Pay It Forward Vocab Flashcards

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Warring

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conflicting

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intermittent

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starting,stopping and starting again not consistent

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vulnerable

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easily hurt or harmed physically mentally or emotionally

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crestfallen

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very sad disappointed

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spiel

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a fast fast speach

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surreal

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very strange or unusual

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bellow

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shout in a deep voice

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glint

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to shine in small bright flashes

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accomplice

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

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vigil

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when a person or group gathers to pray

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vicinity

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an area around or an near particular place

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reverberate

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to echo

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contagion

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the spread of harmful idea or practice

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trite

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over used

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altruistic

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a desirer to help people

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jarring

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physical or emotional shock

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heir

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

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nape

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the back of a persons neck

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brute

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very strong or forceful

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warily

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not having complete trust in someone or something

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bristly

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poise

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graceful and elegant

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ultimatum

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a final threat or promise

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chaste

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simple or plain

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envy
wanting what someone else has
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deface
to ruin the face of somting
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dismissive
refusing to think about or consider something or some one
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scrupulous
very careful about doing something correctly
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noble
having or showing personal qualities that people admire
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preen
to make (your self) neet or tidy
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stave
tho keep someone away for a short period of time
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proseed
to continue to do something
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ideal
exactly right
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revelation
a sudden understanding
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repel
to keep something out or away
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petulant
become angry or annoyed when you don't get what you want
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altruism
a desire to help people
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sacrifice
the act of giving up someting that you want to keep
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publicity
the attention you give to someone or something by news papers magazines or tv programs
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muster
to get together
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grotesque
very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural
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saunter
to walk slowly or without effort
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furrow
a wrinkle in someones face
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instinct
a natural desire that makes you act in a certain way
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hunker
to lower your body
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commonce
to begin or start
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contrary
an opposite or different fact event or situation
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evphemism
a pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive
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bewilder
to confuse some one very much
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stoney
showing no emotion