VOCABBBBB Flashcards

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Berserk

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S: mad A: sane Violently and destructively enraged

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Chasten

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S: temper
A: reward To punish, to restrain, moderate

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Detract

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S: lower
A: increase To take away from; reduce and value for reputation

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Encounter

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S: happen upon
S: confrontation
A meeting; a meeting of enemies, battle; to meet or come upon
A: avoid
A: avoidance

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Pantomime

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S: mime show
A play or stop performed without words by actors using only gestures
A: stay in play

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Precaution

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S: foresight
Care taken beforehand; a step or action taken to prevent something from happening
A: recklessness

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Punture

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S: perforation
S: to poke
A small hole made by a sharp object; to make such a hole, pierce
A: union
A: to cover up

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Sham

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S: faker
Something false pretending to be genuine; a pretender; a decorated pillow cover
A: truthful

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Uncouth

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S: boorish
Unrefined, crude; awkward or clumsy
A: graceful

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Wistful

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S: longing
Full of melancholy yearning or longing, sad, pensive
A: happy

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Beacon

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S: beam
A light or other signal that warns or guides; a lighthouse
A: shadow

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Celestial

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S: stellar
Having to do with the sky or heavens; heavenly; yielding great bliss or happiness
A: eathly

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Data

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S: evidence
Information; facts, figures, statistics
A: false

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Epic

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S: saga
S: grand
A long narrative poem about the deeds of heroes; on a grand scale, vast, titanic
A: reality
A: understand

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Pessimist

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S: downer
One who believes or expects the worst; prophet of doom
A: optimist

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Prosecute

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S: pursue
To bring before a court of law for trial; to carry out
A: defined

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Retaliate

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S: pay back
Revenge; to strike back for an injury
A: pardon

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Underscore

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S: line
To draw a line under; to put special emphasis on; a line drawn under something
A: not to underline

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Wholesome

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S: beneficial
Healthy; morally and socially sound and good; helping to bring about or preserve good health
A: harmful

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Confiscate

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S: commander
To seize by authority; to take and keep
A: return