Freak the Mighty Flashcards

Vocabulary

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Unvanquished

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undefeated; unconquered

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Microsecond

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one millionth of a second

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Mainstream

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belonging to a widely accepted group

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4
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Fiend

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someone who is extremely addicted

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5
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Hunkering

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crouching down

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6
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Humanoid

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having human characteristics; resembling humans

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7
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Bulkhead

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an outside door over a stairway, leading to a cellar

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Ornithopter

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an aircraft propelled by flapping wings

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Propulsion

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the action or process of propelling

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10
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Sobriquet

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nickname

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11
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Demeanor

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conduct; behavior

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Postulated

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assumed without proof; guessed

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13
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Fair

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pleasing in appearance; attractive; beautiful

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14
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Quest

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an adventurous expedition to achieve or secure something

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15
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Invincible

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incapable of being conquered or defeated

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Ignorance

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lack of knowledge, information, or leraning

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17
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Sophisticated

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complex or intricate

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18
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Opiate

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a drug, sedative, or narcotic

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Massive

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large and heavy-looking

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20
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Offended

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caused hurt feeling

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21
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Abide

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put up with; tolerate; stand

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22
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Tenements

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low rent apartment buildings that barely meet minimum standards

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Hulking

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heavy and clumsy; bulky

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Spastic

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clumsy or inept

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Flinch
draw or shrink back from what is dangerous or unpleasant
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Depleted
used up; empty
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Expel
drive or force out; eject
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Regurgitate
vomit; disgorge
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Swilling
drink
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Strutting
walking with your chest up and your head down
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Cretin
a defective person
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Deficiency
incorhpleteness;insufficiency
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Perspective
point of view
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Trajectory
part of body moving through space
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Converging
join
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Swaggering
walking in a defiant manner
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Nanosecond
one billionth of a second
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Evasive-Elusive
trying to avoid doing something
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Confrontation
face to face conflict
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Albino
a person with pale skin, very light hair, and pinkish eyes due to lack of pigmentation
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Vegetate
to do nothing; be unthinking
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Archetype
model or first form; prototype
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Microsurgery
delicate surgery performed under magnification
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Artifact
manmade object or tool, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage
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Avarice
greed
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Sucrose
sugar
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Optimum
most desirable; best
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Dungarees
blue jeans
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Fealty
loyalty
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Retrieval
recovery; reeling in
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Grotty
disgusting; dirty; "gross"
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Damsel
young women of noble birth
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Distress
great pain or mental suffering
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Urgency
necessity; importance
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Hombre
dude; guy; man
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Gruel
usually cooked cereal
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Toxic
poisonous
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Furrowed
deeply wrinkled, as on the forehead
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Dysfunctional
not functioning normally
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Kin
relatives
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Injustice
an unjust or unfair act
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illiterate
unable to read or write
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Precaution
action taken ahead of time to secure good results; safeguard
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Trussed
tied; bound; fastened
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Functional
operative; in working order
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Accommodations
room and bored; lodging
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Bloated
swollen; puffed up
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Godforsaken
desolate; wretched; pitable
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Violation
disobedience; breaking the rules
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Abduction
kidnapping
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Genetic
relating to genes; inherited at birth
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Aberration
different from normal or ordinary
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Lofty
elevated in style, tone, or sentiment
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Dynamic
energetic; vigorously active
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Prodigy
a young person with extraordinary talent or ability
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Seizure
a sudden attack, as of epilepsy
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Gyp
swindle; fraud; cheat
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Tracheotomy
operation cutting into the trachea or breathing tube
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Facilitate
assist; make easier
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Stabilized
made stable; held steady