Part 10 Flashcards

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Inclement

A

Unfavorable, stormy

-Adjective

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2
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Peruse

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To read carefully

-Verb

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3
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Premonition

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Forewarning

-Noun

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4
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Desist

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Cease

-Verb

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5
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Recoil

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Draw back

-Verb

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To pay the piper

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To bear the consequences

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Pertinent

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To the point

-Adjective

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Mastiff

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A large dog

-Noun

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9
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Obsess

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To haunt, preoccupy

-Verb

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10
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Doleful

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Sad, melancholy

-Adjective

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Wan

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Sickly pale

-Adjective

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12
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On the carpet

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Being scolded

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13
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Histrionics

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Display of emotions

-Noun

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Elusive

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Hard to grasp

-Adjective

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Frustrate

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Counteract, foil, thwart

-Verb

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Symptomatic

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Having to do with signs or symptoms, indicative

-Adjective

17
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Interject

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Insert, interrupt

-Verb

18
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To show ones hand

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To reveal one’s intentions

19
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Inert

A

Without power to move

-adjective

20
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Salient

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Outstanding, prominent

-Adjective

21
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Imminent

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Likely to happen, threatening

-Adjective

22
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Squeamish

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Easily shocked, over sensitive

-Adjective

23
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Engrossed

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Absorbed

-Verb

24
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To tilt at windmills

A

To fight imaginary enemies