vocab 12 Flashcards

1
Q

allude

A

to make an indirect reference/refer

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2
Q

authentic

A

something genuine to something

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3
Q

baton

A

thick stick people use hit/sports

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4
Q

clarity

A

an arguement being well explained

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5
Q

cockade

A

piece of headwear with feathers

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6
Q

disrupt

A

to intrude in something

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7
Q

eliminate

A

get rid off

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8
Q

hireling

A

to do something stupid just to get paid/ assassin/hitman

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9
Q

knell

A

a sound that represents death

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10
Q

Lei

A

flower necklace in Hawaii

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11
Q

pare

A

to reduce something/ peel or cut

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12
Q

rampant

A

out of control/terrible

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13
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scourge

A

smtng that causes a lot of sufferage in a group

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14
Q

triplicate

A

multiples of three

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15
Q

unseemly

A

to disapprove someones bad behavior

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16
Q

toady

A

to flatter themself

17
Q

passage

A

place for ppl to pass - crossing by boat - part of smtng written

18
Q

avalanche

A

mass of something (tends to be snow) falling down

19
Q

premonition

A

feeling that smtng bad will happen

20
Q

fumes

A

smoke - great irritation shown

21
Q

creditor

A

someone who is receiving owed money

22
Q

unearthly

A

weird - non earth like

23
Q

aggravate

A

make worse

24
Q

impasse

A

something that can’t be resolved

25
Q

shrew

A

mouselike animal - nagging woman

26
Q

fateful

A

very important - future - deadly

27
Q

abstain

A

do without willingly - refuse to vote for anything/have an opinion

28
Q

mite

A

small amount of money - small animal looks like a spider

29
Q

collaborate

A

work together

30
Q

exaggerate

A

make something greater than it already is

31
Q

exposed

A

unprotected - make known - let light fall on - revealing

32
Q

presale

A

selling something before it’s available

33
Q

monocle

A

one eyeglass

34
Q

hectoliter

A

something with the compassity 100 liters

35
Q

millipedes/centipede

A

bug with 100/1000 legs

36
Q

greek prefix 1 - 10

A

mono
di
tri
treta
penta
hexa
hepta
octa
nona
deca

37
Q

tretabasic

A

having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement

38
Q

heptagon

A

shape with 7 sides