English: Journeys Vocabulary Flashcards

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Romp

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Lively or spirited play

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Strained

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To work as hard as possible

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3
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Picturing

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To form a mental image of; visualize or imagine

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4
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Wheeled

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To turn or whirl around in place

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5
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Shouldered

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To place on the shoulder for carrying

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Frantic

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Very excited with fear or anxiety; desperate, frenzied

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7
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Lunging

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To make a sudden move forward

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8
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Checking

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To stop or hold back

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9
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Stride

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A single long step

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10
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Bounding

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To leap, jump or spring

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11
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Conserving

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To protect from loss or harm; preserve

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12
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Restore

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To bring back to an original condition

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13
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Regulate

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To control or direct according to a rule or a law

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14
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Vegetation

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The plants in an area or region; plant life

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15
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Endangered

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Nearly extinct

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16
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Responsibility

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Something that one is responsible for; a duty or obligation

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17
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Attracted

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To cause to draw near; direct to oneself or itself by some quality or action

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18
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Adapted

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Fitted or suitable, especially for a specific purpose

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19
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Unique

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Being the only one of its kind

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20
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Guardian

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A person or thing that guards, protects or watches over

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21
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Critical

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Extremely important or decisive

22
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Demolished

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To tear down completely; level

23
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Elite

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Relating to a small and privileged group

24
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Commotion

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A disturbance or tumult

25
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Bundle

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To dress (a person) warmly

26
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Annoyance

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Something causing trouble or irritation; a nuisance; irritation or displeasure

27
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Secured

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To cause to remain firmly in position or place; fasten

28
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Squalling

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Loud crying

29
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Clammy

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Unpleasantly damp, sticky and usually cold

30
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Realization

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The act of realizing or the condition of being realized

31
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Resemble

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To have a similarity or likeness to; to be like

32
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Detecting

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To discover the existence, presence, or fact of

33
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Keen

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Acute or sensitive

34
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Vary

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To be different or diverse

35
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Unobserved

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Not seen or noticed

36
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Mature

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To grow older; having reached full growth or development

37
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Particular

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Separate and different from others of the same group or category

38
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Available

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Capable of being obtained

39
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Ferocious

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Extremely savage or fierce

40
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Contentment

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The condition of being content or satisfied

41
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Embark

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To set out on an adventure; to begin

42
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Surveyed

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To look over the parts or features of; view broadly

43
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Conduct

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The act of directing; management

44
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Cramped

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Confined and limited in space

45
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Bracing

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To give support to; to make firm or strengthen

46
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Pressing

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Demanding immediate attention; urgent

47
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Distracted

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To draw (the attention, for example) away from something

48
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Representatives

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A person who acts for one or more others

49
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Viewpoint

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A position from which something is observed or considered; a point of view

50
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Shattered

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To break into pieces by force; smash