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Unit 4 Flashcards

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To puzzle completely, confuse

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Bewilder

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A joining together for some common purpose

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Alliance

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A clown; a coarse, a stupid person

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Buffon

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Arousing argument, dispute or disagreement

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Controversial

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To discourage

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Dishearten

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Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful

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Fruitless

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Unfriendly, unfavorable,; war like, aggressive

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Hostile

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Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused

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Inflammable

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To give or cause something unpleasant, impose

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Inflict

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Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful malicious;

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Malignant

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To hurt someone’s feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation; to subdue or discipline by self by self-denial or suffering

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Mortifying

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In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things

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Orthodox

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To run quickly, scamper, hurry

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Scurry

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Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull, spiritless, listless

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Sodden

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Full of life vigor; courageous

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Spirited

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Having a certain force or effect in fact, it not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing.

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Virtual

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Completely empty having no legal force or effect

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Void

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Empty or unfurled space

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Void

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To cancel or nullify

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Void

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Disobedient, willful; unpredictable, capricious

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Wayward

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To draw back suddenly as though in pain or fear

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Wince

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The actin drawing back in this way

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Wince

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22
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S for alliance

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Pact, league, coalition

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A for alliance

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Rift, split

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S for bewilder

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Baffle, perplex

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A for bewilder

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Set straight, enlighten

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S for buffoon

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Jester, fool

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S for controversial

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Arguable, debatable

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S for dishearten

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Dismay, demoralize, dispirit

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A for dishearten

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Encourage, hearten

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S for fruitless

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Useless, vain, unproductive, futile

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A for fruitless

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Productive, effective

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A for hostile

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Friendly, cordial, peaceful

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S for inflammable

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Combustible, flammable, excitable

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A for inflammable

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Fireproof, fire resistant, calm

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S for inflict

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Deal out, visit upon

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A for inflict

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Suffer, undergo, sustain

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S for malignant

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Lethal, wicked

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A for malignant

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Wholesome, beneficial, benign

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S for mortifying

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Humiliate, embarrass, abash

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S for orthodox

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Traditional, standard, customary

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A for orthodox

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Unusual, unconventional, heretical

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S for procure

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Gain, acquire, achieve

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S for scurry

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Rush, dash, scramble

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A for scurry

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Trudge, plod, creep, crawl

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S for sodden

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Drenched, waterlogged, saturated

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A for sodden

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Parched, arid

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S for spirited

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Lively, animated, gallant

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A for spirited

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Lifeless, dull, lackluster

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S for virtual

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Functioning as, equivalent to

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S for void

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Invalid, bare, vacant

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A for void

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In effect, teeming with, confirm

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S for wayward

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Perverse

53
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A for wayward

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Docile, well behaved, predictable

54
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S for wince

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Flinch, shudder, recoil

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