Unit 3 Flashcards

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Most unfortunate or miserable; showing utter hopelessness; showing humiliation

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Abject

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Kill in large numbers; extinguish, eradicate, decimate

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Annihilate

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An armed thief who is usually a member of a band; bandit

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Brigand

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Personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture in a car)

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Chattel

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Admit to wrongdoing; surrender or relinquish; acknowledge defeat

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Concede

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Invulnerable to fear or intimidation; brave, audacious, intrepid

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Dauntless

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Treat or speak with contempt

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Deride

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The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light; radiance

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Effulgence

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A period marked by distinctive character; a unit of geological time divided into ages

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Epoch

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Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; egregious, gross, glaring

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Flagrant

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The condition of bearing fruit; enjoyment derived from use or possession; made real or concrete

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Fruition

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Located farthest to the rear

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Hindmost

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Happening by change, unexpectedly, or unintentionally, accidentally

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Inadvertent

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The rising of water and its overflowing in a flood; an overwhelming number or amount

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Inundation

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Lacking spirit or livelinesses; lackadaisical

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Languid

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16
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Bothersome annoyance

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Nuisance

17
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Travel through the air; transmit; cause to broaden or spread

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Propagate

18
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Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; snarky

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Sardonic

19
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Unanimous

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In complete agreement; acting together as a s single, undiversified whole

20
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Lacking grace in movement or posture; difficult to handle or manage; gawky, awkward

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Ungainly