1.2A- Working With One’s Hands Flashcards

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Define Dread

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Anticipate with great apprehension or fear.

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Define Concession

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A thing that is granted; especially in response to demands.

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Define Sentinel

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A soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch.

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Define Bequeath

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Leave (a personal estate or one’s body) to a person or other beneficiary by will.

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Define Condescending

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Having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority.

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Define Pejorative Connotation

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Expressing contempt or disapproval.

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Define Insurmountable

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Too great to be overcome.

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Define Onerous

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(Of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.

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Define Sloughed

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Get rid of something that is no longer required.

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Define Connotation

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An idea or feeling that a word has invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

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