Unit 5 Flashcards

1
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Distinguished feature of your personal nature

A

A trait

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2
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Extend over and cover a part of

A

To overlap

Our vacations overlap

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3
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To explain something clearly to him.

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To enlighten

Can you enlighten me - I don’t understand this proposal

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4
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All of the same or similar kind or nature

A

Homogeneous

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5
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You are asked to leave and never come back, kick out

A

To expel

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6
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The period of time during which something continues

A

Duration

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7
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Make into a whole or make a part, include or integrate a part into whole

A

To incorporate

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8
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To hold or to keep

Secure and keep for a possible future use or application

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To retain

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9
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Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

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Subtle

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10
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Cause to move slowly or operate at a slower rate, move more slowly

A person of subnormal intelligence

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To retard

The brain damage will retard the child’s language development

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11
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To return the person into a position or job

Bring back into original existence, use, function

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To reinstate

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12
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Return to its original or usable and functioning condition

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To restore

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13
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To separate suddenly and plead out in different directions

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To scatter

Scatter cards across the table

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14
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Spread out, it concentrated in one place

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to diffuse

A large diffuse organization

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15
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Cause to become widely known, spread information, knowledge, opinions

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To disseminate

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16
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To take someone property

A

Embezzlement

17
Q

Perform an act, usually with negative connotations

A

To perpetrate

18
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To force or inflict something or someone else

A

To impose