Earjongaweonf Flashcards by Sydney Gish | Brainscape

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Voile

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Soft, sheer fabric

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Tapeworm

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Long, flat worm that livings in the intestines of people and animals

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Curt

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Said or done in a quick and impolite way

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Devoid

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Entirely lacking

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Flighty

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Not serious or dependable

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Incestuous

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Involving sexual intercourse between closely related people

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Irritable

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Becoming angry or annoyed easily

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Mandrake root

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Root resembling a human

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Myopic

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Narrow view of something

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Obliquely

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Not direct

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Prerogative

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Right or privilege

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Sluggish

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Moving slowly or lazily

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Spun

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Turn or cause to turn

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Tactful

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Careful not to offend or upset other people

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Antagonize

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To irritate

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Bushel

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Unit for measuring

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Erosion

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Process of being washed away

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Infallible

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Not capable of being wrong

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Manacles

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Handcuffs

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Taut

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Very tense

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Acquiescence

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To accept

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Affliction

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Something that causes pain or suffering

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Aggregation

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Collection or parts into a whole

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Begrudge

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To think that someone else does not deserve something

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Ecclesiastical

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Of or relating to the Christian church or clergy

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Facade

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The false front of a building

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Futility

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Uselessness

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Impassive

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Not showing emotion

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Linotype

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Metal slug in a type setting machine

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Ominous

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Suggesting that something bad is going to happen

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Stifle

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Make something difficult or impossible

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Succinct

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Using few words to state or express idea

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Uncouth

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Behaving in a rude way

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Venerable

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Old and respected

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Venue

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The place where an event takes place

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Akimbo

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Set in a bent position

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Dispel

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To make something to away or end

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Eccentricities

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A strange or unusual way

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Elucidate

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To make clean

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Formidable

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Very powerful or strong