Lessons 5 - 8 Flashcards

1
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5: Audacious

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  1. willing to take risks; daring
  2. showing disrespect or a lack of courtesy.
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2
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5: confiscate

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to seize, by force if necessary; to take possession of.

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3
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5: conscientious

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  1. thorough; careful.
  2. honest; principled.
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4
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5: depict

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to give a picture of; to describe.

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5
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5: embark

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  1. to go on board a ship or airplane at the start of a voyage.
  2. to start out; to begin.
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6
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5: inkling

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a slight suspicion; a vague idea.

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7
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5: lackadaisical

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showing little spirit or enthusiasm.

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8
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5: mutiny

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  1. deliberate refusal to obey orders given by those in command, especially by sailors.
  2. to rebel openly against a commander.
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9
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5: pilfer

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to steal repeatedly small amounts or things that are of little value.

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10
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5: profusion

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a plentiful supply; a great or generous amount. given or occurring in generous amounts; abundant.

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11
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5: prudent

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very careful; showing judgment and wisdom.

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12
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5: rankle

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to cause continuing anger or irritation.

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13
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5: rebuke

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  1. to criticize strongly; to reprimand.
  2. a sharp criticism.
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14
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5: serene

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  1. calm and untroubled; peaceful.
  2. a calm and untroubled state.
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15
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5: slovenly

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untidy; carelessly done.

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16
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6: anarchy

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  1. total absence of government.
  2. lack of order; total confusion.
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17
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6: apprehend

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  1. to seize; to arrest.
  2. to grasp the meaning of; to understand.
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18
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6: arraign

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to bring before a court to face charges.

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19
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6: assimilate

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  1. to absorb into a population.
  2. to take in a part and absorb into the whole. (learn)
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20
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6: bizarre

A

strikingly out of the ordinary; peculiar.

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21
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6: calamity

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an event that causes great suffering and harm; a disaster.

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22
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6: conspire

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  1. to plan together secretly to do something wrong or illegal.
  2. to join or act together.
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23
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6: dissension

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a difference of opinion; -disagreement.

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24
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6: elapse

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to pass or slip by (used with time).

25
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6: imminent

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about to happen; likely to occur in the very near future.

26
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6: interrogate

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to ask questions of, especially in a thorough or formal manner.

27
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6: lionize

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to treat as a celebrity.

28
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6: meticulous

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extremely careful; attentive to small details.

29
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6: shackle

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  1. a ring or band put around the arm or leg to prevent free movement.
  2. something that prevents free action.
30
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6: swelter

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  1. to suffer from or to be overcome by great heat.
  2. very hot and humid; uncomfortable because of extremely hot weather.
31
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7: colleague

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an associate or coworker of similar status

31
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7: claustrophobia

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an abnormal fear of narrow, enclosed spaces.

32
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7: condescend

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  1. to lower oneself to a position one considers inferior.
  2. to behave in an offensively superior manner.
33
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7: contingent

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  1. conditional; depending on something else.
  2. likely, but not certain to happen; possible.
34
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7: daunt

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to discourage or intimidate.

35
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7: deluge

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  1. a downpour of rain; a flood.
  2. a flood of anything.
36
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7: dispel

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to clear away; to remove or get rid of, as if by scattering.

37
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7: dub

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to give a title, nickname, or description to.

38
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7: fanfare

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  1. a sounding of trumpets or other brass instruments.
39
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7: fledgling

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  1. a young bird just learning how to fly.
  2. a young and inexperienced perdson.
40
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7: inane

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empty; shallow or silly.

41
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7: mettle

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courage to bear up under difficult circumstances; spirit.

42
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7: negligible

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small and unimportant, not worth noticing.

43
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7: protract

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to draw out or lengthen (in time).

44
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7: replica

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a copy or reproduction, especially one on a smaller scale than the original.