Lesson 28,29,30 Flashcards

1
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To follow as a consequence or result

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Ensue

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2
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Lasting for a brief time;fleeting

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Ephemeral

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3
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About to occur;immediate

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Imminent

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4
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A period of time between two events or period of time

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Interim

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5
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Lasting or seeming to last forever;tiresomely drawn out

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Interminable

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6
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A. Lasting an indefinitely long time; every lasting b. Appearing or recurring again and again

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Perennial

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7
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Acting or done hastily or impulsively, without proper consideration. Occurring suddenly

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Precipitate

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8
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Provided for the time being; temporary

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Provisional

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9
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A. Looking back on or directed toward the past b. Applying to or influencing the past

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Retrospective

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10
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A. Someone or something that preceded or goes before b. Ancestors;forebears c. An event that occurs before another

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Antecedent

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11
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To surrender under specified conditions; give up all resistance

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Capitulate

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12
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A. To agree to do something one regards as below ones rank or divinity b. To deal with people superior or haughty manner

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Condescend

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13
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Courteous respect; submission to the opinion, wishes, or decisions of another

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Deference

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14
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To behave in a demeaning or self-abasing manner

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Grovel

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15
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A follower who behaves in the manner of a servant;toady

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Lackey

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16
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To have greater authority, power or influence;prevail

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Predominate

17
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Characteristic of a slave; slavelike in manner

18
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A. The act of bringing under rule or dominion b. Enslavement

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Subjugation

19
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Proudly scornful;disdainful

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Supercilious

20
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One who seeks favor or advancement through flattering important people; a bootlicker

21
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A. To decrease the density of b. To make thin in size

22
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A. So fine or thin in texture as to be transparent or nearly transparent

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Diaphanous

23
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A. To weight down; burden

24
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Vanishing or likely to vanish like a vapor;fleeting

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Evanescent

25
A. A fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in air or caught on objects b. A soft, sheet, gauzy Fabric
Gossamer
26
A. Capable of being felt it touched b. Easily perceived by any of the senses or by the mind
Palpable
27
A. To spread or flow throughout;pervade
Permeate
28
A. Easily bent or flexed without breaking
Pliant
29
A. Having great weight b. Graceless or clumsy because of weight
Ponderous
30
A. Resembling glue in consistency and stickiness b. Having a relatively high resistance to flow
Viscous