Science Fiction Flashcards

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Evaluate

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To determine or set the value or amount of

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Prohibit

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To forbid by authority or law.

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Instigate

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to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course

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Meander

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To wander aimlessly

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Replenish

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To make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up.

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Resume

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To take up or go on with again after interruption :continue

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infrequent

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Not occurring often: rare

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Evacuate

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to remove people or things from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection

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Haggle

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To bargain in a pretty, quibbling, and often contentious manner.

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Endorse

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Declare one’s public approval or support of.

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Premises

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A house or building, together with its land and outbuilding, occupied by a business or considered in an Official context . A statement to be true.

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Deceit

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The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. ( lying)

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Compassion

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Sympathetic pity and concern for the suffering or misfortunes of others

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Skepticism

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A skeptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something.

Not sure

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Luxurious

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Extremely conformable, element, or enjoyable, esp in a way that involves great expense
Beautiful

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Prosperous

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Successful in material terms; flourishing financially

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Ecstatic

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Feeling or expression overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement

Over joy

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Authentic

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Of undisputed orgin; genuine

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Ignorant

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Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated

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Dire

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Extremely serious or urgent

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Suspicious

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Having or showing a caution distrust of someone or something

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Empathic

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of, pertaining to, or characterized by empathy

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Baffle

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to confuse, bewilder, or perplex