51 Flashcards

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Dogged

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Stubborn, persistent, determined

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Competent

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Capable, qualified

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3
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3 situations that are considered a clamity

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Tornado tsunami fire

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4
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Clamity

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Disaster catastrophe

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5
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Folly

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Foolish act or idea lack if good sense

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6
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Name 3 things a teacher would consider a folly

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Not doing HW throwing things being late

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7
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Woe

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Great sadness or grief suffering

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8
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Use woe in a sentence

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The widow was woeful

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Capacious

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Huge roomy

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10
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Clamor

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Shout or cry, make a racket noisily

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11
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Abrupt

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Rudley brief sudden unexpected

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12
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Give an example of when you were abrupt and explain

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My birthday was abruptly stopped by rain and wind

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Frank

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Direct outspoken honest

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14
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Use Frank in a sentence

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The girl was quite frank about the dress

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15
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Sublime

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Marvelous superb great splendid

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16
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Antonym of sublime

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Terrible

17
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Colossal

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Huge

18
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Antonym of colossal

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Tiny

19
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Terse

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To the point brief

20
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Valiant

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Brave courageous

21
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Metaphor

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Sentence comparing 2 different things WITHOUT using like or as

22
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Simile

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Sentence comparing 2 different things using LIKE or AS

23
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Round character

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Character with many traits

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Flat character

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Character with few traits

25
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Idiom

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Sentence where you have to figure out its meaning (its raining cats and dogs)