Unit 8 Flashcards

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1
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A smaller room that serves as an eNtry into a larger room

A

Anteroom

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2
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A worthless but attractive adormant

A

Bauble

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3
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Government through administrative organizations or departments

A

Bureaucracy

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4
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Sympathy for Oregon knowledge meant of another’s pain or grief

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Condolence

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5
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And extensive fire

A

Conflagration

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6
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To remove covering

A

Denude

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7
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To convince a person to abandon in action or belief

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Dissuade

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8
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To make worse, to aggravate a problem or condition

A

Exacerbate

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9
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Having a horrible appearance

A

Ghastly

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10
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A factor that causes action

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Impetus

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11
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Or yellow discoloration of the skin and tissues caused by medical condition, such as hepatitis

A

Jaundice

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12
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Tending to give a lesser punishment or penalty

A

Lenient

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13
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A fictional story

A

Myth

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14
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To control the course and direction of a vessel or vehicle, to find a route, as with a map

A

Navigate

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15
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Eating food from both animals and plants

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Omnivorous

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16
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Widespread and persuasive, affecting everyone

A

Pandemic

17
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A particular mental outlook orpoint of view

A

Perspective

18
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A prophetic Feeling, and impression that an event, often a bad event, will happen in the future

A

Premonition

19
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A deep, long depression in the earth, as a canyon or gorge

A

Ravine

20
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Unwilling to speak, tending to be silent

A

Reticent

21
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Lacking willingness or energy to accomplish anything

A

Shiftless

22
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Not stated out right but understood

A

Tacit

23
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A feeling of anxiety or uncertainty

A

Trepidation

24
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Hey superficial, often deceptive, outer layer

A

Veneer

25
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A person who was fanatical or holds extreme and passionate views on a particular topic, especially a religion

A

Zealot