Vocabulary test 10! Flashcards

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Balmy

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soothing and mild

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Bask

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to lie and enjoy a warm place

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Denominator

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the number below the line in a fraction

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Vertical

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strait up and down

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Ovation

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a loud enthusiastic show of approval

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Emancipate

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To set free from slavery or control

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susceptible

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easily influenced or affected/vulnerable

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tarnish

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to dull the shine of a metal surface by exposure to air

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abated

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to become less intense or wiespread

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kneeing

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crying uncontrollably

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remmants

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a small remaining quantity of something

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hordes

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a large crowd of people

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Agony

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Extreme mental suffering of something

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Raged

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To feel or Express violence or uncontrollable

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Teetered

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To move or balance unsteadily; to sway back and forth

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Stagger

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To walk or move unsteadily as if about to fall

or deeply shocked

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Amphibious

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Relating to living in, or suited for both land and water

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Sloshing

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To move irregularly with a splash sound

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Diminish

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To make or become less

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Pulverized

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To reduce to fine particles

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Ruefully

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In a way that expresses sorrow or regret especially in a wry and humorous manner

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Interlaced

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Crossed delicately together; inter-woven

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Hickory

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A type of wood

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immigrant

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a person who travels to a new country to live there (wants to become a citizen)

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discrimination
the act of treating people unfairly or with prejudice or because they're part of a certain group
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Ellis Island
the first place that immigrants saw when they sailed to America. In NYC near the statue of liberty
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manifest
a list of people on a boat or plane
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probability
a measurement of how likely it is that an event will occur 0-1
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chance
the likelihood of an event usually expressed in a percentage
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outcome
the possible result