Chap6 Flashcards by choi Carly

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Abhor

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hate

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Adjust

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adapt, accustom, fit

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Aggravate

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Make worse, exacerbate, annoy, bother

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Ambition

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Desire, aspiration, goal

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Arrange

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Plan, classify, adjust, prepare

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Banish

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Expel, get rid of, ban, deport

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Coarse

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Rough, crude, impolite, improper

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Coincide

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Occur simultaneously, concur, be concurrent

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Commence

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Begin,embark on, initiate

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Composed

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Calm, at ease, placid

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Consensus

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Agreement, assent, accord

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Contour

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Outline, profile, shape

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Curb

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Restrain, control; restraint, brake

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Deliberate

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Intentional, cautious

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Demolish

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Destroy, defeat, annihilate

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disperse

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Scatter, diffuse, break up, disband

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Duplicate

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Copy, clone; identical, corresponding

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Encompass

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Surround, encircle, include

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Eradicate

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Wipe out, abolish, destroy

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Erroneous

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Incorrect, fallacious, false

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Explode

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Blow up, blast, go off

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant

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Feeble

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Weak, fragile, frail

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Fragrant

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Perfumed, aromatic, balmy, odorous

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Identical

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Alike, duplicate, indistinguishable

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Impervious

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Impermeable, sealed, impenetrable

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Influx

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Arrival, inundation

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Invariable

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Changeless, consistent, constant

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Lease

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Hire, let, loan, rent

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Mammoth

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Colossal, enormous, giant; ancient animal

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Narrative

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Story

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Quaint

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Unusual, bizarre, old-fashioned

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Radiate

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Emit, give off, spread out

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Recently

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Currently, lately, not long ago

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Resolve

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Decide, conclude; determination

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Seep

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Ooze, exclude, leak, permeate

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Slaughter

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Murder, butcher, kill; murder

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Spurious

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False, artificial, bogus

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Stipulate

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Specify, contract, insist upon

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Subsidize

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Fund, finance, promote

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Surplus

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Excess, remainder; extra, superfluous

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Territory

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District, area, country

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Trifling

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Insignificant, trivial, worthless

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Veracious

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True, accurate, genuine, honest

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Visionary

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Imaginary, impractical, idealistic; idealist

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Prevalent

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Commonplace, current, popular, usual

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Presumption

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Assumption, hypothesis, guess

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Participant

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Participator, contributor, player

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Obliterate

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Destroy, annihilate, eradicate

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Neglect

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Disregard, ignore; failure, carelessness