Vocab Units 10-12 Flashcards by Rudy santacruz | Brainscape

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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

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In line with accepted ideas or standards

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Decoy

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To lure into a trap

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Delve

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To dig

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Ensue

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To follow I’m order

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Gallantry

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Heroic courage

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Impart

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To make known

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Judicious

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Using or showing good judgment

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Mediate

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To bring about an agreement between persons or groups

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Milieu

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The setting, surroundings, environment

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Outlandish

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Strange

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Overbearing

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Domineering

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Pert

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High spirited

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Quirk

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A peculiar way of acting

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Regale

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To feast

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Shiftless

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Lazy

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Taint

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A stain or spot

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Abdicate

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To resign

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Bestow

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To give as a gift

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Capacious

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Able to hold much,roomy

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Caustic

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Able to burn or eat away by chemical action

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Crusade

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A sting movement to advance a cause or idea

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Deface

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To injure or destroy the surface or appearance

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Embargo

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An order forbidding the trade in or movement of commercial goods

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Fallacy

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A false notion or belief

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Levity

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A lack of seriousness

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Mendicant

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Beggar

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Nauseate

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To make sick to the stomach

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Negate

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To nullify

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Pivotal

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Vitally important, essential

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Recipient

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One who receives

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Ruse

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An action designed to confuse or mislead

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Teem

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To become filled to overflowing

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Tenet

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An opinion belief

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Tractable

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Easily managed

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Ungainly

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Clumsy, awkward

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Voracious

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Having a huge appetite