Gambit Flashcards
1. A chess opening. 2. a. A remark intended to start a conversation or make a telling point. b. A calculated move.
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Gambit
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- A chess opening.
- a) A remark intend to start a conversation or make a telling point
b) A calculated move.
2
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Gather
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Verb
- To bring together.
- Pick, harvest
- To serve as an attraction for. Accumulate.
- To reach a conclusion intuitively.
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Withhold
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Verb
- To hold back from action.
- To refrain from granting, giving, or allowing.
- To deduct (withholding tax) from income.
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Utter
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Adjective
Carried to the utmost point or highest degree: absolute, total. Utter darkness.
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Utmost
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Adjective
- Situated at the farthest or most distant point.
The utmost point of the earth - Of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or amount.
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Undertake
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Verb
- To take upon oneself: set about: attempt.
Undertake a task - To put oneself under obligation to perform; also: to accept as a charge or responsability.
The lawyer who undertook the case - Guarantee, promise.
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Dull
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Adjective
- Mentally slow: stupid.
- Slow in perception or sensibility.
- Lacking in force, intensity, or sharpness
A dull ache - Lacking brilliance or luster
A dull finish. - Of a color: low in saturation.
A dull green - Cloudy: dull weather
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Zest
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Noun
- Peel of a citrus fruit.
- An enjoyable exciting quality
Add zest to the performance
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Perilously
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In a very dangerous way
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Steep
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Extremely high
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Entitlement
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A right to benefits specified especially by law or contract
12
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Theft
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The act of stealing
13
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Juggernaut
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A massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
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Lattice
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A framework or structure of crossed wood or metal strips.
A window, door, or gate having a lattice
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Handrail
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A narrow rail for grasping with the hand as support
