Week 43 Flashcards by Colin Watkins

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stunted

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checked in natural growth, held back in growth

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roster

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list of names

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atrophy

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waste away

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maim

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disable, cripple

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ameliorate

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improve, relieve

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cynic

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pessimist, skeptic

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unctuous

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affectedly emotional

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benevolent

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kindly, charitable

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subservient

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servile, obsequious

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iniquity

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injustice, wickedness

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largess

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gift, gratuity, liberality

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criterion

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model, standard, test

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repent

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regret, desire to make amends

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mollify

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pacify, appease

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mercenary

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motivated by desire for gain, greedy

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pariah

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social outcast

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aloof

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distant, apart, reserved

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pragmatic

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practical, based on experience

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vestige

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trace, evidence

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guise

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manner, appearance, mien

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to tell tales out of school

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to reveal harmful secrets

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bolt from the blue

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a great surprise

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to lay one’s cards on the table

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talk frankly

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to burn the midnight oil

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to study or work until very late