Pay It Forward Flashcards

1
Q

to gather together

A

muster

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2
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attention is given to someone or something by newspapers, magazines, TV programs, etc.

A

Publicity

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3
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to walk slowly without effort

A

saunter

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4
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very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural

A

grotesque

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5
Q

showing a desire to help people

A

altruism

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6
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the act of giving up something you want to keep

A

sacrifice

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7
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a pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive

A

euphemism

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8
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a natural desire that makes you want to act a certain way

A

instinct

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9
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to begin or start

A

commenced

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10
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to lower your body

A

hunker

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11
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an opposite or different fact, event, or situation

A

contrary

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12
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a wrinkle in the skin of a person’s face

A

furrow

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13
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wanting to have what someone else has

A

envy

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14
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having or showing personal qualities that people admire

A

noble

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15
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to confuse someone very much

A

bewilder

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16
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very careful about doing something correctly

A

scrupulously

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17
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refusing to think about or consider someone or something

A

dismissive

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18
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to ruin the surface of something

A

defaced

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19
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exactly right

A

ideal

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20
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to keep (something) out of the way

A

repel

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21
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a sudden understanding

A

revelation

22
Q

to keep someone or something away for sometime

A

stave

23
Q

to continue to do something

A

proceed

24
Q

to make (yourself) neat and tidy

A

preen

25
Q

very strong or forceful

A

brute

26
Q

becoming very angry or annoyed when you do not get what you want

A

petulant

27
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showing no emotion

A

stony

28
Q

not having complete trust in someone or something

A

warily

29
Q

graceful and elegant

A

poise

30
Q

stiff

A

bristly

31
Q

a final threat or promise

A

ultimatum

32
Q

to echo

A

reverberate

33
Q

the spreading of a harmful idea or practice

A

contagion

34
Q

simple or plain

A

chaste

35
Q

overused

A

trite

36
Q

showing a desire to help people

A

altruistic

37
Q

physical or emotional shock

A

jarring

38
Q

the back of a person’s neck

A

nape

39
Q

conflicting

A

warring

40
Q

a person who has legal right to receive the property of someone who dies

A

heir

41
Q

easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally

A

vulnerable

42
Q

starting, stopping, and starting again ; not constant

A

intermittently

43
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very sad or disappointed

A

crestfallen

44
Q

very strange or unusual

A

surreal

45
Q

a person who helps someone who is doing something illegal of wrong

A

accomplice

46
Q

to shout in a deep voice

A

bellowed

47
Q

a fast speech

A

spiel

48
Q

to shine in small bright flashes

A

glinted

49
Q

when a person or group gathers to wait and pray

A

vigil

50
Q

the area around or near a particular place

A

vicinity