Andrew 2 Flashcards

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Biography

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Writing about someone else’s life

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Obtain

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Get something

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Defer

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Delay

Accept someone else’s opinion

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Autobiography

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Writing about your own life

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Deviate

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Straying off the path that you started on

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Elapse

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Time passing

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Agile

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Light footed

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Prejudice

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Judgement before you really know

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Acorn

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Seed of an oak tree
“The mighty oak grows from a tiny acorn”
Means big things from a small start

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Divert

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Change path

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Parched

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Dry

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Haulage

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Carrying a load

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Intellect

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Intelligence

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Urban

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In a city

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Inadequate

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Not good enough

Unsatisfactory

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Drought

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No rain

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Envious

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Jealous

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Bland

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Plain, ordinary.

Often used to describe boring food

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Rural

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In the country

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Rota

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Timetable

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Haddock

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A large edible fish

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Beret

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A small French hat

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Apex

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Top

Pinnacle

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Annual

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Happens every year

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Falter

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Hesitate

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Hinder

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Delay
Hamper
Impede

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Buckle

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Give way

Collapse

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Heir

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In line to inherit

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Idle

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Lazy

Not in use

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Bulb

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An electric light

The tuber of a flower

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Beaker

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A cup

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Brook

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A small stream

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Bridle

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Head gear of a horse

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Canal

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A straight man made river used for transport

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Hind

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Back

Behind

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Donor

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Giver

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Novel (adjective)

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New and different

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Heath (noun)

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Land with low growing plants

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Cultivate

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Help to grow

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Cartilage (noun)

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Cushioning tissue for joints

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Furtive

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Stealthy

Sly

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Transient

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Not permanent

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Dilapidated

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In ruin

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Downcast

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Depressed

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Timorous

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Uncertain

Fearful

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Surreptitious

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Furtive

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Serene

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Quiet

Calm

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Tremulous

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Quivering

Timorous

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Motionless

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Not moving

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Tendon

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Tough stringy tissue that attaches muscle to bone

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Drudge

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Menial slave

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Tremor

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Quiver

Shake

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Steeple

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Church tower

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Defect

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Blemish
Fault
Change allegiance

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Flaw

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Fault

Defect

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Umpire

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Referee

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Earnest

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Serious and Steady

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Irate

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Too angry to keep quiet

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Yacht (noun)

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Sailing boat

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Fluid (adjective)

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Liquid

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Futile (adjective)

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Pointless

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Former (adjective)

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Before
Previous
Preceding

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Latter (adjective)

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Second one
Last one
Later time