AT Deck #4 Flashcards

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Constitution

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  1. The way something is put together

3. Physical health and vitality

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Contemporary

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  1. Of the same period or time
  2. Happening simultaneously
  3. Someone of the same period or age as another
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Deliberate

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  1. Slow, careful, methodical

3. To think about, to consider

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Disarm

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Unfamiliar def: To charm, to make someone less hostile

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Discharge

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  1. To give out, to emit
  2. Something given off or let out
  3. To fire a weapon
  4. To send away, to remove from employment or service
  5. A release from military service
  6. To successfully fulfill a task or obligation
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Dispense

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  1. To distribute in small portions
  2. To administer justice
  3. To do without; to get rid of
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Domain

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  1. A ruled or controlled territory

2. A field or study of expertise

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Drone

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  1. A continuous low hum
  2. To emit a low hum
  3. A dull, lazy person
  4. One who does boring work
  5. To talk in a dull, boring tone
  6. A male worker bee
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Elegant

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Unfamiliar def: Admirably simple

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Embellish

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  1. To decorate; to improve

2. To exaggerate; to falsify

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Embroider

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Unfamiliar def: To exaggerate; to include fictional additions or rhetorical flourishes

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Engage

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Unfamiliar def: To hire for a job

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Exploit

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  1. A brave act or deed

2. To use for one’s own ends

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Exquisite

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Unfamiliar def: Very intense

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Felicity

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  1. Happiness

2. Appropriateness; suitability

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Fluent

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Unfamiliar def: Particularly expensive

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Inflame

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Unfamiliar def: To intensify

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Invention

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Unfamiliar def: A false statement

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Hail

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  1. To greet; to call

2. To come from

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Hobble

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Unfamiliar def: To hinder; to cripple; to disable