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Week 3 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Wrest

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To take by force
I wrested my friends food from him

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Lackluster

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Dull
School is very lackluster

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Caustic

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Sarcastic, biting
Mr.Blehm can be caustic

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Loathe

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To hate
I hate Mustard

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Reprimand

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To show sharp disapproval
My coach nick reprimanded us when we were down at half time

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Crocodile Tears

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Fake crying
I wept crocodile tears when I was faking something to my parents

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Infamous

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Famous for a bad reason
I was infamous for my bad deeds

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Jostle

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To bump into
There is always jostling in the nutrition line

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Dupe

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A person easily tricked
Owen is a dupe because I always seem to trick him

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Incipient

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Just beginning to exist
I had a incipient rumor to tell my friends about

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Inadvertent

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Not on purpose
I tricked owen inadvertently

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Ominous

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Threatening

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13
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Tremulous

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Quivering with emotion

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Repudiate

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To reject, decline

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Cessations

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A stopping

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16
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Bristle

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Stiffen with fear or anger

17
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Euphemism

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A less offensive term

18
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Mundane

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worldly/boring

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Incongruous

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Inappropriate/ doesn’t line up

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Condolence

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Pity/sympathy

21
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Stipulate

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To specify a condition

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