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Set 7 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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(V) to overthrow or take over by force

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Usurp

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(Adj) without challenge or competition, the top/the most

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Unparalleled

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(N) an item given to compensate for a loss

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Reparation

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(Adj) restricted, limited, held back

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Constrained

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(N) monetary gifts

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Bequests

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(N) people who donate money to institutions

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Benefactors

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(N) a short, isolated story; an anecdote

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Vignette

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(Adj) so small it is insignificant

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Negligible

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(Adj) deeply moving, capable of evoking emotion

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Poignant

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(Adj) bland, dull, flat

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Insipid

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(Adj) strong-willed, refuse to capitulate

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Tenacious

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(Adj) difficult to comprehend

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Inscrutable

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(Adj) effusive, bubbling with energy or emotion

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Ebullient

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(Adj) deeply depressed, cannot be consoled

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Disconsolate

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(Adj) insincere

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Unctuous

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(V) two opposing ideas

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Polarized

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(V) to criticize or put down

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Disparage

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(V) to praise or note in high esteem

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Extol

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(Adj) impulsively aggressive

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Impetuous

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(Adj) the ability to intimidate

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Redoubtable

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(Adj) changing in form

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Malleable

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(N) two different entities co-existing for mutual benefit

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Symbiosis

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(N) the state of ill-intent, hatred, evil intentions

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Malevolence

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(N) meticulous, precise, attention to detail

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Punctilious

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(N) the mental state of alarm or unease

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Consternation

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(N) perception, intuition, aw to decipher thoughts and feelings

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Perspicacity

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(N) burden, responsibility

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Onus

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(N) command

(Adj) mandatory

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Imperative

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