3. glory, savvy, county, vain, sassy, feeble Flashcards

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glory

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great admiration, honour, and praise that you earn by doing something successfully:

This was her final professional match, and she wanted to end her career in a blaze (shine, flame) of glory.

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savvy

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having or showing practical knowledge and experience:
Teenagers are savvier about handling their digital information than adults.
He dazzled (blind) the country as a modern, media-savvy politician.

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county

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a political division of the UK or Ireland, forming the largest unit of local government, or the largest political division of a state in the US:
County Antrim
A county usually consists of several towns and the rural areas that surround them.
Rutland is the smallest county in England.
Texas is divided into 254 counties.

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vain

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too interested in your own appearance or achievements:
He was very vain about his hair and his clothes.

unsuccessful; of no value:
The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover.

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sassy

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rude and showing no respect:
a sassy young girl

confident or showing confidence:
a sassy little black dress

rude but not seriously offensive:
I was a sassy kid who sometimes talked back to my mother.

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feeble

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weak and without energy, strength, or power:
He was a feeble, helpless old man.
The little lamp gave only a feeble light.
Opposition to the plan was rather feeble.

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