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Mid Term Flashcards

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Abate

Unabated

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To become weaker to decrease

Showing no sign of weakening or decreasing

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Acknowledge

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To admit the existence of
To express recognition or thanks for
Commonly excepted or Recognized

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Agent

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A person who acts or does business for another

Something that brings about a result

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Authority
Authorities
A group of people who have the right to enforce laws

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The right to give orders make decisions or take action

A expert source of information

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Devastate
Devastating
Devastation

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To ruin or destroy completely
Causing destruction
Great destruction

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Epidemic

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The rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time

Spreading rapidly as a disease over a wide spread area

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Estimate

Estimate

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A number that is not exact a careful guess

To figure out roughly to make an approximate calculation

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Evict

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To force out of property by taking legal action

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Impartial

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Not favoring one side more than another; fair

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Industrious

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Hardworking not lazy

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Infuriate

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To make very angry

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Irrelevant

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Having nothing to do with the subject

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Precise

Precision

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Exact; accurate

Exactness

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Sham

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Something fake or false
Not genuine, fake
To pretend

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Trek

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A long slow difficult journey

To travel slowly and with difficulty

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Astute

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Wise in a clever and practical way

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Authentic
Authenticity
Authenticate

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Genuine true
The condition of being genuine
To prove that something is genuine

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Delicacy

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A Choice item of food

Great consideration for the feelings of others

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Derogatory

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Expressing a low opinion intending to hurt a person or thing

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Devour

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To eat up hungrily

To take in eagerly with the eyes or ears

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Figment

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Something that is made up in the mind but has no connection with reality.

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Mythical

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Imaginary, not real

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Plumage

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A birds feathers

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Predatory

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Living by killing and eating other animals
Living by robbing or stealing from one another
A creature that lives by killing
A person who lives by robbing

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Prior

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Coming earlier on time

Coming before in order or importance

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Scavenge

Scavenger

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To search through or pick over looking for something usable
Someone who scavenges
An animal that feeds on dead or decaying matter

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Slaughter

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To kill in order to obtain meat
To kill people or animals in large numbers or in a cruel way
The killing of an animal for food
The act of killing on a large scale or In a cruel way

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Solitude

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The condition of being alone or at some distance from people

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Ungainly

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Moving in a clumsy or awkward way

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Vulnerable

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Open to attack easily injured physically or emotionally

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Admonish

Admonition

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To warn
To criticize gently
A warning

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Aghast

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Struck with horror shocked

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Annihilated

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To destroy completely to reduce to utter ruin

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Benefactor

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A person who provides help, especially by giving money.

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Bestow

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To give as an honor to present as a gift

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Devious

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Having many twists and turns, winding

Sneaky not frank or honest

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Devoid

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Lacking, empty, entirely without

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Heed
Heedful
Heedless

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To pay attention to
Attention notice
Paying carful attention
Failing to pay proper attention

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Mortal

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A human being, especially as contrasted with a god.
Of or relating to human beings
Causing death fatal
Very severe

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Muse

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To think about In a quiet carful way

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Pioneer

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A person who goes before others and opens way for them to follow

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Plaque

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A deadly disease that spreads rapidly from person to person
Anything that causes destruction or suffering
To cause suffering or distress

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Subside

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To ink to a lower level

To become quieter or less active

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Unwitting not done on purpose unintended

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Unwitting

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Wrath

Wrathful

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Forceful anger fury

Very angry

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Acquire

Acquisition

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To gain ownership of something to get by ones own efforts or actions
Something that is acquired

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Antagonize

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To make an enemy of to stir up anger or dislike

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Competent

Competence

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Having the ability to do what is needed

The ability to do what is needed

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Comprise

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To form, to make up

To consist of or include

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Correspond

Correspondence

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To match to be equal to
To exchange letters with another person
The act of exchanging letters, the letters that are exchanged.

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Dilapidated

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In poor condition from neglect or age

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Illustrious

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Very famous outstanding

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Incident

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Something that happens in real life or in a story, an event.

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Inherit

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To receive something from someone after their death

To receive as part of ones physical or mental makeup, from ones parents

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Latitude

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The distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees
A region as marked by its distanced from the equator
Freedom from strict rules

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Loath

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unwilling reluctant

57
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Maintain

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to declare something to be true
To continue in the same way or condition
To keep in good condition

58
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Renovate

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the act of renovating the thing renovated

To make like new again

59
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Reprimand

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To scold in a harsh or formal manner

A strong scolding from someone in authority

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Supervise
Supervision
Supervisor

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To direct or manage activities
The act of managing or directing
A person who manages or directs activities

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Adequate

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Enough sufficient

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Administer

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To manage or direct

To give out as treatment or assistance

63
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Agitate

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To disturb or upset
To move with an irregular fast or violent action
To stir up interest in and support for a cause

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Capitulate

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To give in, to surrender

65
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Citrus

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A fruit of the family that includes oranges lemons grapefruits and limes.
A tree that produces these fruits
Of or relating to these fruits or trees

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Disrupt
Disruptive
Disruption

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To breakup the orderly course of.
To interrupt to bring to a temporary halt
Causing confusion or disorder
A disturbance that interrupts or causes confusion

67
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Hovel

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An unpleasant cramped and dilapidated place to live

68
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Illiterate

Illiteracy

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Unable to read or write

Inability to read or write

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Indifferent

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Not concerned about not caring

Neither very good nor very bad, passable

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Menial

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Of or relating to low level humble work

71
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Permanent

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Lasting or expected to last for a long time

72
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Respite

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A period of rest a pause

73
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Strenuous

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Needing much effort using a lot of energy

Very active vigorous

74
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Toil

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To work long and hard
To make ones way with difficulty
Hard and tiring labor

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Urgent

Urgency

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Needing quick action or attention

The need for quick action

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Addict
Addict
Addiction
Addictive

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A person with a very strong desire for something that is habit forming and sometimes harmful.
To cause someone to have a very strong desire for something
The condition of being addicted
Likely to cause addiction.

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Aspire

Aspiration

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To have a strong desire to get or o something to seek

A strong desire to achieve something, an ambition

78
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Bias

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A preference that prevents one from being impartial prejudice
To cause someone to have Prejudice to influence

79
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Blatant

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Very obvious in an offensive or shameless way

80
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Candid

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expressed honestly and without holding back unpleasant truths to

81
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Confront

Confrontation

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To stand up and face boldly
To put or bring face to face
a hostile meeting between people who holds opposite views

82
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Debut

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A first public appearance

To make a first public appearance

83
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Enroll

Enrollment

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To sign up to become a member of some group or activity

The number of people enrolled

84
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Fluster

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To make nervous embarrassed or confused

85
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Impunity

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Freedom from being harmed or punished

86
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Intensify

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To increase, to strengthen or deepen

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Intimidate

Intimidation

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To frighten, especially by threatening someone

The act of intimidating

88
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Obnoxious

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Very unpleasant disgusting

89
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Retort

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To answer, especially in a quick or clever way

A quick or clever reply

90
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Stint

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A period of time devoted to a job or task
A limit or restriction
To limit or restrict

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Beseech

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To ask earnestly to beg

92
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Consternation

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Amazement or fear that makes one feel confused

93
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Delectable

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Pleasing to the senses especially to the sense of taste

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Garland

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A wreath or chain of leaves and flowers

95
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Gratify

Gratifying

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To please or satisfy
To give in to what is wanted or requested
Pleasing

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Haughty

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Showing to much pride in oneself and scorn or contempt for others

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Impetuous

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To act without thinking hasty

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Lavish

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Much more than enough
Very costly
To give freely or generously

99
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Pluck

Plucky

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To pick of or out, to pick 
To remove feathers from
To full at and let go
Courage bravery
Brave courageous
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Ponder

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To think about to consider carefully

101
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Privilege

Privileged

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A special favor, right, or advantage given to a person or group
Given favors or advantages denied to others

102
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Prostrate

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Lying flat

Lying face down especially to show respect

103
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Rapture

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A state of great joy delight or love

104
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Revelry

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Noisy merrymaking

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Whim

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A sudden idea to do something with no reason a fanciful idea

106
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Acrid

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Sharp, irritating, or bitter to the sense of taste or smell

107
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Casualty

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A person killed or injured in a war or accident

108
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Congested

Congestion

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Overcrowded filled to full

Filled with fluid

109
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Cope

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To manage problems successfully

110
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Headlong

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With great speed or force, reckless

Recklessly without time for careful thought

111
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Hurtle

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To move with great speed and force

112
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Impede

Impediment

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To get in the way of to interfere with the movement of

An obstacle something that gets in the way

113
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Inevitable

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Bound to happen, unavoidable

114
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Initiate

Initiation

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To put into effect to bring into use
To take into a member
Beginning
The ceremony or process that makes one a member

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Irate

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Very angry furious

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Lax

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Not strictly enforced undemanding carless

Loose not tight

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Negligent

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Failing to take proper care f or to give proper attention to

The state quality or act of being negligent

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Smolder

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To burn slowly without bursting into flames

To Exist in a hidden state before bursting into the open

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Stringent

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Strict, severe

120
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Throng

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a large number of people gathered together a crowd

To gather or move in large numbers

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Dumbfound

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to make speechless with amazement

122
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Ensue

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To follow To come as a result of or at a later time

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Era

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A period in history

124
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Flourish

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to thrive and prosper
To wave in the air
sweeping motion
A showy burst of music
A fancy line or curve added to something written
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Garrison

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Solders stationed in a place to protect it
A military place of protection together with soldiers and weapons
To provide soldiers with a place to live

126
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Grievous

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Causing grief or pain hard to bear

127
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Hoard

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To save and put away especially secret

Anything put away

128
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Inundate

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To cover as water from a flood

To load with an excessive amount of something

129
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Invincible

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Impossible to defeat

130
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Nomad

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A member of a group that settles briefly in one place and then moves on to another

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Placate

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To stop from being angry to calm

132
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Principal

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Most important
A person or thing that is of the greatest importance
The head of the school
The sum of money owed not including the interest

133
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Recede

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To drop r move back to a lower level

To become fainter

134
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Ruthless

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Showing no mercy, pitiless

135
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Sacrifice

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Something given up for the sake of another
An offering to a god
To give up something for another
To offer something of value to a god.

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