Week Three 7/7/2013 Flashcards

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Blunder

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V. To move clumsily or to make a foolish mistake

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Accentuate

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V. To accent or emphasize

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Caboodle

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N. lot group

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Decrepit

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Adj. broken down or worn out by ok age or long use

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Embolden

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V. To give courage to

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Fabled

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Adj. mythical legendary unreal fictitious

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Grizzled

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Adj. gray or streaked with gray or having grey hair

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Hardihood

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N. boldness

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Illiterate

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Adj. uneducated or not knowing how to read or write

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Jerrybuilt

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Adj. built poorly of cheep materials

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Kvetch

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V. To complain in a nagging way

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Lackluster

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Adj. lacking brightness dull lacking virility boring

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Malcontent

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Dissatisfied rebellious

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Nullify

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To make legally null it valueless cancel out

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Oddity

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N. strangeness odd person or thing

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Pallict

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Adj. faint in color pale

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Quaint

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Adj. pleasingly old old fashioned unusual curious fanciful whimsical

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Recumbent

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Adj. Lying down reclining

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Salient

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Adj. pointing outward jutting conspicuous prominent

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Tatterdemalion

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Uncharitable adj. harsh or severe as in option

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Vehement

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Adj. violent impetuous full if intense or strong passion

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Waif

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N. a homeless person