lesson 13 Flashcards

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1
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aptitude, capability, mental or physical ability
inability limitation

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capacity

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yield, give in, surrender, relinquish, grant
fight, refuse

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cede

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compete, vie, argue
agree, make peace

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contend

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4
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consider, regard, view
ignore mistrust

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deem

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5
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uncultivated, dormant, inactive
active developed

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fallow

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gather, discover, to get
separate put in

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glean

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embarrass, mortify, degrade
build up encourage

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humiliate

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skeptical, unbelieving
certain believing

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incredulous

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9
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element, constituent, part of
whole

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ingredient

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10
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whole, undamaged, perfect
broken harmed

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intact

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11
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illogical, unreasonable, fallacious
reasonable sensible

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irrational

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12
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evident, obvious, plain
hidden blocked

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patent

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13
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small, weak, unsubstantial
strong important

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puny

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14
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contradict, disprove, prove wrong
allow prove

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rebut

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evade, dodge, get away from
take on encounter

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shirk

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16
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scrimp, to be stingy
spend squander

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skimp

17
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catch, trap, entangled
honesty repulsion

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snare

18
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anxious, apprehension, fearful, concerned
laid back heedless

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solicitous

19
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chipper, lively,nimble,agile
lazy sluggish

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spry

20
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pitiful, miserable
bright cheerful

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wretched