Unit 7 Flashcards

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Amend

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Verb

To change in a formal way; to change for the better

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Buffet

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Verb
To slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force ones way with difficulty
Noun
A slap, blow

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Abhor

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Verb

To regard with honor or loathing; to hate deeply

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Chaos

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Noun

Great confusion, disorder

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Commdious

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Adj.

Roomy, spacious

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Corrosive

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Adj.

Eating away gradually, acid-like; bitterly sarcastic

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Discern

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Verb

To see clearly, recognize

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Extant

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Adj.

Still existing; not terminated, destroyed, or lost

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Implicate

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Verb

To involve in; to connect with or be related to

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Inter

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Verb

To bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

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Martinet

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Noun

A strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

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Obviate

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Verb

To anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

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Renegade

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Noun
One who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw
Adj.
Traitorous; unconventional, umorthodox

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Reprehnsible

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Adj.

Deserving blame or punishment

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Somber

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Adj.

Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

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Squalid

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Adj.

Filthy, wretched, debased

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Turbulent

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Adj.

Disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

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Vociferous

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Adj.

Loud and noisy; compelling attention

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Voluminous

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Adj.

Of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

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Waive

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Verb

To do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer