8 Flashcards

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Vend

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Verb

To sell something

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Peddle

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Verb

To sell something

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3
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Prudent

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Adj

Careful and sensible

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4
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Thrifty

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Adj

Careful in spending money

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5
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Frivolous

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Adj

Overly extravagant, not serious or sensible in spending money

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6
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Squander

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Verb

To waste, to spend carelessly

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7
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Deficit

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Noun

A lack

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8
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Meager

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Adj

Lacking in amount of quality

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9
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Impoverished

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Adj

Extremely poor

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10
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Aristocrat

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Noun

A member of the upper class

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Eminent

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Adj

Important, well-known, respected

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12
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Lineage

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Noun

An individual’s series of ancestors

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Pedigree

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Noun

An individual’s or animal’s series of ancestors

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14
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Demote

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Verb

To reduce to a lower rank or position

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15
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Subordinate

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Noun
1. Someone lower in rank or importance

  1. To reduce in rank or importance
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16
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Repress

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Verb

To put down by force or intimidation

17
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Miserly

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Noun

One who hoards money rather than spending it

18
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Oppression

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Noun

Keeping down by force or authority

19
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Authoritarian

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Adj

Requiring absolute obedience, enforcing strong or oppressive policies

20
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Conform

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Verb
To obey customs, rules, or styles

You must conform to the dress code

21
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Creed

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Noun
A statement of belief

Assassins creed is like the assassins belief to kill

22
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Pious

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Adj

Faithful to ones religious beliefs

23
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Legitimate

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Adj
Legal, authorized, valid

Verb
To make legal, to authorize

24
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Consensus

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Noun

A general agreement

25
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Convention

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Noun

  1. A meeting or assembly
  2. A custom or stand, something that is considered usual and normal, a STANDARD

For many religions, bringing a gift to a friend who is sick in hospital is a convention

26
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Orthodox

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Adj

Traditional, customary, conventional

27
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Anomaly

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Noun

An unusual or unexpected event

28
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Atypical

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Ask

Unusual or unexpected