold disobedience

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Activist

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A person who campaigns for some kind of social change

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Autonomous

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Having self-government, at least to a significant degree

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Hermit

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A person who lives in seclusion from society

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Minder

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A person whose job it is to look after someone or something

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Dissent

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Verb
Hold or express opinions that are at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially expressed.
Two members dissented from the majority

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Pothole

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Structural failure in an asphalt pavement

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Dichotomy

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Difference; contrast

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11
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Enthrone

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왕좌 자리에 앉히다

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Delegate

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A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representatives sent to a conference

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13
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Renounce

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포기를 선언하다

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Impose

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Force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place

Force

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Rally

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Verb

Come together again in order to continue fighting after a defeat or dispersion

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Trickle

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Verb

(Of a liquid) flow in a small stream

17
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Steer

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(Of a person) guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel

18
Q

Facade

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The face of the building

19
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Subsidize

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Support (an organization or activity) financially

20
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Reticence

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Remaining silent

21
Q

Detain

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Put in jail

22
Q

Verdant

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(Of countryside) green with grassnoe other rich vegetation

23
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Bucolic

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Country-like

24
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Firearm

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Gun

25
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Unfazed

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Calm; unruffled

26
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Allege

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Claim

27
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Lurid

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Very vivid in color

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