Vocab pay it forward Flashcards

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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

21
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to keep someone or something away for a short time

22
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to continue to do something

23
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exactly right

24
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a sudden understanding

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Revelation

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Very strong or forceful
Brute
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Not having complete trust in someone or something
Warily
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Showing no emotion
stony
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stiff
Britsity
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graceful and elegant
poise
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A final threat promise
ultimatum
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Simple or plain
chaste
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to echo
Reverbate
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that spreading of a harmful idea or practice
Contagion
34
overused
Trite
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Showing a desire to help people
Altruistic
36
physical or emotional shock
Jarring
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a person who has the legal right to recieve the property of someone who dies
Heir
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the back of a person's back
Nape
39
conflict
warring
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start,stopping,and starting again; not constant
Intermittent
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easily hurt or harmed physically , mentally or emotional
vulnerable
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very sad and disappointed
crestfallen
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a fast speech
spiel
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very strange or unusual
surreal
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to shout in a deep voice
Bellowing
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to shine in a small bright flashes
Glint
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a person who helps someone who is doing something wrong or illegal
accomplice
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when a person or group gathers to wait and play
vigill
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the area or near a particular
vicinity