Unit 7 Flashcards

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Abhor

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to hate deeply, feel a strong distate

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amend

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to change in a formal way, change for the better

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buffet

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to slap, as with the hand, to strike repeatedly

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chaos

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great confusion, disorder

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commodious

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roomy

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corrosive

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eating away gradually, acid like

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discern

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to see clearly, recognize

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extant

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still existing, not exterminated, destroyed or losty

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implicate

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to involve in, to connect with or be related to

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inter

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to bury

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obviate

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to remove, prevent difficulties or objections

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renegade

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one who leaves a group, a deserter, outlaw, traitorous, unconventional

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reprehensible

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deserving blame or punishment

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somber

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dark, gloomy, depressed or melancholy in spirit

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squalid

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filthy, wretched, debased

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sucessive

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following in order

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turbulent

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disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy

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vociferous

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loud and noisy, compelling attention

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voluminous

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of great size, very bulky, writing or speaking at great lenght

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waive

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to do without, give up ( give up the right to do something)