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EVERY WORD MAP OPPOSITE Flashcards

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ursurp

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to seize and hold opposition

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irate

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angry

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marauder

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a raider, plunderer

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obesity

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excessive fattness

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pauper

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extremely poor person

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pilfer

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to steal in small quantities

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rift

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a split, break, breach

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semblance

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a likeness, outward apperance

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surmount

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to overcome; rise above

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terminate

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to bring to an end

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trite

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commonplace; overused, stale

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abridge

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to make shorter

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adherent

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a follower/supporter

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altercation

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an angry argument

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cherublic

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resembling angel, portrayed by a child, beautiful, round, chubby face

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condone

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to pardon or overlook

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dissent

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to disagree; disagreement

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eminent

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famous, outstanding, distinguished

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exorcise

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listen to the black dog break!

6.weeks.of.breathing.clean. air. I.still.miss.the.smoke
were you making fun of me? with some exterioric joke
now I want to sell.my.house and set fire to all my clothes

and hire a priests to come and exorcise my demons

even if I die screamingggggggg

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fabricate

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to make, manufacture

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admonish

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to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

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breach

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an opening gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through

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brigand

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a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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circumspect

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careful, cautious

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commandeer

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to seize for military or official use

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cumbersome

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clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

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deadlock

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a standstill resulting from the opposite of two equal forces or fractions; to bring to such a standstill

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debris

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scattered fragments, wreckage

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diffuse

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to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread

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dilemma

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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem

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efface

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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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muddle

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to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess

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opinionated

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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

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perennial

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lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years

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predipose

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to incline beforehand

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relinquish

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to let go, give up

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salvage

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to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

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spasmodic

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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent

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spurious

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not genuine, not true, not valid

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unbridled

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lacking in restraint

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adjourn

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to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

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alien

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citizen of another country; foreign, strange

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comely

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having a pleasing apperance

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compensate

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to make up for; to repay for services

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dissolute

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loose in one’s mortals or behavior

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erratic

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not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable

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explusion

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the process or driving or forcing out

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feint

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a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

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fodder

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food for horses or cattle; raw material for designated purpose

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fortify

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to strengthen, build up

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illegible

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difficult or impossible to read

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jeer

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to make fun of rudely or unkindly

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lucrative

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bringing in money; profitable

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mediocre

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you.

average, ordinary, umdstinguished

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proliferate

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to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

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subjugate

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to conquer by force, bring under complete control

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sully

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to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

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tantalize

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to tease, torment by teasing

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terse

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brief and to the point
MANUSCRIPT!!
syn: short ‘n sweet

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unflinching

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firm, showing no signs or fear, not drawing back

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