Vocab Units 10-12 Flashcards
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Barter
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An exchange in trade
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Accord
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Agreement , harmony
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Curt
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Short, rudely brief
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Devise
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To think out
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Dexterous
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Skillful in the use of hands or body
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Engross
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To occupy the complete attention of
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Entail
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To put a burden on
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Ferret
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A kind of weasel
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Habituated
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To become used to
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Impending
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About to happen
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Personable
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Pleasing in appearance or personality
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Rue
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To regret
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Scoff
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To make fun of
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Transition
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A change
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Trepidation
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Fear
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Upbraid
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To blame
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Veritable
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Actual
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Vex
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To annoy
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Vitality
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Strength
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Whimsical
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Subject to odd ideas
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Appease
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To make calm
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Belated
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Late tardy
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Calamitous
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Causing great misfortune
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Cite
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To quote
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Conventional
In line with accepted ideas or standards
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Decoy
To lure into a trap
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Delve
To dig
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Ensue
To follow I'm order
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Gallantry
Heroic courage
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Impart
To make known
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Judicious
Using or showing good judgment
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Mediate
To bring about an agreement between persons or groups
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Milieu
The setting, surroundings, environment
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Outlandish
Strange
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Overbearing
Domineering
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Pert
High spirited
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Quirk
A peculiar way of acting
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Regale
To feast
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Shiftless
Lazy
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Taint
A stain or spot
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Abdicate
To resign
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Bestow
To give as a gift
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Capacious
Able to hold much,roomy
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Caustic
Able to burn or eat away by chemical action
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Crusade
A sting movement to advance a cause or idea
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Deface
To injure or destroy the surface or appearance
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Embargo
An order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods
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Fallacy
A false notion or belief
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Levity
A lack of seriousness
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Mendicant
Beggar
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Nauseate
To make sick to the stomach
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Negate
To nullify
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Pivotal
Vitally important, essential
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Recipient
One who receives
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Ruse
An action designed to confuse or mislead
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Teem
To become filled to overflowing
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Tenet
An opinion belief
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Tractable
Easily managed
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Ungainly
Clumsy, awkward
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Voracious
Having a huge appetite
