Week 1 Flashcards

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1
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(v) To drink a liquid; to absorb or take in something.

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Imbibe

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Malady

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(n) A disease, illness, or medical condition, especially a serious or chronic condition.

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Fixture

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(n) A permanency; a person or thing remaining fixed, in the same position.

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(v) To cheat; to gain something dishonestly, as through a lie, deception, or confidence game.

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Defraud

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(n) A joint or seam, where two parts meet.

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Juncture

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Lapse

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(n) The act of falling from a righteous or just position; a slight or temporary moral failure.

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(n) Many; a large number; countless.

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Myriad

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(v) To sink a ship by creating a hole or holes in the ship beneath the water line; also to destroy or wreck

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Scuttle

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Havoc

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(n) Chaos or large-scale destruction.

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(n) A government ruled by the leaders of a religion or by the power of a god or gods

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Thearchy

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Thearchy

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(n) A government ruled by the leaders of a religion or by the power of a god or gods

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Parse

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(v) To break something down into its parts in order to explain or understand it; especially to break apart a sentence into words and phrases, describing each part

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(n) A line; a group of people waiting in order

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Queue

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Ravenous

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(adj) Extremely hungry; filled with hunger that cannot be satisfied

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(n) The act of falling from a righteous or just position; a slight or temporary moral failure.

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Lapse

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Deity

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(n) A god or goddess.

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Myriad

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(n) Many; a large number; countless.

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(n) The character or style of a person’s writing by hand; cursive writing.

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Handwriting

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Handwriting

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(n) The character or style of a person’s writing by hand; cursive writing.

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20
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(v) To lay or be enclosed comfortably; to snuggle.

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Nestle

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21
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(v) To break something down into its parts in order to explain or understand it; especially to break apart a sentence into words and phrases, describing each part

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Parse

22
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Kernel

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(n) In a plant, a grain or seed; often edible and found inside the plant.

23
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Defraud

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(v) To cheat; to gain something dishonestly, as through a lie, deception, or confidence game.

24
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(v) To destroy; to break down into nothing; to eliminate

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Obliterate

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Necessitate

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(v) To make something necessary.

26
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(n) Honesty or straightforwardness, especially being honest about something unpleasant.

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Candor

27
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Imbibe

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(v) To drink a liquid; to absorb or take in something.

28
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Underworld

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(n) A world beneath or below the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society or a world of the dead such as Hades

29
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(n) A world beneath or below the normal world, especially a criminal world such as mafia society or a world of the dead such as Hades

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Underworld

30
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Bilateral

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(adj) Having two sides.

31
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(v) The strive for a goal; to want or desire something excellent or far beyond the current state.

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Aspire

32
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(v) To move uncomfortably; to twist around, especially to express pain

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Writhe

33
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Nestle

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(v) To lay or be enclosed comfortably; to snuggle.

34
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(v) To make something necessary.

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Necessitate

35
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Elude

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(v) To escape from someone or something giving chase or searching; especially to use clever tactics to escape from pursuers.

36
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Candor

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(n) Honesty or straightforwardness, especially being honest about something unpleasant.

37
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Aspire

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(v) The strive for a goal; to want or desire something excellent or far beyond the current state.

38
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Juncture

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(n) A joint or seam, where two parts meet.

39
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(adj) Extremely hungry; filled with hunger that cannot be satisfied

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Ravenous

40
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Scuttle

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(v) To sink a ship by creating a hole or holes in the ship beneath the water line; also to destroy or wreck

41
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(n) A god or goddess.

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Deity

42
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(n) In a plant, a grain or seed; often edible and found inside the plant.

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Kernel

43
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(n) Chaos or large-scale destruction.

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Havoc

44
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Queue

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(n) A line; a group of people waiting in order

45
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(n) A disease, illness, or medical condition, especially a serious or chronic condition.

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Malady

46
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Writhe

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(v) To move uncomfortably; to twist around, especially to express pain

47
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Obliterate

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(v) To destroy; to break down into nothing; to eliminate

48
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(adj) Having two sides.

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Bilateral

49
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(v) To escape from someone or something giving chase or searching; especially to use clever tactics to escape from pursuers.

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Elude

50
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(n) A permanency; a person or thing remaining fixed, in the same position.

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Fixture