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Learning English Afresh Flashcards

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Coarse - R

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Compose /constitute/ relatively large particles.

Relative - considered in relation to / in proportion

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Harmonious - C

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Things that are harmonious they go together nicely.

Harmonious comes from music, when notes sound good together they are harmonious.

It’s applies to other things and people too. When people work well together they are said to be harmonious.

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Tote bag - C

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A bag with two handle often made from cloth.

Tote noun.

Tote verb.
Toting carrying things around with difficulty.

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Reminiscing - C

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If you are swiping your old stories and pictures with your friends talking about old events. You are reminiscing.

Remember/ recall the past.

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Frail -C

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Delicate and fragile.

Fragile delicate and easily broken or the feelings of an overly emotional friend can be described as fragile.

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Tremble

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Shake involuntarily typical because of anxiety, excitement or frailty.

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Designated

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Set aside

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Revving

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To accelerate, he revved up the car and drove off.

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Phonetics

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Study and classification of speech sounds.

Transcriptions is a written record of something.
Duolingo - two languages.

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Amusement

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State or experience of finding something funny.

Did I say something amusing.

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Entertain

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Provide someone with amusement or enjoyment.

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Treble

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Has three parts/ components or section.

Treble can also mean, high pitched singing voices.

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Violin -c

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Stringed music instrument.

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Conjoin -c

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Join or combine two things.

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Hitchhike -c

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Getting a free ride in someone else’s road vehicle.

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Hitch. -C

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An obstacle or hindrance.

It’s used to mean a little problem, if you plan to go on a picnic and it rains, the weather is a hitch in your plans.

Without hitch.

Commonly used to refer to things that go smoothly. - without issues.

Hitch can mean a gazillion things, hook, limp short for hitchhiking.

To get hitched. - get married, espouse, wed, conjoin.

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Secluded

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Not seen or visited by many people, sheltered and private,

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Stay on course

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Keep the direction you are currently on.

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Fraud

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Wrongful and criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.

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Corruption

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Dishonest and fraudulent conduct by those in power typically/ usually / often involving bribery.

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Affected

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Influenced or acted upon.

Can also mean to do something to impress someone.

Pretentious, insincere.

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.

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Distort

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Twist out of shape.

You can also distort the truth by exaggerating what actually happens.

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Pervert

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Aberrant sexual behaviour

Deviated from the normal. Aberrant.

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Quandary

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A tough situation that is really to solve.
Quagmire

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Lucid

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Expressed clearly and easy to understand.

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Resolve

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Verb - to settle or make a decision about something.
Noun. A strong determination to do something.

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Gullible

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Easily persuaded to do something.
Credulous. Ease to trust/ great readiness to believe in things.

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Break in with an intention to commit a crime especially theft.

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Vandalize

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Prejudice

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Partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation.

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Thrilled

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Very excited, showing or feeling great excitement or pleasure.

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Passion

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Strong feeling of enthusiasm and excitement for.

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Have butterflies in the stomach.

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Have the nervous or excited feelings.

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Crucial

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Used to describe something that extremely important for success.

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Pivotal

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Of crucial importance in relation to the success of something else.

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Pioneer

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Be first to use a new method, area of knowledge or activity.

Also mean, be the first settlers of new territory, early colonists were pioneers.

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Cutting edge

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The latest advancement in development and research.

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Spotlight

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The light that shines on the people on stage.

Also means be the focus of public attention.

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Speak out of turn.

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Speak or say something you should not have spoken/ said.

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Speak out of turn

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Say something that is unwise or imprudent.

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Extricate

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Free from constraint or difficulty.

I will need to extricate myself from this sinking ship you call a career.

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Have the nerve

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Have the courage to say or do something.

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Writhe

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Squirm, make continual twisting movement on the body.

44
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Establish

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Bring it about.

45
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Each others throat

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When two people are at each others throat they are arguing angrily.

46
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Brilliant

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Very smart idea is brilliant.

47
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Sensational

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Something that is sensational traps your attention either because it is amazing or little trashy.

Like a sensational tabloid story.

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You are dismissed

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You are excused you can leave now.

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Hesitate

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Pause before doing or saying something especially through uncertainty.

50
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Delusion

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Mistaken and unfounded opinion or idea.

Unfounded- having no basis or foundation in fact.

51
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Hero

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A person that do a lot of things that people love.

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Atrocious -R

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Very bad and displeasing.

Brutal and cruel - Lookup.

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Ill-conceived

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Not carefully planned or considered.

54
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Contend

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To defend a belief or keep affirming that’s is true.
People used to contend that earth was flat.

55
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Combative

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Eagerness to fight or contend.

56
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Disposition

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You general mood or attitude towards life.

57
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Perusal

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The action of reading or examining something.

58
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Ominous

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If something looks or sounds ominous, it’s threatening or unpleasant event is at hand. If you see ominous frown in your boss’s face, you are in trouble.

59
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Flinch

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Quick nervous movement in reaction to fear, pain or surprise.

60
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Breach

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Law. A violation of law, duty or promise.

Perusal of your spouse’s phone is considered a breach of privacy.

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Tripod
Easel

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Three legged stand used for supporting a cameras or other apparatus.

Upright tripod that holds something is called easel. Used by artists

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Propriety

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Socially acceptable in speech and behavior.

63
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Fob sth off on sb

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Persuade someone to take something of less quality or different from what they needed.

64
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Liaison

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Communication or cooperation that facilitates close working relationships between organization or people.

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Cordial

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Warm and friendly

66
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Cordon

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Prevent access to an area or a building.

67
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Cordon off

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Block an area with a rope to prevent people from going in there.

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Esoteric

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Very unusual or understood by very limited number of people with spacial knowledge.

69
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Stifle

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Suppress, suffocate
Stifle the competition.

70
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Profligate

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Reckless wastage of money on extravagant luxury.

Also means deliberately violate the principles of right and wrong.

71
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Propitiate - verb

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To make happy or appease someone by doing a particular things.

Conciliate

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Restraint

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Measure or condition that keeps something or something under control or within limits.

73
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Astuteness

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Intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.

74
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Antics

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Foolish, outrageous or amusing behavior.

75
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Exorbitant

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Unreasonably high

76
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Cabin fever

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State of boredom as a result of being in confinement or indoors too long.

77
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Ordain

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Become a minister or priest

78
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Cratered

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Verb

Collapse

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Insolent

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Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

80
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Daze

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Make someone unable to think or react properly.

81
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Repertoire

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A full supply of what you can do.
Entire range of skills

82
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Harness

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Utilize

83
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Ultimately

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At thy end

84
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Underway

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Ongoing

85
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Retribution

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Punishment inflict on someone as a result vengeance for a wrongdoing

86
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It’s become rugged its fiercely competitive

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Rugged .
Broken, rocky and uneven surface.
Can also mean, having or requiring toughness or determination.

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Ballad

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A song that tells a story, and it can be dramatic, funny or romantic.

88
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Cherish

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Protect and care lovingly

89
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Grace

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Grace in Gods context - His favor or help.

I got here by Gods grace.

Be in someone’s good graces - they regard you with favor.

Favor - act of kindness.

Often commonly refers to smooth and pleasing way of moving.

Or a polite and thoughtful way of behaving.

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Agility

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Moving quickly and easily.

Nimble

91
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Compromise

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Find the middle ground.

Also.
Expose or make liable to danger, suspicion or disrepute

92
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Stall

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Stop or cause to stop progress

93
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Grapevine

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The word for gossip.

Rumor mill.

94
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Melancholy

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Beyond sad

95
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Ensemble

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Group of musicians actors dancers who perform together.

96
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Self preservation

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The protection is oneself from harm or death.

97
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Jeopardy

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Danger of loss harm or failure

98
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Engaging

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Charming and attractive

99
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Suspenseful

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Arousing excited expectation or uncertainty of what may happen.

100
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Tumultuous

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Disruptive, troubled or disorderly.

Tumultuous state of the classroom when the teacher step out for a few minutes.

101
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Versatile

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Able to adapt to many different activities or functions.

102
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Mendacity / another mendicity

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Mediocrity being a beggar

103
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Fortitude

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Strength to face adversity or difficulty

104
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Recede

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Retreat, move back.

105
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Obliviate

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To forget, wipe from existence.

106
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Obviate

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Remove

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