Vocab pay it forward Flashcards

1
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showing a desire to help people

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altruism

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2
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the act of giving up something that you want to keep

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sacrifice

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3
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attention that is given to someone or something by newspaper,magazines tv programs etc.

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publicity

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4
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to gather together

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Mustering

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5
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very strange or ugly in a way that is not normal or natural

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Grotesque

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6
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to walk slowly without effort

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sauntered

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7
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a wrinkle in the skin of a persons face

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furrow

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8
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a natural desire that makes you want to act a certain way

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instinct

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9
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to lower your body

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Hunker

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10
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to lower your body

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Hunker

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11
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to begin or start

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Comence

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12
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an oppisite or different fact, event or situation

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Contary

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13
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a pleasant word or phrase that is used instead of one that is unpleasant or offensive

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euphenism

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14
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to confuse someone very much

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bewilder

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15
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wanting to have what someone else has

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Envy

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16
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to ruin the surface of something

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deface

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17
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refusing tothink about or consider something or someone

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dismissive

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18
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very careful about doing something correctly

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Scrupulous

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19
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Having or showing personal qualities that people admire

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Noble

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20
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to make yourself neat and tidy

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Preening

21
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to keep someone or something away for a short time

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stove

22
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to continue to do something

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Proced

23
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exactly right

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ideal

24
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a sudden understanding

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Revelation

25
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Very strong or forceful

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Brute

26
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Not having complete trust in someone or something

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Warily

27
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Showing no emotion

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stony

28
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stiff

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Britsity

29
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graceful and elegant

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poise

30
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A final threat promise

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ultimatum

31
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Simple or plain

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chaste

32
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to echo

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Reverbate

33
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that spreading of a harmful idea or practice

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Contagion

34
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overused

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Trite

35
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Showing a desire to help people

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Altruistic

36
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physical or emotional shock

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Jarring

37
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a person who has the legal right to recieve the property of someone who dies

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Heir

38
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the back of a person’s back

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Nape

39
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conflict

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warring

40
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start,stopping,and starting again; not constant

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Intermittent

41
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easily hurt or harmed physically , mentally or emotional

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vulnerable

42
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very sad and disappointed

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crestfallen

43
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a fast speech

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spiel

44
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very strange or unusual

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surreal

45
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to shout in a deep voice

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Bellowing

46
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to shine in a small bright flashes

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Glint

47
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a person who helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal

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accomplice

48
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when a person or group gathers to wait and play

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vigill

49
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the area or near a particular

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vicinity