Vocab 1 Flashcards
1
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Ajar
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Wide open
2
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Tentative
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Something done without confidence
3
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Involuntary
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Done again someone’s will or out of someone’s control
4
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Commence
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To begin or start
5
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Probe
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Physically explore or examine something with the hand or an instrument
6
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Slur
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To speak in distinctly so that the sounds of run into one another
7
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Eerie
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Strange and frightening
8
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Ominous
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Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen. Something threatening
9
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Scoundrel
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A dishonest or unscrupulous person, a rogue.
10
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Tenement
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A room or set of rooms forming a separate residence with the house or block of apartments. A piece of land held by an owner
