Scholarship Voc. Lesson 2 Flashcards

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Apparel

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Outer clothing; attire;dress; garb

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Alter

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Make different; change; modify

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Distort

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Twist out of the true meaning; misrepresent; misstate; garble

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Farce

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Ridiculous show; mockery; burlesque

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Fickle

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Changeable in ones affections interests, or loyalties; inconstant; capricious

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Flimsy

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Without strength or solidity; of inferior materials and workmanship; weak; inadequate; unconvincing; thin

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Harbinger

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Anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; forerunner; precursor; herald

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Interpret

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Set forth the meaning of; explain; construe

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Intimate

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Make know indirectly; hint; suggest; imply

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Irrelevant

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Not relating to the subject; inapplicable; extraneous

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Lucrative

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Producing wealth; moneymaking; profitable; gainful

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Malign

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Speak harmful untruths about; vilify; defame; slander

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Monumental

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Impressively large; huge; massive; immense

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Negligible

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So tiny that it may safely be disregarded; slight; trifling; inconsequential

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Ogre

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Hideous giant; person to be dreaded; monster; fiend; tyrant; despot

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Prestige

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Standing in the eyes of others; influence; status; reputation

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Quiver

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Shake with slight, rapid motion; tremble; shiver; shudder

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Rout

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Defeat disastrously and put to disorderly flight; overwhelm; conquer

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Sage

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Person distinguished for wisdom; scholar; philosopher

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Weird

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Strikingly odd; strange; fantastic; bizarre