Palmer Erb HP 17-22 Flashcards by palmer erb | Brainscape

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Livid

The stale water was livid.

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Discolored; black and blue

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Askew

The basketball was askew.

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Lopsided

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Wavering

The scared boy’s voice was wavering.

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Trembling

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Absurdity

The absurdity of the weather made me laugh.

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Outrageousness ; craziness

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Marvel

I marvel at how she sings.

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Admire

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Suppressed

I suppressed my cough in the library.

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Restrained

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Deranged

The wicked witch was deranged.

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Upset; mad; crazed

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Brandished

The knight brandished a sword.

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Swung

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Maimed

The horse was maimed in battle.

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Injured; wounded

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Groveling

The lazy worker was groveling.

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Supporting (slavishly) every opinion of a supervisor.

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Pelted

The snow pelted the state.

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Move at a rapid pace.

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Putrid

The month old meat was putrid.

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Foul-smelling; rotten

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Hysterically

The trapped man screamed hysterically.

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Panic stricken, terrified

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Bizarre

This winter has been bizarre !

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Abnormal; weird

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Meddled

The kids meddled with the town’s monster problem.

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Interfered; tampered

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Meander

We decided to meander through the woods.

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Walk without a fixed direction.

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Irresolute

The injured skier was irresolute.

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Unsure of how to proceed

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Seething

The driver in the ditch was seething.

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Furious

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Sweltering

We were sweltering on the golf course in July.

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Extremely hot and humid

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Transfixed

The small wild rabbit was transfixed.

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To become motionless with terror