Pay it forward vocab

Question 1

Showed a desire to help people.

Answer 1

Altruism

Question 2

The act of giving up something that you want to keep.

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Sacrifice

Question 3

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

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Publicity

Question 4

To gather together enough courage, strength, etc..

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Muster

Question 5

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

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Grotesque

Question 6

to walk slowly without effort

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Saunter

Question 7

a wrinkle in the skin of a person’s face

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Furrow

Question 8

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

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Instinct

Question 9

To lower your body

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Hunker

Question 10

to begin or start

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Commence

Question 11

an opposite or different fact, event, or situation

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Contrary

Question 12

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

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Euphemism

Question 13

to confuse someone very much

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Bewilder

Question 14

wanting to have what someone else has

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Envy

Question 15

to ruin the surface of something

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Deface

Question 16

refusing to think about or consider something or someone

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Dissmissive

Question 17

very careful about doing something correctly

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Scrupulous

Question 18

having or showing personal qualities that people admire

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Noble

Question 19

to make (yourself) neat and tidy

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Preen

Question 20

to keep someone or something away for a short time

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Stave

Question 21

to continue to do something

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Proceed

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Exactly right

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Ideal

Question 23

a sudden understanding

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Revelation

Question 24

to keep (something) out or away

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Repel

Question 25

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

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Petulant

Question 26

very strong or forceful

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Brute

Question 27

not having complete trust in someone or something

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Warily

Question 28

showing no emotion

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Stony

Question 29

stiff

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Bristly

Question 30

graceful and elegant

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Poise

Question 31

a final threat or promise

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Ultimatum

Question 32

simple or plain

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Chaste

Question 33

To echo

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Reverberate

Question 34

the spreading of a harmful idea or practice

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Contagion

Question 35

overused

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Trite

Question 36

showing a desire to help people

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Altruistic

Question 37

physical or emotional shock

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Jarring

Question 38

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

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Heir

Question 39

the back of a person’s neck

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Nape

Question 40

conflicting

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Warring

Question 41

starting, stopping, and starting again; not constant

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Intermittent

Question 42

easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally

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Vulnerable

Question 43

very sad and disappointed

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Crestfallen

Question 44

a fast speech

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Speil

Question 45

very strange or unusual

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Surreal

Question 46

to shout in a deep voice

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Bellow

Question 47

to shine in small bright flashes

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Glint

Question 48

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

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Accomplice

Question 49

when a person or group gathers to wait and pray

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Vigil

Question 50

the area around or near a particular place

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Vicinity