April 28- May 2 Flashcards

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Fluent

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Of a person able to express one self easily

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Flagrant

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Of something considered wrong or immoral; conspicuously or obviously offensive

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Flux

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The action of process of flowing or flowing, continuous change

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Foible

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A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone’s character

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Fracas

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A noisy disturbed or quarrel

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Frivolous

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Not having any serious purpose or value

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Futile

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Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless

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Gaff

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A stick with a hook, or a barbed spear for landing large fish

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Gait

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A person manner walking

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Gambit

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An opening in which a player makes a sacrifice typically of a pawn or sake

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Gape

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State with ones mouth open wide, typically in amazement or wonder

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Garble

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Reproduce (message; sound ; transmission) in a confused and distorted way

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Genealogy

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A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor

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Genesis

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The origin or mode of formations of something

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Ghastly

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Causing great horror or fear;frightfully

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Gird

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Encircle (person or part of body) with a belt or band

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Gist

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The substance or essence of a speech or text

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Glean

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Extract (information) from various sources

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Glutinous

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The glue in texture

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Gorge

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Blood that has been shed, especially as a result of violence

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Gothic

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Of or relating to goths their extinct east Germanic language earliest manuscript

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Granary

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A store house for threshed grain

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Gratify

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Give someone pleasure or satiation

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Guile

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Sly or cunning intelligence

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Gull

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Bird

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Gyrate

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Move or cause to move in a circle or spiral especially quickly

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Harp

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Musical instrument or talk a lot about a subject

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Haughty

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Arrogantly superior and disdainful

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Havoc

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Widespread distraction

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Hilarity

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Extreme amusement especially when expressed by laughter