Unit 9 Flashcards

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1
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Suitable, fitting, likely

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Apt

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2
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In a turned or twisted position or direction

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Awry

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3
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A short club used as a weapon

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Bludgeon

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4
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To end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

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Capitulate

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5
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To warm by rubbing

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Chafe

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To make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of

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Defile

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7
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Dreadful, causing fear or suffering

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Dire

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8
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Charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

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Disarming

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9
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To wear sore by rubbing

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Chafe

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In bad humor, discontented, annoyed

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Disgruntled

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To advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

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Encroach

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To furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

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Endow

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13
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To ward off, resist

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Fend

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14
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To feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk

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Chafe

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15
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Freedom from punishment

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Impunity

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16
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Air, manner

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Mien

17
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Having to do with punishment

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Penal

18
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Related to the matter at hand, to the point

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Pertinent

19
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The greatest in strength or power

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Predominant

20
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Something wonderful or marvelous

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Prodigy

21
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A person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

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Recluse

22
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Fame, glory

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Renown

23
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Quick to learn

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Apt

24
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Wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

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Awry

25
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To strike with a heavy club

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Bludgeon

26
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To strain or press against

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Chafe

27
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To march in a single line or columns

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Defile

28
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Warning of trouble to come

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Dire

29
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To get along

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Fend

30
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Appearance

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Mien

31
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Most common

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Predominant

32
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An unusual feat

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Prodigy

33
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To use force or strong arguments to gain some point

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Bludgeon

34
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A sore or injury caused by rubbing

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Chafe

35
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A narrow passage

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Defile

36
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Demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

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Dire

37
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Manage

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Fend

38
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Canyon

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Defile

39
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Expression

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Mien