quiz vocab Flashcards by Bryce Steinman

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truncated

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cut short

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kowtowed

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to show honor/repsect

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fracas

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a noisy quarrel

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stiletto

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a slender knife

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cowered

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to shrink away

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commode

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tolite

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tensile

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able to be stretched

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audacity

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boldness

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aperture

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hole

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deducted

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infer

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visage

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apperance

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precarious

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threat of danger

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canted

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to move

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stalactites

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iceciclle like deposits

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galoshes

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snow boot

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pristine

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original condition

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vista

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sights or views

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dilapidated

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decayed or ruined

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doffed

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to take off

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plaintive

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worthless or boring

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velocity

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speed

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reverently

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worship orrespect

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gob

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lump or mass

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elliptical

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oval shape

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trajectories

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the curve something moves in

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overt

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obvious

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interceded

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to beg or plead

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ebullience

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enthusiastic expression

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aghast

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shocked

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sardonically

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bitterly or scornful

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entice

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tempt

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delta

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change (in math terms)

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vehemence

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powerful

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flange

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used for guiding

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rent

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an opening

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guile

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deceitful

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stanch

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stop

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swath

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to “cut” a path

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intoned

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to ulter or say

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colloquial

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familliar

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emoting

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to express emotions

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accolades

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recognition

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rivulets

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a small stream

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maimed

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seriously wounded