Pay It Forward Vocab. Flashcards

1
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showing a desire to help people

A

altruism

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2
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the act of giving up something that you want to keep

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sacrifice

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3
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attention that is giving up something that is given to someone or something by newspapers,magazines,TV programs,etc

A

Publicity

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4
Q

to gather together

A

Muster

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4
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to gather together

A

Muster

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5
Q

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

A

grotesque

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6
Q

to walk slowly without effort

A

Saunter

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7
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a winkle in the skin of a persons face

A

furrrow

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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
Q

to lower your body

A

hunker

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10
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to begin or start

A

commence

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11
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an opposite or different fact

A

contrary

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12
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a pleasant word or phase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive

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Euphemism

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13
Q

to confuse someone very much

A

bewilder

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14
Q

wanting to have what someone else has

A

envy

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15
Q

to ruin the surface of something

A

deface

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16
Q

refusing to think or consider something or someone

A

dismissive

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17
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very careful about doing something correctly

A

scrupulos

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18
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having or showing personal qualities that people admire

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noble

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19
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to make yourself neat and tidy

A

preen

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20
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to keep someone or something away for a short time

A

stave

21
Q

to continue to do something

A

proceed

22
Q

exactly right

A

Ideal

23
Q

a sudden understanding

A

Revelation

24
Q

to keep something out or away

A

Repel

25
Q

becoming angry and annoyed when you do not get what you want

A

petulant

26
Q

very strong or forceful

A

brute

27
Q

not having complete trust in someone or something

A

warily

28
Q

showing no emotion

A

stony

29
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stiff

A

bristly

30
Q

graceful and elegant

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poise

31
Q

a final threat or promise

A

ultimatum

32
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simple or plain

A

chaste

33
Q

to echo

A

Reverbate

34
Q

the spreading of a harmful idea or practice

A

contagion

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

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

A

heir

39
Q

the back of a persons neck

A

nape

40
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conflicting

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warring

41
Q

starting,stopping,and starting again

A

intermittent

42
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easily hurt or harmed physically mently or emotionally

A

vulnerable

43
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very sad and disappointed

A

crest fallen

44
Q

a fast speech

A

spiel

45
Q

very strange or unusual

A

surreal

46
Q

to shout in a deep voice

A

bellow

47
Q

to shine in small bright flashes

A

gint

48
Q

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

A

accomplice

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