Lesson 16 Flashcards
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Caliber
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- Degree of importance or excellence
2. The diameter of a bullet or inside a gun barrel
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Belated
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Done too late; having been delayed beyond the usual time.
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Chagrin
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- A felling of embarrassing or annoyance caused by having failed or disappointed
- To cause to feel unease
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Contravene
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To act against or be counter to
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Default
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- Failure to do what is required by duty or law
2. An automatic section made according to computer program when the user doesn’t make the choice.
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Doldrums
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Condition of feeling sad, bored, sluggish
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Emblazon
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To inscribe or decorate consciously
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Expand
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To use up; consume
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Expire
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- To come to an end
2. To die
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Exponent
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A person who explains, interprets, or works to make something popular.
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Novice
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A person new at something, a beginner
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Spry
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Moving with quickness and ease; lively
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Tenuous
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- Lacking substance, flimsy
2. Not thick, slender
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Truism
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A truth that is so well know that it is almost unnecessary to say it.
Ex: YOLO
