LA/Lit- Unit 8 Flashcards

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Closed, blocked, impenetrable

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Impassible

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Military, war like, hostile, bellicose

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Martial

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Outset, beginning, commencement

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Onset

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Frightening, menacing, ominous

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Sinister

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Fixed, stationary, unmoving, rooted

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Immobile

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A handcuff; to put in chains, fetter

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Manacle

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In default, in the red; late, overdue

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Arrears

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Subject to decay, short-lived, fleeting

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Perishable

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Jolly, merry, cheerful, festive

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Jovial

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To recover, regain; to fetch

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Retrieve

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A waterfall; to plunge, rush, tumble

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Cascade

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12
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A change, modernization; a new wrinkle

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Innovation

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Well, prosperity; plenty, abundance

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Affluence

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A divider, separation; to subdivide

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Partition

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Grouchy, crabby, cranky; eccentric

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Crotchety

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A shape, arrangement, layout, design

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Format

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Quick, lively, agile; keen, clever; flexible

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Nimble

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to flinch, duck, shrink, cower

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Cringe

19
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Tight, strained; orderly, shipshape

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Taut

20
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The least possible; smallest

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Minimum