61-80 Flashcards
1
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- catapult (CAT uh pult)
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- slingshot
2
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- glutton (GLUT en)
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- one who eats or consumes a great deal; having capacity to receive or withstand something
3
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- muster (MUS tur)
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- to collect or gather; the act of inspection or critical examination
4
Q
- beget (bi GET)
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- to give birth to; to create
5
Q
- curtail (ker TALE)
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- to truncate or abridge; to lessen, usually by cutting away from
6
Q
- paranoia (par uh NOY uh)
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- a mental illness of unreasonable anxiety, especially believing someone is out to get you, or that you are an important person
7
Q
- facilitate (fuh SILL uh tate)
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- to make easier, to help bring about
8
Q
- craven (KRA ven)
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- cowardly
9
Q
- mode (mowed)
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- a way or method of doing something; type, manner, fashion
10
Q
- alienate (AY lee uh nayt)
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- to make hostile, to cause to feel unwelcomed or estranged
11
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- obtuse (ob tuse)
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- insensitive; block-headed, slow in comprehensive
12
Q
- scrutinize (SKROOT uh nyze)
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- to look very carefully; to examine
13
Q
- congenial (kun JEAN ee ul)
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- pleasant to be around; social, agreeable
14
Q
- fjord (fyord)
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- a long narrow inlet from the sea between steep cliffs or hills
15
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- aspire (ass PIRE)
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- something one hopes to achieve; goals
