vocabulary 8 Flashcards

1
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Endeavor

A

Try hard to do or achieve something

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2
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Enhance

A

Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality

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3
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Fend

A

Look after and provide for oneself, without any help from
others

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4
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Gullible

A

Easily persuaded to believe something

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5
Q

Humane

A

Having or showing compassion

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6
Q

Instill

A

Gradually but firmly establish an idea in a person’s mind

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7
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Luminous

A

Full of light; bright or shining, especially in the dark

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8
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Modify

A

Make partial or minor changes to something in order to
improve it

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9
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Plausible

A

Seeming reasonable or probable

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10
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Recur

A

Occur again, periodically, or repeatedly

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11
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Sporadic

A

Scattered or isolated

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12
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Transition

A

Change from one state or condition to another

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13
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Apprehend

A

Arrest someone for a crime

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14
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Ardent

A

Enthusiastic or passionate

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15
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Bonanza

A

A large amount of something desirable

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