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Jan 2021 Flashcards

1
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A thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else. Crypto is what to me when I am trying to concentrate on my studies? D

A

Dis-trac-tion

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2
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When a service or an item has value to someone else and can be bought you say it has what value? M……

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Mone-tary

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One word to say ‘under normal condition’ or another word for saying ‘generally’ ? ….

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U-sua-lly

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4
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Person who you work with is referred as what? C

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Col-le-ague

Not to confuse with Collage
College

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5
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The smallest about is referred to as the what? M

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Mini-mum

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6
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You call a Car or a Van with a word that starts with a V?

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Ve-hi-cu-lar

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7
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When someone likes to work/relax on his own, you say he is what?

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In-de-pen-dent

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8
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When debts get out of control they turn into what?

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Ar-gu-ments

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9
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When you take out a loan from the Bank to buy a house, they would have to pay your what? M

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Mort-gage

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When you accomplish something with a great degree of success? Ac

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Achieve-ment

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11
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To finish a task, word for it?

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Ac-com-plish

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12
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When you choose one object over another similar object it is said you have a what? P

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Pre-fer-ence
Prefer

Words ending with -ence 
Pre-fer-ence
Indif-fer-ence (lack of interest, concern, or sympathy)
Intelligence
Perman-ence 
interference
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13
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It’s a fathers b……… to stay in his child life and be a good example.

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Ob-li-gation

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14
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Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

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Per-sever-ance

Dist-ance 
in-sur-ance
am-bi-ance
Guid-ance
El-eg-ance   
domin-ance (domin-ate)
Ord-in-ance
Ap-pear-ance
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15
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not content or happy with something. D

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Dis-sat-is-fied

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16
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___________ is the building of structures from individual units, which are often laid in and bound together by mortar; the term _________ can also refer to the units themselves.

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Ma-son-ry

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17
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The necessary items/tools for a particular purpose. E__________

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E-quip-ment

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18
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When the sea move back from the foreshore, you say the sea has what? R

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Re-cede

Long sounding e in the middle of the word gives you the e at the end of the word.

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19
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You say Annacy (LSA Girl who is rich ) is what when it comes to opportunities?

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Pri-vil-ege

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20
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When referencing a topical subject they say the subject is r_______ right now.

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Re-le-vant

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21
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When quoting a book in an essay, it’s said that you are doing what? Re

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Referencing

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22
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When someone asks you to tell them about an object accurately?

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Des-cribe

Des-crip-tion

23
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When someone get a question right, you can say their answer was what? Ac

What were you thought at your school?

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Ac-cur-ate

Cur-ri-cu-lum 
Obs-cure 
Cur-rent 
Se-cur-ed
Cur-ate / Cur-ator
24
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When a person reacts a certain way to you input or comment you say they had an what? A

A

At-ti-tude

25
Q

When you accentuate a work in a sentence, it is said that you what to the word?

A

Em-pha-sise

26
Q

For most of 2020 we were in what kind of crisis?

A

Pan-de-mic

27
Q

When you wait in line outside a supermarket, it is said that you in what?

A

Queue-s

28
Q

Our food system needs to be what? R

A

Re-si-li-ent

29
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When a waiter hand over food to customer, it is said they are doing what? S

A

Serve

30
Q

If a steel column is rusting, you say the structure is what to collapsing? V

A

Vul-ner-able

31
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When a building breaks down and falls you say it has what? C

A

Col-lap-se

32
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The state of been aware is called what? C

A

Con-s-cious / con-s-cious-ness

Ending in -cious (shuhs)
Spa-cious
Pre-cious 
Cons-cious 
Deli-cious 
Sus-pi-cious
33
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After an act of criminality, how do the police find out who committed the crime?

A

In-ves-ti-gation

34
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When you volunteer to do a task, it is said you what to the task? C

A

Com-mit-ted

35
Q

When you work for charity for free, it is said you are a what?

A

Vol-un-teer

36
Q

The science and art of cultivating plants and livestock is called what? A

A

Ag-ri-culture

37
Q

When you are been careful with your money it is wise to stick to your set what? B

A

Bu-d-get

The letters “-dge” make the /j/ sound at the end of a one-syllable word, followed by one short vowel.

Bri-dge 
badger
budget
dodgy
edges
edging
edgy
fidget
fledgling
gadget
pledging
podgy
sledging
widget
38
Q

What do we need to reduce to slow down the current trajectory of climate warming? H.C

A

Human consumption

Com-sump-tion

39
Q

Over the past decades, cars and other machinery have been what carbon in to the atmosphere

A

Emitters

Emission

40
Q

What do we call the blanket of air that hug the Earth? The A…..

A

At-mos-phere

41
Q

Word to describe “ a large or excessive amount of something.”

A

Plethora

Ple-tho-ra (pleh-thuh-ruh)

42
Q

A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model. P

A

Para-digm

43
Q

The management of large amounts of money is called what?

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Finance —- Fi -na - nce

44
Q

When you cross-boundary to enter into a strangers land without permission is said you have done what?

A

Trespassed

Tres-pass-ed

45
Q

On Earth, gold is a what resource in terms of quantities? S

A

Scarcity -

Scar-city - Scares

46
Q

In a tower. every occupant has to chip in money to pay for the maintenance of the shared what? Am

A

Amenities

47
Q

A time of intense difficulty or danger is referred to as what? C

A

Crisis

48
Q

What was dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands and the peasants class worked the land called? F

A

Feu-dal-ism

49
Q

Something that is clear to see and conceptualise, it is said that is what? Ob

A

Obvious

50
Q

An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something is called what?

A

Gauge

51
Q

You need to set what with people so that you don’t annoy them?

A

Boundaries

52
Q

A principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided? C

A

Criteria

Cri-ter-ia

53
Q

That word that sound like weather but written and mean different?

A

Whether

54
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When someone gives you the same amount of something in exchange, you say the exchange is monetarly what?

A

Equi-va-lent

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