scholarship leassion 3 2nd 9 weeks Flashcards

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abrogate

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abolish,annual,nullify,invalidate,renge,repeal

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allay

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alleviate,assuage,calm,mitigate,quit,ease,pacify

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bizarre

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freakish,grotesque,strange,ridiculous,weird,odd

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brash

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bold,cheeky,audacious,foolhardy,impudent,presumptuous,rude

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confront

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encounter,meet,defy,face,resist,fflout

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diminutive

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small,lilliputian,miniature,tiny,miniscule

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dismantle

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destroy,disassemble,raze,
demolish,decimate,divest

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havoc

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devastation,cataclysm,catastrophe,ruin

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horrify

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alarm,dismay,petrify,appall,daunt,intimidate

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inordiante

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disproportionate,immoderate,unreasonable,excessive,umwarranted

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insatiable

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unquenchable,insistent,rapacious,ravenous,gluttonous,greedy, unappeasable,

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irrepressible

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ebullient,unstoppable,uncontrollable,enthusiastic,insuppressible.

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irrevocable

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unchangeable,unalterable,permanent, constant,irreversible

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mentor

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adviser,guild,coach,teacher,trainer,tutor,counselor

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myriad

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infinite,countless,immeasurable,incalculable,variable

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pandemonium

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anarchy,tumult,chaos,tumult,bedlam,ruckus

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prerogative

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privilege,exemption,advantage,immunity,sanction,claim

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quip

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retort,pleasantry,mockery,joke,repartee,witticism,insult

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raucous

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discordant,harsh ,strident,cacophonous,horses,load,dissonant

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sanguine

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buoyant,cheerful,assured,confident,enthusiastic,secure,self-assured