Set 4 Flashcards

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(v)

To seek, attain, or achieve a goal

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ASPIRE

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(adj)

To one side; crooked; awry; sidelong look of contempt

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ASKEW

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(v)

To soothe; to make less severe; to satisfy, ease, lessen

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ASSUAGE

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(adj)

Quick in discernment; shrewd, clever, keen

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ASTUTE

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(adj)

In seperate parts; apart from each other in position

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ASUNDER

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5
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(v)

To wither away

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ATROPHY

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(adj)

Not typical, abnormal

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ATYPICAL

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(adj)

Stern, as in manner; without excess, unadorned, severely simple and plain

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AUSTERE

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(v)

To tease, annoy, harass persistently

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BADGER

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9
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(n)

The study of the dynamics or flight characteristics of projectiles

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BALLISTICS

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