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Vocab.2 Flashcards

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1
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Misogyny

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Hatred of women

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Misogamy

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Hatred of marriage

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3
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Graph/Gram

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Write/Draw

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Telegraph

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Written from far away

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Lithograph

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Written on stone

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6
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Scop/Skep

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Look at/Examine

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7
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Microscope

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a device magnifying small objects

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8
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Skeptic

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Someone who is doubtful

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9
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Tele-

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Far away/distance

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10
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Telephone

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a device for transmitting sound over far distances

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11
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Telepathy

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The ability to know what someone far away is thinking/feeling.

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12
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Micro

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Small

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13
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microphone

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a device for broadcasting/magnifying

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14
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microwave

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A device which produces small electronic waves

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15
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Miso-

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Hatred

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Compensate

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To remunerate, repay for services rendered.

17
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Comely

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pleasing to sight

18
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Fodder

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Food for livestock

19
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Sully

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To soil or stain

like when you shart

20
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Adjourn

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Suspended until a later time

21
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Jeer

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A scoffing or taunting remark

22
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Alien

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A resident of another country, or someone/something not from a certain place.

23
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Expulsion

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Forcible ejection

24
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Dissolute

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Loose in morals or conduct

25
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Subjugate

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To conquer

26
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Illegible

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undecipherable

27
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Unflinching

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Showing neither fear nor indecision; resolute

28
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Fortify

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to provide with defensive works; to strengthen

29
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Proliferate

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To increase or spread at a rapid rate

30
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Lucrative

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Highly profitable

31
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Feint

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Movement made in order to deceive an adversary; (to make a deceptive action.)

32
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Mediocre

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Ordinary

33
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Erratic

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Irregular

34
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Terse

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Brief and to the point

35
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Tantalize

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To tease

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