Pay it Forward Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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showing a desire to help people.

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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 given to someone or something be newspapers, magazines, TV programs, etc.

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Publicity

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4
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to gather together.

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Muster

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5
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very strange or ugly in a way that isn’t 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 person’s 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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Hunkered

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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 or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive.

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Euphemism

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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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Defaced

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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.

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Scrupulously

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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.

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Repel

25
Q

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

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Petulant

26
Q

very strong or forceful.

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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
Q

stiff.

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Bristly

30
Q

graceful and elegant.

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Poise

31
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a final threat or promise.

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Ultimatum

32
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simple or plain.

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Chaste

33
Q

to echo.

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Reverberate

34
Q

the spreading of a harmful idea or practice.

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Contagion

35
Q

overused.

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Trite

36
Q

showing a desire to help people.

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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 a person’s neck.

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Nape

40
Q

conflicting.

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Warring

41
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starting, stopping, and starting again; not constant.

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Intermittent

42
Q

easily hurt or harmed physically, mentally, or emotionally.

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Vulnerable

43
Q

very sad and disappointed.

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Crestfallen

44
Q

a fast speech.

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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.

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Glint

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.

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Vigil

50
Q

the area around or near a particular place.

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Vicinity