Word List 3 Flashcards

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Something one hopes to achieve

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Aspire

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To make hostile, to cause to feel unwelcomed

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Aleinate

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2
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To give birth to

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Beget

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3
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To talk nonsensically

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Blather

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4
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Slingshot

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Catapult

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5
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A fortress overlooking a city

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Citadel

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6
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Pleasant to be around

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Congenial

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7
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General agreement

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Consensus

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8
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Cowardly

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Craven

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9
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To lessen by cutting away

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Curtail

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10
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A period or condition of depression or inactivity

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Doldrums

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11
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To put in a rage

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Enrage

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12
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To make easier

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Facilitate

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13
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A long narrow inlet from sea between hills

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Fjord

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14
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The distance around something

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Girth

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15
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One who has a unhealthy capacity for something

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Glutton

16
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Overly dramatic

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Histrionic

17
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Weariness

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Lassitude

18
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One who pretends suffering to gain sympathy

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Martyr

19
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Environment or surroundings

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Milieu

20
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A way or method of doing something

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Mode

21
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To gather up

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Muster

22
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Block headed or slow in comprehension

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Obtuse

23
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Unreasonable anxiety

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Paranoia

24
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To look or examine very carefully

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Scrutinize