7G Vocabulary Flashcards by Megan Doyle | Brainscape

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Allocate

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Distribute

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sumptuous

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Splendid & expensive looking

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prodigious

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Great in size

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Condolence

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Expression of sympathy

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Gesticulate

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Use gestures instead of words

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Exquisite

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Extremely beautiful and delicate

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Swindle

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Use deception to deprive someone of possessions

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Misconstrue

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Interpret wrong

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Raucous

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Making a loud noise

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Feasible

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Possible to do easily

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Sinister

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Evil/harmful

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Byplay

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Background character in play

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Promenade

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Stroll

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Excavate

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Dig up

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Animosity

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Strong hostility

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Strive

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Make a great effort to achieve

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Consult

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Seek information or advice from

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Ramification

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A consequence of actions or events

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Proverb

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Old saying

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Pestilence

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Fatal epidemic

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Scorn

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Feeling that something is worthless

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Deign

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Something below someone

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Expedite

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Make happen sooner

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Perpetual

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Never ending or changing

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Benign

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Gentle, kindly

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Avaircious

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Greed for wealth

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Cunning

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Very good at being sneaky & tricky

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Dogged

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Grim persistence

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Relish

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Great enjoyment

Appetizing flavor

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Scourge

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Whip for punishment

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Sham

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Not what it’s supposed to be

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Suite

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A set of things belonging together

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Retribution

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Punishment that is considered morally right

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Stodgy

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Dull & uninspired

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Apprehensive

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Anxious of future events

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Languor

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Pleasant feeling of tiredness

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Pinion

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Outer part of birds wing (v. To pin back birds wing?)

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Wrest

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Forcibly pull from grasp

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Vex

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Make someone feel annoyed/frustrated/worried

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Dubious

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Hesitating, doubting

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Prudent

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Acting with or showing care for future

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Facilitate

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Make easy or easier

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Plight

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Dangerous situation

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Attribute

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Giving credit

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Stead

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A substitute, a role

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Fortitude

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Courage in pain or adversity

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Acquiesce

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Accept reluctantly

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Candid

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Truthful and straightforward

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Condone

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Accept and allow

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Endeavor

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Try hard to achieve

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Precipitous

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Dangerously high, steep

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Condemn

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Punish

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Arbitrary

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Based on random choice