Lesson 1 Flashcards by Victoria Wren | Brainscape

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Apparel

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Clothing, to dress up

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besiege

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blockade, encircle, pressure

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compress

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To press together, to shrink

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denounce

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Criticize, censure

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Dispatch

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To send off for a purpose, slay

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douse

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Submerge, soak

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Expressly

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Pointedly, in so many words

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Famished

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Hungry, suffering from a lack of something

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Forsake

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To give up. Desert

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Gainful

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Money-making, profitable

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Immense

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Vast, very large or great

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Inept

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Without skill, clumsy

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Ingenious

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Imaginative, resourceful

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Instantaneous

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Immediate, quick

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Irk

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To annoy. Bother

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Libel

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Statement that is untrue, or harms one’s reputation

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Misgiving

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A feeling of fear or doubt, hesitation

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Oaf

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A big clumsy individual, clod or idiot

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Recede

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To go or move backwards, retreat, back up

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Repast

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A meal,