The Crossover Flashcards

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Acclaim
verb: praise vociferously

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Gloat
verb: dwell on with satisfaction

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Crepe
noun: a small, thin pancake

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Inspire
verb: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

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Distinction
noun: high status importance owing to marked superiority

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Banish
verb: send away from a place of residence, as for punishment

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Flaunt
verb: display proudly

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Phenomenal
adjective: exceedingly or unbelievably great

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Snicker
verb: laugh quietly

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Impersonation:
noun: mimicking the mannerisms of someone else

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Ignite
verb: arouse or excite feelings; stir up or provoke to action

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Taunt
verb: harass with persistent criticism or carping

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Prefer
verb: like better; value more highly

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Enshrine
verb: enclose in a place of worship

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Legendary
adjective: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a myth

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Cackle
verb: emit a loud, unpleasant kind of laughing

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Calamity
noun: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

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Dreadful
adjective: exceptionally bad or displeasing

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Random
adjective: lacking any definite plan or order or purpose

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Seldom
adverb: not often

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Resist
verb: express opposition through action or words

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Loom
verb: hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing

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Mocking
adjective: playfully vexing, especially by ridicule

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Appeal
noun: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

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Strategy noun: an elaborate and systematic plan of action
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Frantically adv. in an uncontrolled manner
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Amateur noun: someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
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Expectation noun: belief about the future
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Camaraderie noun: the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
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Decent adjective: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
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Torso noun: the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
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Swagger noun: a proud stiff pompous gait
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Sibling noun: a person's brother or sister
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Opulent adjective: rich and superior in quality
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Uphold verb: keep or maintain in unaltered condition
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Verdict noun: findings of a jury on issues submitted to it for decision
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Strut verb: walk in a proud, confident way
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Meditate verb: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
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Stubble noun: short hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved
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Verify verb: confirm the truth of
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Brutal adjective: harsh
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Solemn adjective: dignified and somber in manner or character
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Churlish adjective: rude and boorish
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Deranged adjective: driven insane
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Consequence noun: the outcome of an event
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Annoyed adjective: aroused to impatience or anger
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Atone verb: make amends for
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Anticipate verb: make a prediction about; tell in advance
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Flagrant adjective: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
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Squall noun: a loud and harsh cry
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Onset noun: the beginning or early stages
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Ironic adjective: humorously sarcastic or mocking
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Profusely adverb: in an abundant manner
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Faze verb: disturb the composure of
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Rage noun: a feeling of intense anger
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Melee noun: a noisy riotous fight
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Quest noun: the act of searching for something
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Tension noun: a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
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Reek verb: smell badly and offensively
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Mutter verb: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
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Pulchritudinous adjective: having great physical beauty
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Eavesdrop verb: listen without the speaker's knowledge
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Suffocate verb: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
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Incident noun: a single distinct event
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Heirloom noun: something that has been in a family for generations
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Align verb: bring into proper or desirable coordination correlation
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Estranged adjective: caused to be unloved
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Distraction noun: drawing someone's attention away from something
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Barely adverb: in a sparse or scanty way
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Coma noun: a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness
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Symptom noun: a sensation associated with a particular disease
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Genetics noun: the study of heredity and variation in organisms
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Dedicate verb: address to or inscribe as a sign of honor or respect
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Righteous adjective: morally justified
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Quiver verb: shake with fast, tremulous movements
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Massive adjective: imposing in scale or scope or degree or power
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Hypertension noun: a disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high
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Autopsy noun: an examination and dissection of a dead body
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Refuse verb: show unwillingness towards
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Inevitable adjective: incapable of being avoided or prevented