W4 D4 Flashcards
1
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frontier
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- the part of a country that borders another country
2. the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country’s settled area
2
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goal
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- the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- a pole, line, or other marker by which such a point is indicated. Soccer goal.
3
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boast
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- to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself. Brag.
- to speak with pride (often followed by of):
He boasted of his family’s wealth.
4
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prime
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- of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration:
a prime requisite. - of the greatest example
a prime example.
5
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expose
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- to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc.:
to expose soldiers to gunfire; to expose one’s character to attack. - to lay open to something specified:
to expose oneself to the influence of bad companions. - to uncover or bare to the air, cold, etc.:
to expose one’s head to the rain.
6
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glare
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- a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
in the glare of sunlight. - a fiercely or angrily piercing stare.
7
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reflect
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- to think about something after it happened.
EX: I reflected on the mistake I made and now I know how to not do it again. - to see a copy of an image in another place (mirror)
8
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that’s amazing
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sarcastic saying, when someone tells you something and you act like you care but really you don’t. (should be used as funny not mean)
9
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Did you know?
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A crocodile can’t poke its tongue out.