8th week Flashcards

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emaciated

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abnormally thin, wasted away
there are some emaciated people in africa

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surge

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to rush suddenly
after breaking a bee hive all the bees surged out of the hive to attack

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tranquil

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quiet
blehms class is tranquil most of the time

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sanctuary

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shelter
my room is my sanctuary

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ascend

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to rise
when i let go of a balloon it started to ascend to the sky

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ubiquitous

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being everywhere at the same time

chick fil a is starting to become ubiquitous

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remote

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distant, hidden away

my family is from a remote town in mexico named cañadas de obregon

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8
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thwart

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to hinder, defeat

i thwarted a spider that was in my room

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9
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harbinger

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a forerunner, advance notice

when the catalina express puts up the red flag its a harbinger of rough weather

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10
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malignant

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cancer,really bad and have to get rid of it

termites are malignant because they eat the wood in some houses

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excruciating

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agonizing, torturing

i was in excruciating pain when i broke my arm

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respite

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an interval of relief, delay

my cousin barely gets any respite because he works 2 jobs

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reverberating

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reechoing, resounding

when i whistle at night at cross i can hear it reverberating from far away

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fretful

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worrisome, irritable

me and my mom were fretful when we almost missed the boat coming back from long beach

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succumb

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to give way, yield

after a while of trying to get my niece to tell the truth about if she did something and she finally succumbed

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