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12 Rules For Life Flashcards

1
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Ambivalent

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Contradictory

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Unchaperoned

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Without being supervised

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Lilt

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Accented.

Gentle and pleasant rising and falling sound in a person’s voice.

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Suffuse

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Spread completely through or over something. (Filled)

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Starchy

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Lacking humor.

Behaving in a formal way and without humor.

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Acquaintance

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A person that you have met but do not know well

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Preen

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Spend time making you look attractive.

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Dull

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Not interesting or exciting in any way.

Boring

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Idling speed

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Régimen de ralentí:
Mínimo de rpm de un motor de combustión.
El motor está encendido pero no en movimiento, como cuando dejamos el coche parado pero tenemos la llave echada y el motor encendido

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Neigh

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A long, loud, high call that is produced by a horse when it is excited or frightened.

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Wag

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(Especially of a tail or finger) to move from side to side or up-and-down specially quickly and repeatedly or to cause this to happen.

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Banter

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Conversation that is funny and not serious

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Hinterland

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The land behind Coast or the Banks or a river or an area of the country that is far away from the cities.

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To gut a house

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To remove the inside parts and contents of a building, usually so that it can be decorated in a completely new way.

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Purport

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To pretend to be or to do something, especially in a way that is not easy to believe.
Apparent.

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Hubris

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A way of talking or behaving that is too proud.

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Contraption

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An awkward or old-fashioned looking device or machine.

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Outlier

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A person, thing, or the fact that it’s very different from other people, thanks, all facts, so that it can be used to draw general conclusions.
Atipico, destacado, excepcional.

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Archetypal

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Typical of an original thing from which others are copied.

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Dimwitted

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Simple

Simple minded

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Happenstance

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Chance or a chance situation, especially one producing a good result.

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Paramount

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More important than anything else

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Apalling

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Very bad.

Shocking and very bad.

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Epoch

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A long period of time, especially one in which they are new developments and great change.

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Proclivity

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The fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong.

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Endowment

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Some thing that you have from birth, often a quality.

A gift of money that will provide an income for a college or university, hospital, or other organization.

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Hobble

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To limit something or control the freedom of someone.

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Cloak

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To cover or height something.

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Deceive

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First-rate someone that something falls is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage.
To persuade someone that’s something falls is the truth; trick or fool.

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Convey

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To express a thought, feeling, or idea that it is understood by other people.
To express feelings, thoughts, or information to other people.

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Obliterate

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To remove all signs of something, either by destroying it or by covering it so that it cannot be seen.
To make an idea or feeling disappear completely.
To remove all science of something; destroy.

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Stultify

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To prevent something from developing, or prevent someone from developing new ideas.

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Brink

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The point where a new, different, or did your situation is about to begin.
The edge of a cliff or other high area, or the point at which something good or bad will happen.

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Musings

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Your thoughts or comments on something you have been thinking about carefully and for a long time

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Cudgel

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A short, heavy stick used for hitting people

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Embroil

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To cause someone to become involved in an argument or a difficult situation

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Inordinate

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Much more than usual or expected.

Unreasonably or unusually large in size or degree.

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Constituent

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One of the parts that a substance or combination is made of.

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Midst

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Middle

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Apropos

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Suitable in a particular situation or at a particular time

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Tame

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Not wild or dangerous, either naturally or because of training or long involvement with humans
If an entertainment is tame, it is not very exciting.

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Beckon

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To move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer.
If something beckons, it attracts people.
If an event or achievement beckons, it is likely to happen.

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Prey

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An animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal

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Slavish

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Completely obedient.

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45
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Pitfalls

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A likely mistake or problem in a situation.

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Unbridled

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Not controlled or limited.

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Pertain

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To relate to or have a connection with something.

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Burden

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A heavy load that you carry.

Something difficult or unpleasant that you have to deal with or worry about.

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Aggrieved

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Unhappy, hurt, and angry because of unfair treatment.

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Scavenge

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To look for or get food or other objects in other people’s rubbish.
to search for and collect unwanted food or objects, or of animals or birds to feed on decaying flesh.

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Wren

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A very small, brown bird.

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Clumsy

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A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way.
Awkward in movement or manner.
Something that is clumsy is too big or complicated to be dealt with easily.

53
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Perch

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To sit on or near the edge of something.

A seat or other place high up, often giving a good view of something below.

54
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Wretch

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A person who experiences something unpleasant.

Someone who has suffered a lot and deserves sympathy.

55
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Latter

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Near or towards the end of something.

The second of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned

56
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Squabble

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An argument over something that is not important.
To argue over something that is not important.
A disagreement, often about an unimportant matter.

57
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Endemic

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Especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area.
Found particularly in a specific area or group

58
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Scuttle

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To move quickly, with small, short steps, especially in order to escape.

59
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Startle

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To do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal.
To surprise a person or animal.

60
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Moult

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To lose feathers, skin, or hair as a natural process at a particular time of year so that new feathers, skin, or hair can grow

61
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Dart

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To move quickly or suddenly.

62
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Burrow

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A hole in the ground dug by an animal such as a rabbit, especially to live in.

63
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Detritus

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Waste material or rubbish, especially left after a particular event

64
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Ensconced

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Positioned safely or comfortably somewhere

65
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Ensuing

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Happening after something and because of it

66
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Fray

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To become or to cause the threads in cloth or rope to become slightly separated, forming loose threads at the edge or end.
If your temper frays or your nerves fray, you gradually become upset or annoyed.
An energetic and often not well-organized effort, activity, fight, or disagreement.

67
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Kinship

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The relationship between members of the same family.

A feeling of being close or similar to other people or things.

68
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Cringe

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To suddenly move away from someone or something because you are frightened.
To feel very embarrassed.
To cringe is also to pull back in fear from someone or something that seems powerful and dangerous

69
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Strutting

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Walking in a proud way trying to look important.

70
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Drooping

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Bending or hanging down heavily.

71
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Staggering

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Very shocking and surprising.

72
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Tally

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To match or agree with something else.

A record or count of a number of things/items.

73
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Fractious

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Easily upset or annoyed, and often complaining.

Tending to argue, fight, or complain, and hard to control.

74
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Berth

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A bed in a boat, train, etc., or a place for a ship or boat to stay in a port.
If a ship or boat berths or if you berth it somewhere, it is tied up and stays in that place.

75
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Roust

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Cause to get up or start moving; rouse.

Treat roughly; harass.

76
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Sheer

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Used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; nothing except.
Extremely steep; almost vertical.
Sheer clothing or material is so thin, light, and delicate that you can see through it.
To change direction suddenly.
Not mixed with anything else; pure or complete.
(Of size or weight) very large.

77
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Buttress

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A structure made of stone or brick that sticks out from and supports a wall of a building.
To make support for an idea or argument stronger by providing a good reason for it.

78
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Prowess

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Great ability or skill.

79
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Suffice

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To be enough.

80
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Ploy

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Something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly.

81
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Receptacle

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A container used for storing or putting objects in.

82
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Disrobe

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To remove your clothes, especially an outer or formal piece of clothing worn for ceremonies

83
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Laden

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Carrying or holding a lot of something.

84
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Truism

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A statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying.

85
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Eon

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A period of time that is so long that it cannot be measured.

86
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Lurking

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To wait or move in a secret way so that you cannot be seen, especially because you are about to attack someone or do something wrong.
(Of an unpleasant feeling or quality) to exist although it is not always noticeable.
(INTERNET & TELECOMS) to spend time in a chat room or on a social media website and read what other people have posted (= written or added) without posting anything yourself.

87
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Posit

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To suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed or developed.

88
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Albeit

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Although.

89
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Vie

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To compete with other people to achieve or get something.

90
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Mourn

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To feel or express great sadness, especially because of someone’s death.

91
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Rung

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A position in an organization or system with many levels.

92
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Fringe

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The outer or less important part of an area, group, or activity.

93
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Ensue

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To happen after something else, especially as a result of it.

94
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Howling

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(Of the wind) blowing hard and making a lot of noise.
(Of a dog or wolf) making a loud, sad sound.
(Of people) making a lot of noise.
(Mainly UK) used to emphasize that something is very good or bad.

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Squeal

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To make a long, very high sound or cry.
To complain about something loudly.
(slang) to give the authorities information about people you know who have committed crimes or done something wrong

96
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Exhilarating

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Making you feel very excited and happy.

97
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Stave off

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To stop something bad from happening, or to keep an unwanted situation or person away, usually temporarily.

98
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Forestall

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To prevent something from happening by acting first

99
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Grief

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Very great sadness, especially at the death of someone.

100
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Stricken

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Suffering severely from the effects of something unpleasant.

101
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Burdensome

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Causing difficulties or work.

102
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Crouch

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To bend your knees and lower yourself so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.

103
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Extant

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Used to refer to something very old that is still existing.

104
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Mayhem

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Havoc, a situation in which there is little or no order or control.

105
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Strife

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Violent or angry disagreement.

106
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Muster

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To produce or encourage something such as an emotion or support.
A group of people, especially soldiers, who have been brought together.

107
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Axiom

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A statement or principle that is generally accepted to be true, but need not be so.
(SCIENCE) A formal statement or principle in mathematics, science, etc., from which other statements can be obtained.

108
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Retool

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To organize something in a new or different way in order to improve it.

109
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Stark

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Empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary.
Completely or extremely.

110
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Cement

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To make something such as an agreement or friendship stronger.

111
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Hoard

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To collect large amounts of something and keep it for yourself, often in a secret place.
To keep a large number of things that are not needed or have no value, because you are suffering from a mental condition.
A large amount of something that someone has saved and hidden.

112
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Proffer

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To offer something by holding it out, or to offer advice or an opinion.

113
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Beleaguered

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Having a lot of problems or difficulties.

114
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Beset

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Having a lot of trouble with something, or having to deal with a lot of something that causes problems.
Hurt or troubled by something bad.

115
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Forebears

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A relative who lived in the past.

116
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Akin

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Having some of the same qualities.

117
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Insofar

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To the degree that.

118
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Hearth

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A home, especially when seen as a place of comfort and love.

119
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Stultification

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To prevent something from developing, or prevent someone from developing new ideas.

120
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Despair

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the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation.

121
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Audited

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To make an official examination of the accounts of a business and produce a report.

122
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To mug

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To attack a person in a public place and steal their money

123
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Deceit

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(An act of) keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an advantage.

124
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Subjugation

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To defeat people or a country and rule them in a way that allows them no freedom

125
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Oft

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(Often).

126
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Visage

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The face.

127
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Infer

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To form an opinion or guess that something is true because of the information that you have.

128
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Happenstance

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Chance or a chance situation, especially one producing a good result.

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