Scholarship Vocabulary Lesson 14 Flashcards
1
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Insult, outrage, offense to dignity
A
Affront
2
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Strong desire, ambition, goal
A
Aspiration
3
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Hinder, frustrate, thwart, place obstacle in the way of
A
Balk
4
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No hope, depressing, gloomy
A
Bleak
5
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Scatter, dissipate, break up or cause to break up
A
Disperse
6
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Twilight, evening, period prior to darkness at night
A
Dusk
7
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Approve openly, support, back up with approval
A
Endorse
8
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Immeasurable, untold, numerous, too great
A
Incalculable
9
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Suggest, imply, discretely imply
A
Insinuate
10
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Grow stronger, strengthen, sharpen, deepen
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Intensify
11
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Strip of everything, rob, plunder
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Loot
12
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Seditious, rebellious, plot
A
Mutinous
13
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Make amends, repentant, contrite, remorseful
A
Penitent
14
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Point of view, viewpoint, standpoint, personal outlook
A
Perspective
15
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Plundering, exploiting, rapacious, predacious
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Predatory
