Lesson 6 Flashcards

1
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To pass or slip by (used with time)

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Elapse

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2
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1: To seize;to arrest (v)
2: To grasp the meaning of;to understand

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Apprehend

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3
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To suffer from or to be overcome by great heat

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🔥🔥Swelter🔥🔥

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4
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About to happen;likely to occur in the near future

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Imminent

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5
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1: To absorb into a population (v)
2: To take part and absorb into the whole

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Assimilate

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6
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1: To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal (v)
2: To join or act together

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Conspire

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7
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1: Total absence of government (n)
2: Lack of order; Total confusion

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Anarchy

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8
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A difference of opinion; disagreement

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Dissension

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9
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To treat as a celebrity

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Lionize

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10
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Very hot humid; Uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather

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Sweltering

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11
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The act of questioning

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Interrogation

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12
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Strikingly out of the ordinary; Peculiar

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Bizarre

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13
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An event that causes great suffering and harm; A disaster

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Calamity

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14
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1: A rind or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement (n)
2: Something that prevents free action

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Shackle

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15
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A joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts

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Conspiracy

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16
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To bring to court to face charges

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Arraign

17
Q

Extremely careful; Attentive to small details

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Meticulous

18
Q

Disastrous

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Calamitous

19
Q

To ask questions of,especially in a thorough or formal manner

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Interrogate