vocab 7-9 Flashcards

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Contingent

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Conditional and depending on something else
Likely to happen not certain
The group that is part of a larger one

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deluge

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Downpour or flooding

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Fanfare

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a showy display or trumpet/band sounds

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Fledgling

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New untested Or a young bird

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Inane

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Empty or shallow or foolish

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Mettle

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Courage to bear up under difficult circumstances

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Negligible

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Small and unimportant

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Protract

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to draw out or lengthen

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adept

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Highly skilled or expert

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Azure

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The blue color of a cloudless sky

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Copious

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large In quantity

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deploy

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To arrange troops or to put into use

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facilitate

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To make easier

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Fastidious

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Paying close attention to detail or difficult to please

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fitful

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Not steady irregular

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grapple

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Struggle with and close combat
And iron shaft with a claw for grasping
Come to grips with

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pang

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They sudden sharp feeling of pain or distress

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abet

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To encourage or assist in some activity

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allot

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To assign or distribute as a portion or share

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humdrum

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Lacking excitement boring

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influx

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a flowing or pouring in arrival in massive numbers

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query

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A question

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sporadic

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Happening occasionally not regularly

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staple

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to attach with staples
most important or basic
u sharpened fastener with sharp ends

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tumult

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Noisy excitement or an uproar

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unseemly

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Not suitable inappropriate or improper