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vocab Flashcards

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unvanquished

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undefeated-unconcered

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microsecond

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one 1000000th of a second

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mainstream

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belonging to a widely accepted group

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fiend

A

some one extremely addicted

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hunkering

A

crouching down

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humanoid

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having human like charcteristics

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bulkhead

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an outside door over a stairway leading to a cellar

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ornithopter

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a wing flapping rubber band powered flying machine made with wood paper and a rubberband

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propulsion

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the action or process of propelling

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sobriquet

A

nickname

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demeanor

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behavior

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postulated

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assumed with no proof

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fair

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pleasantly equal

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14
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quest

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an adventure/expedition

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15
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invincible

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immune to every thing painful

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ignorance

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lack of knowledge

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sophisticated

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complex

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opiate

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a drug

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massive

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huge and big

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hulking

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heavy

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21
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offended

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hurt feelings

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abide

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put up with

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tenements

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low rent apartments who barely meet minimum standards

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spastic

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clumsy

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flinch

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draw or shrink back from what is dangourous

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depleted

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used up

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expel

A

drive away

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regurgitate

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vomit

29
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swilling

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drinking greedily

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strutting

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walking with head up high

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cretin

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mentally disabled person

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lack

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imcompleteness

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archetype

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prototype

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microsurgery

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delicate magnified surgery

35
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artifact

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manmade object or tool very valueable to history

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avarice

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greed

37
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sucrose

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sugar

38
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incision

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cut

39
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divulged

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made known

40
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bionic

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having a robot part

41
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modification

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change

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perspective

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visible scene

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trajectory

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path of a body

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converging

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meeting at a point

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swaggering

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walking in a defined manner

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nanosecond

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one billionith of a second

47
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evasive

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trying to avoid something

48
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confrontation

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face to face

49
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albino

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a person with pale skin, pinkish eyes, and very light hair

50
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vegetate

A

to do nothing

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