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
Coming earlier on time
| Coming before in order or importance
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Scavenge
| Scavenger
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
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
The condition of being alone or at some distance from people
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Ungainly
Moving in a clumsy or awkward way
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Vulnerable
Open to attack easily injured physically or emotionally
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Admonish
| Admonition
To warn
To criticize gently
A warning
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Aghast
Struck with horror shocked
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Annihilated
To destroy completely to reduce to utter ruin
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Benefactor
A person who provides help, especially by giving money.
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Bestow
To give as an honor to present as a gift
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Devious
Having many twists and turns, winding
| Sneaky not frank or honest
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Devoid
Lacking, empty, entirely without
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Heed
Heedful
Heedless
To pay attention to
Attention notice
Paying carful attention
Failing to pay proper attention
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Mortal
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
To think about In a quiet carful way
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Pioneer
A person who goes before others and opens way for them to follow
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Plaque
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
To ink to a lower level
| To become quieter or less active
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Unwitting not done on purpose unintended
Unwitting
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Wrath
| Wrathful
Forceful anger fury
| Very angry
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Acquire
| Acquisition
To gain ownership of something to get by ones own efforts or actions
Something that is acquired
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Antagonize
To make an enemy of to stir up anger or dislike
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Competent
| Competence
Having the ability to do what is needed
| The ability to do what is needed
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Comprise
To form, to make up
| To consist of or include
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Correspond
| Correspondence
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
In poor condition from neglect or age
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Illustrious
Very famous outstanding
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Incident
Something that happens in real life or in a story, an event.
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Inherit
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
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
unwilling reluctant
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Maintain
to declare something to be true
To continue in the same way or condition
To keep in good condition
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Renovate
the act of renovating the thing renovated
| To make like new again
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Reprimand
To scold in a harsh or formal manner
| A strong scolding from someone in authority
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Supervise
Supervision
Supervisor
To direct or manage activities
The act of managing or directing
A person who manages or directs activities
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Adequate
Enough sufficient
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Administer
To manage or direct
| To give out as treatment or assistance
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Agitate
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
To give in, to surrender
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Citrus
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
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
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Hovel
An unpleasant cramped and dilapidated place to live
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Illiterate
| Illiteracy
Unable to read or write
| Inability to read or write
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Indifferent
Not concerned about not caring
| Neither very good nor very bad, passable
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Menial
Of or relating to low level humble work
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Permanent
Lasting or expected to last for a long time
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Respite
A period of rest a pause
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Strenuous
Needing much effort using a lot of energy
| Very active vigorous
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Toil
To work long and hard
To make ones way with difficulty
Hard and tiring labor
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Urgent
| Urgency
Needing quick action or attention
| The need for quick action
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Addict
Addict
Addiction
Addictive
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
To have a strong desire to get or o something to seek
| A strong desire to achieve something, an ambition
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Bias
A preference that prevents one from being impartial prejudice
To cause someone to have Prejudice to influence
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Blatant
Very obvious in an offensive or shameless way
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Candid
expressed honestly and without holding back unpleasant truths to
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Confront
| Confrontation
To stand up and face boldly
To put or bring face to face
a hostile meeting between people who holds opposite views
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Debut
A first public appearance
| To make a first public appearance
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Enroll
| Enrollment
To sign up to become a member of some group or activity
| The number of people enrolled
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Fluster
To make nervous embarrassed or confused
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Impunity
Freedom from being harmed or punished
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Intensify
To increase, to strengthen or deepen
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Intimidate
| Intimidation
To frighten, especially by threatening someone
| The act of intimidating
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Obnoxious
Very unpleasant disgusting
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Retort
To answer, especially in a quick or clever way
| A quick or clever reply
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Stint
A period of time devoted to a job or task
A limit or restriction
To limit or restrict
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Beseech
To ask earnestly to beg
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Consternation
Amazement or fear that makes one feel confused
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Delectable
Pleasing to the senses especially to the sense of taste
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Garland
A wreath or chain of leaves and flowers
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Gratify
| Gratifying
To please or satisfy
To give in to what is wanted or requested
Pleasing
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Haughty
Showing to much pride in oneself and scorn or contempt for others
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Impetuous
To act without thinking hasty
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Lavish
Much more than enough
Very costly
To give freely or generously
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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
To think about to consider carefully
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Privilege
| Privileged
A special favor, right, or advantage given to a person or group
Given favors or advantages denied to others
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Prostrate
Lying flat
| Lying face down especially to show respect
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Rapture
A state of great joy delight or love
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Revelry
Noisy merrymaking
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Whim
A sudden idea to do something with no reason a fanciful idea
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Acrid
Sharp, irritating, or bitter to the sense of taste or smell
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Casualty
A person killed or injured in a war or accident
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Congested
| Congestion
Overcrowded filled to full
| Filled with fluid
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Cope
To manage problems successfully
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Headlong
With great speed or force, reckless
| Recklessly without time for careful thought
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Hurtle
To move with great speed and force
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Impede
| Impediment
To get in the way of to interfere with the movement of
| An obstacle something that gets in the way
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Inevitable
Bound to happen, unavoidable
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Initiate
| Initiation
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
Very angry furious
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Lax
Not strictly enforced undemanding carless
| Loose not tight
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Negligent
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
To burn slowly without bursting into flames
| To Exist in a hidden state before bursting into the open
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Stringent
Strict, severe
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Throng
a large number of people gathered together a crowd
| To gather or move in large numbers
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Dumbfound
to make speechless with amazement
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Ensue
To follow To come as a result of or at a later time
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Era
A period in history
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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
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
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Grievous
Causing grief or pain hard to bear
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Hoard
To save and put away especially secret
| Anything put away
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Inundate
To cover as water from a flood
| To load with an excessive amount of something
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Invincible
Impossible to defeat
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Nomad
A member of a group that settles briefly in one place and then moves on to another
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Placate
To stop from being angry to calm
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Principal
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
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Recede
To drop r move back to a lower level
| To become fainter
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Ruthless
Showing no mercy, pitiless
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Sacrifice
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.
