Unit 1 Flashcards

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To get down, from step down from; to come down from the air, land

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Alight

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Near, next to, adjoining

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Adjacent

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2
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Lighted up

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Alight

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3
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Not productive, bare

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Barren

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4
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To break up, disturb

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Disrupt

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5
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A powerful family or group of rulers that maintains it position or power for some time

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Dynasty

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6
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An advanced inside action sample or warning

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Foretaste

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7
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To begin to grow, come into being

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Germinate

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8
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Ordinary, dull, routine, with out variation

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Humdrum

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To rush violently, dash headlong; to fling or hurl forcefully

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Hurtle

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To suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly

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Insinuate

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Endless, so long as to seem endless

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Interminable

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To ask questions, examine by questioning

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Interrogate

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To pay back; to give a reward

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Recompense

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A payment for loss, service, or injury

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Recompense

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To repair, restore to good condition, make new again

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Renovate

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A brief summery; a short written account of one’s education, working experience, or qualifications for jobs

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Résumé

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17
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Silent or broad one because of ill humor, anger, or resentment; slow moving, sluggish

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Sullen

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18
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To fall or flow by drops or in a small stream

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Trickle

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19
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A small, irregular quantity of anything

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Trickle

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20
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Not important, minor; ordinary, common place

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Trivial

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21
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A pause in fighting temporary peace

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Truce

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22
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Evil, bad, spiteful; having bad habits or an ugly disposition; painfully severe or extreme

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Vicious

23
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S for adjacent

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Alongside, nearby, neighboring

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S for alight

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Dismount, descend, land, touch down

25
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S for barren

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Unproductive, sterile, desolate, arid

26
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S for disrupt

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Upset, displace, disorder

27
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S for dynasty

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Ruling house, Regime

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S for foretaste

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Preview, anticipation

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S for germinate

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Sprout, shoot up, grow, burgeon

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S for humdrum

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Monotonous, uneventful, prosaic, boring

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S for hurtle

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Speed, fly, race, catapult, fling

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S for insinuate

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Imply, intimate

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S for interminable

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Never-ending, ceaseless

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S for Interrogate

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Question, query

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S for Recompense

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Repay, compensation

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S for renovate

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Repair, fix up, recondition

37
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S for résumé

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Synopsis, job history

38
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S for Sullen

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Grumpy, surly, peevish, morose

39
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S for trickle

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Dribble drizzle, drip, small amount

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S for Trivial

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Insignificant, petty, trifling

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S for truce

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Cease-fire, armistice

42
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S for vicious

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Wicked, malicious, savage

43
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A for adjacent

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Far away, distant, remote

44
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A for alight

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Mount, ascend, board, take off

45
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A for barren

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Fertile, productive, fruitful

46
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A for disrupt

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Organize, arrange

47
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A for germinate

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Wither, die, stagnate, shrivel up

48
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A for humdrum

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Lively, exciting, thrilling, exhilarating

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A for hurtle

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Crawl, creep

50
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A for insinuate

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Barge in, broadcast

51
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A for interminable

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Brief, short, fleeting

52
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A for Sullen

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Cheerful , blithe, sociable, vivacious

53
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A for trickle

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Gush, pour, flood, deluge

54
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A for trivial

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Important, weighty, moments

55
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A for Truce

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War, warfare, fighting

56
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A for vicious

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Good, kind, kindly, mild, harmless