Vocabulary 8 Flashcards
1
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Impede
A
To hinder and get in someone’s way. Obstructing someone
2
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Yield
A
To surrender, submit or capitulate. Back down and quit something
Or the amount produced
3
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Fluent
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Skilful at speaking a language. Being able to use a language well
4
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Distraught
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Greatly upset by worry or distress
5
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Illiterate
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Unable to read or write
6
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Loath
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Unwilling. Not wanting to do something
7
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Perplexity
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Inability to deal with or understand something. Feeling puzzled
8
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Tedious
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Annoyingly slow and boring
9
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Volatile
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Quickly changing from one mood to another
Or when something evaporates quickly
10
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Invigorating
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Give a person strength and courage
11
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Accentuated
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To emphasise and make something more noticeable or prominent
12
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ascertain
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To find out for certain. learn, discover, determine
