Lesson 6 Flashcards
To pass or slip by (used with time)
Elapse
1: To seize;to arrest (v)
2: To grasp the meaning of;to understand
Apprehend
To suffer from or to be overcome by great heat
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About to happen;likely to occur in the near future
Imminent
1: To absorb into a population (v)
2: To take part and absorb into the whole
Assimilate
1: To plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal (v)
2: To join or act together
Conspire
1: Total absence of government (n)
2: Lack of order; Total confusion
Anarchy
A difference of opinion; disagreement
Dissension
To treat as a celebrity
Lionize
Very hot humid; Uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather
Sweltering
The act of questioning
Interrogation
Strikingly out of the ordinary; Peculiar
Bizarre
An event that causes great suffering and harm; A disaster
Calamity
1: A rind or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement (n)
2: Something that prevents free action
Shackle
A joining with others to plan or carry out unlawful acts
Conspiracy