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Unit Eight Flashcards

1
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to join at one end or be next to

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abut

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2
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to support, prop up

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abut

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3
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clothes, apparel, garb

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attire

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to dress, adorn, or bedeck

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attire

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5
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to be of use of benefit to

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avail

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to make use of

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avail

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7
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to take advantage of

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avail

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to profit or benefit

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avail

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9
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use, benefit, or value

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avail

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10
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a very close friend, pal, chum, buddy

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crony

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puzzling, mystifying, or enigmatic

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cryptic

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12
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going in a different direct

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divergent

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13
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different from each other

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divergent

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14
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departing from convention, deviant

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divergent

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15
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hatred, ill will

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enmity

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16
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vert earnest, emotional, passionate

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fervent

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17
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extremely hot

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fervent

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18
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thin bony, starved looking

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gaunt

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19
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bare, barren

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gaunt

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20
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to pass through or gain entrance to gradually or stealthily

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infiltrate

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21
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to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

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nullify

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22
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capable of being grasped by the senses or mind

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perceptible

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23
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to plunge straight down

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plummet

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24
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a weight fastened to a line

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plummet

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25
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to declare publicly or officially

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proclaim

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26
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an agent, substitute

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proxy

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27
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a written permission allowing one person to act in another’s place

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proxy

28
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to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse each time)

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rankle

29
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a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials

A

scavenger

30
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an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

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scavenger

31
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to limit, be sparing or frugal

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stint

32
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a limit or restriction

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stint

33
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a fixed share of work or duty

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stint

34
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a period of activity

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stint

35
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self controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

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stoical

36
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tireless, continuing with vigor

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unflagging

37
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s for abut

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border on, bolster

38
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s for attire

A

clothing

39
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s for divergent

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not in agreement, differing, unorthodox, unconventional

40
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s for enmity

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hostility, animosity, antagonism

41
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s for fervent

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enthusiastic, ardent, burning, blazing, scorching

42
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s for gaunt

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lean, scrawny, lanky, all skin and bones

43
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s for infiltrate

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slip into, creep into, penetrate

44
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s for nullify

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invalidate, annul

45
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s for perceptible

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noticeable, discernible, observable

46
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s for plummet

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take a nosedive

47
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s for proclaim

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announce, promulgate

48
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s for proxy

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deputy, representative

49
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s for rankle

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irritate, vex, nettle, irk, gall

50
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s for scavenger

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rummager

51
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s for stint

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restrict, scrimp, economize

52
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s for stoical

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unresponsive, impassive

53
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s for unflagging

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steady, undiminished, unremitting

54
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A for crony

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Enemy, rival

55
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A for cryptic

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Crystal clear, ambiguous

56
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A for divergent

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merging, intersecting, converging, orthodox, conventional

57
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A for enmity

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Friendship, amity

58
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A for fervent

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blasé, apathetic, restrained, emotionless

59
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A for gaunt

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Plump, chubby, stout, corpulent

60
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A for nullify

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Confirm, endorse, ratify, sanction

61
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A for perceptible

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Invisible, unnoticeable, indiscernible

62
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A for plummet

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Soar, skyrocket

63
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A for proclaim

A

Conceal, cover up

64
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A for rankle

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Please, delight, gratify

65
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A for stint

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Splurge, squander, lavish

66
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A for stoical

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Excitable, emotional, hotheaded

67
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A for unflagging

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Diminishing, drooping, sagging

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