Lesson 2 Flashcards

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Alter

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change, modify, adapt

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Apparel

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attire, wardrobe, dress, garb

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Distort

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misrepresent, misstate, garble

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Farce

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mockery, burlesque, fake

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Fickle

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inconstant, capricious, changeable

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Flimsy

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weak, thin, unconvincing, inadequate

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Harbinger

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omen, foreshadowing, forerunner, precursor, herald

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Interpret

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explain, construe

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intimate

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make known indirectly; hint; suggest; imply

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irrelevant

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not relating to the subject; inapplicable

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lucrative

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producing wealth; moneymaking; profitable

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malign

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speak harmful untruths about; vilify; defame

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monumental

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impressively large; huge; massive

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negligible

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so tiny that it may safely be disregarded; slight

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prestige

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standing in the eyes of others; influence; status

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quiver

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shake with a slight, rapid motion; tremble; shiver

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rout

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defeat disastrously and put to disorderly flight

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sage

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person distinguished for wisdom; scholar

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ogre

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hideous giant; person to be dreaded; monster; fiend; to-ger tyrant; despot

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weird

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strikingly odd; strange; fantastic; bizarre