Pay it forward(Vocabulary) 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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Sacrafise

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3
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Attention that is given to someoneor something by Newspapers, Magazines, Tv programs, .ECT

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Publicity

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4
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To gather together

A

Muster

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5
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Very strong or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural

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Grotesque

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6
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To walk slowly without effort

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Saunter

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7
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A wrinkle in the skin of a persons face

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Furrow

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

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Instinct

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9
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To lower your body

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Hunker

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10
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To begin or start

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Commence

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11
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An opposite or different fact, event, or situation

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Contrary

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

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Euphimism

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13
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To confuse someone very much

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Bewilder

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14
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Wanting to have what someone else has

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Envy

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15
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To ruin the surface of something

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Deface

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16
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refusing to think about or consider something or someone

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Dismissive

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17
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very careful about doing something correctly

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scrupulous

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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

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Preen

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20
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To keep someone or something away for a short time

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Stave

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21
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To continue to do something

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Proceed

22
Q

Exactly right

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Ideal

23
Q

A sudden understanding

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Revelation

24
Q

To keep (something) out or away

A

Repel

25
Q

Becoming angry or annoyed when you do not get what you want

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Petulant

26
Q

Very strong or forceful

A

Brute

27
Q

Not having complete trust in someone or something

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Warily

28
Q

Showing no emotion

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Stony

29
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Stiff

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Bristly

30
Q

Graceful or elegant

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Poise

31
Q

A final threat or promise

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Ultimatum

32
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Simple or plain

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Chast

33
Q

To echo

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Reverberate

34
Q

The spread of a harmful idea or practice

A

Contagion

35
Q

Over used

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Trite

36
Q

Showing a desire to help people

A

Altruistic

37
Q

physical or emotional shock

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Jarring

38
Q

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

A

Heir

39
Q

The back of someones neck

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Nape

40
Q

Conflicting

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Warring

41
Q

Starting, stoping, then starting again

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Intermittent

42
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Easily hurt or harmed physically, mentely, or emotionally

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Vulnerable

43
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Very sad and disappointed

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Crestfallen

44
Q

A fast speech

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Spiel

45
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very strange or unusually

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Surreal

46
Q

To shout in a deep voice

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Bellow

47
Q

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

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Accomplice

48
Q

To shine in small bright flashes

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Glint

49
Q

When a group gathers to wait and pray

A

Vigil

50
Q

The area around or near a particular place

A

Vicinity