Weel 10 Flashcards

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Telling

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Significant and revealing of another factor

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Check

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To limit (usually modifying the growth of something)

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Check

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The condition of being held back or limited

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Preemptive

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Done before someone else can do it

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Errant

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To be wandering; not sticking to a circumscribed path

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Junta

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An aggressive takeover by a group (usually military); the group that executes such a takeover

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Melee

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A wild, confusing fight or struggle

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Embroiled

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Involved in argument or contention

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Badger

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To pester

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Screed

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An abusive rant

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Cadaverous

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Emaciated, gaunt

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Slapdash

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Carelessly and hastily put together

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Aboveboard

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Open and honest

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Indict

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To formally charge or accuse of wrong doing

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Altruism

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The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Appreciable

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Large enough to be noticed (usu. refers to an amount)

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Ascribe

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Attribute or credit to

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Behoove

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To be one’s duty or obligation

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Boorish

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Ill-mannered and coarse or contemptible in behavior or appearance

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Cerebral

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Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

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Chivalrous

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Being attentive to women like an ideal knight

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Connive

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Taking part in immoral and unethical plots

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Cornucopia

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An abundant supply of something good

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Decimation

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Destroying or killing a large part of population