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Lesson 28,29,30 Flashcards

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

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Perennial

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

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Precipitate

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Provided for the time being; temporary

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Provisional

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

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Deference

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To behave in a demeaning or self-abasing manner

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Grovel

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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

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Slavish

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

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Sycophant

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

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Attenuate

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

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Encumber

24
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Vanishing or likely to vanish like a vapor;fleeting

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Evanescent

25
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A. A fine film of cobwebs often seen floating in air or caught on objects b. A soft, sheet, gauzy Fabric

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Gossamer

26
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A. Capable of being felt it touched b. Easily perceived by any of the senses or by the mind

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Palpable

27
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A. To spread or flow throughout;pervade

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Permeate

28
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A. Easily bent or flexed without breaking

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Pliant

29
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A. Having great weight b. Graceless or clumsy because of weight

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Ponderous

30
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A. Resembling glue in consistency and stickiness b. Having a relatively high resistance to flow

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Viscous

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