Sieve And The Sand Vocaublary Flashcards

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Strew

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Spread by scattering

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Insidious

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Working or spreading in a hidden and unusually injurious way

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Treason

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A crime that undermines and/or damages the offender’s government

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Accord

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Spontaneous or involuntary desire to take a certain action

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Complement

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Something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfections

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Divert

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Turn aside; turn away from

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Filigree

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Delicate/intricate ornamental work made of gold, silver, other fine twisted wire

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Pry

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Make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry

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Manifest

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To show or demonstrate plainly; reveal

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Verbiage

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Excess words for the purpose; wordiness

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Beatific

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Experiencing or bestowing joy

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Tyranny

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Dominance through threat of punishment and violence

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Suffuse

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To spread though or over, as with color, light or liquid

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Contemptible

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Worthy of being hated or despised

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Dentifrice

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A substance such as paste or powder, for cleaning the teeth

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Trifle

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Very little; somewhat

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Praetor

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An ancient roman magistrate

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Phosphorescent

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Emission of light without burning orbs very slow burning without much heat

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Perfunctorily

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Acting with indifference; showing little interest or care.

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Sieve

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A strainer for separating clumps from powdered/liquid material