81-99 Flashcards
1
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- defame (di FAYME)
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- to libel or slander; take away a good name
2
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- curvilinear (kurv ah LIN ee ur)
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- formed, bound, or characterized by curvy lines
3
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- elapse (ee LAPS)
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- to pass or go by (said of time)
4
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- veer (ve ur)
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- change in direction
5
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- karma (KAHR muh)
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- fate, destiny; to detect good or bad vibrations from something or someone
6
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- astute (uh STOOT)
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- quick in discernment; shrewd, clever, keen
7
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- misnomer (miss NO mur)
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- an incorrect or inappropriate name
8
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- resurgent (re sur jent)
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- a rise after defeat
9
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- artisan (AHRT uh suh)
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- a worker skilled in a craft
10
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- draconian (dray KOH nee un)
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- hard, severe, cruel
11
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- amenable (ah MEE nuh bul)
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- agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of another
12
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- precarious (pruh KA REE us)
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- unsafe, unsteady, unstable
13
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- criterion (kry TEER ee un)
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- a standard or rule by which something can be judged; a basis for judgment
14
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- guise (gyze)
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- appearance, semblance
15
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- lesion (LEE zhun)
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- wound, injury; especially one created by a disease
