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Doctor Sleep & Mocking Jay > Set 4 > Flashcards

Set 4 Flashcards

0
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Rigged

A

Assemble or adjust for use

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Contender

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Engage in a competition in order to achieve something

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Manacles

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Shackles

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Backlog

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An accumulated amount of incomplete work

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Gravitate

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Move toward or be attracted to a place, person or thing

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Ferret

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Search tenaciously or finding something

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Hunker down

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  1. To squat or crouch down

2. To apply oneself to a task seriously

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Tentative

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  1. Not certain or fixed

2. Without confidence; hesitant

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Cessation

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The end of something

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Sag

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Sink, subside, or bulge downward due to weight, pressure or lack of strength

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Grisly

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Causing horror or disgust

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Awning

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雨蓬

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alcove

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壁龕

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flaring

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Burn with a sudden intensity

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Mutilate

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Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on

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Gingerly

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In a careful, cautious manner

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Peter out

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Decrease or fade gradually before coming to an end

17
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Divvy up

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Divide up and share

18
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Makeshift

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Serving as a temporary substitute

19
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Rabble

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A disorderly crowd; a mob

20
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Antics

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An attention drawing act, typically playful and funny.

21
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Moot point

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Subject to debate, dispute or uncertainty

22
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Dread

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  1. Fearful

2. Extreme reluctance to face

23
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Interlace

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Cross intricately; interweave

24
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Wedge

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Force into a narrow space

25
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Guttural

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(Of a sound) produced in the throat; harsh sounding

26
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Skitter

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Move lightly, quickly or hurriedly

27
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Lathering

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A frothy white mass of bubbles

28
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Graze

A
  1. Eat grass in the field

2. Touch or scrape

29
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Mildew

A

黴菌

30
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huddled

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  1. Crowd together
  2. Curl one’s body into a small space
  3. Draw together for a informal conversation
31
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Mast of boat

A

桅桿

32
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Rabid

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  1. Crazy, fanatic

2. Relating to Rabies

33
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Gilded

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  1. Covered thinly with gold paint

2. Wealthy and privileged

34
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Grimy

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Dirt ingrained on the surface of something; dusty

35
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Pelts

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  1. Animal fur or skin

2. To attack someone by repeated hurling

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