1ST WEEK Flashcards

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Poignant

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sad/ painful (adjective)

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Haphazardly

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in a random manner (Adverb)

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Fleeting

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passing quickly (Adjective)

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indiscriminately

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in an unplanned way (Adverb)

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aversion

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unwillingness / feeling of intense dislike (noun)

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doomed

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bound to fail (Adjective) / noun: people who are destined to died soon.

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exposure

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publicity or attention (noun)

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envisage

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imagine or visualise (verb)

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Mantra

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a repeated phrase, e.g in meditation (noun)

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granted

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be given or rewarded with (Adjective)

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venture

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a project or enterprise ( A risky undertaking) -noun/ verb: put forward (speculate) or at risk (hazard)

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grab

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Verb: take or grasp suddenly//capture the attention or imagination of//obtain illegally or unscrupulously
Noun: the act of catching an object with the hands

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grasp

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is to quickly take something in your hands and hold it firmly

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seize

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to take something quickly and keep or hold it

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take

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just hold / to get possession of something or someone.

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