1351-1400 Flashcards

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endeavor

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to attempt to fulfill commit commitment; reach; strive; to seriously or continually try to do

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awe

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solemn wonder

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languid

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weary; sluggish; listless; showing or having very little strength, energy, or activity

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intoxicating

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causing someone to have strong feelings of excitement or pleasure

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flounder

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struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter

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idle

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to spend time doing nothing or nothing useful

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bygone

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gone by; from a time in the past

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gnaw

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to bite or chew repeatedly

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crest

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the highest part or point of something

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bellicose

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having or showing a tendency to argue or fight

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adrenaline

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a substance that is released in the body of a person who is feeling a strong emotion

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revert

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relapse; backslide; turn back to

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13
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exacerbate

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worsen; embitter

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tinge

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a slight trace or coloring

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15
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discount

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to think of as having little importance or value

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proclivity

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inclination; natural tendency

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abide

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to accept or bear

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uproarious

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very noisy

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acute

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having or showing an ability to think clearly and to understand what is not obvious or simple about something

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tether

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tie with a rope

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pave

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to make it easier for something to happen or for someone to do something

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peruse

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read with care

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drip

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to have or show a large amount of something

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induce

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to cause to happen or exist

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stigma
token of disgrace
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incorporeal
lacking a material body; insubstantial
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swarm
dense moving crowd
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draconian
extremely severe
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remiss
negligent
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entrust
to give someone the responsibility of doing something or of caring for someone or something
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backlash
a strong or violent reaction, as to some social or political change
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propitious
favorable; fortunate; advantageous; likely to have or produce good results
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dignitary
a person who has a high rank or an important position
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apologist
a person who defends or supports something that is being criticized or attacked by other people
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vehicle
the thing that allows something to be passed along, expressed, achieved, or shown
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bourgeois
middle class; selfishly materialistic; duly conventional
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fruitless
unproductive; without result; dully conventional
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stupefy
to make numb with amazement; to stun into helplessness
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discern
to discriminate; to see things clearly
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respite
interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment
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anomaly
irregularity
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expedite
hasten; to cause to happen faster
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merely
only, just
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subsidiary
something secondary in importance or subordinate
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beseech
to beg for something; to ask in a serious and emotional way to do something
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conspire
to secretly plan with someone to do something that is harmful or illegal
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perennial
of a plant; living for several years or for many years
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conjecture
surmise; guess
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sparing
not using or giving a lot of something; simple, plain
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officious
meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; used to describe an annoying person who tries to tell other people what to do in a way that is not wanted or needed