Vocab 24 Flashcards

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Poach

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To tree pass on someone’s land. Especially to hurt illegally. To cook in simmering liquid

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Ponderous

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Large heavy and clumsy. Dull and tiresome

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Portly

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Comfortable fat or stout. Stately or dignified

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Pessimistic

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Gloomy, expecting the worst, inclined to look on the dark side.

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Plot

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A secret, often villainous plan, event of a story

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Portend

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To foretell to forebode, to warn

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Potency

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Strength, power , force

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Poignant

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Painfully felt , emotionally touching or moving.

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Plaintive

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Mournfully melancholy sad sorrowful

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Poise

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Physical or mental balance,equilibrium, composer, to hold in balance to hover

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