Word List 57 Flashcards by Jennifer Zhang | Brainscape

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Shear

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Cut or clip (hair, fleece); Strip of something

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Preen

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Make oneself tidy in appearance; Feel self-satisfaction

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Scuffle

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Struggle confusedly; Move off in a confused hurry

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Culvert

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Artificial channel for water

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Hermitage

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Home of a hermit

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Atrophy

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Waste away

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Suffragist

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Advocate of voting rights (for women)

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Muster

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Gather; Assemble

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Raiment

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Clothing

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Disenfranchise

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Deprive of a civil right

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Inadvertently

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Unintentionally; By oversight; Carelessly

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Rmification

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Branching out; Subdivision

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Ichhyology

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Study o fish

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Titter

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Nervous laugh

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Mortify

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Humiliate; Punish the flush

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Intimate

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Hint; Suggest

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Affinity

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Kinship

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Aplomb

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Poise; Assurance

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Inkling

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Hint

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Obese

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Fat

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Inflated

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Exaggerated; Pompous; Enlarged (with air or gas)

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Perpetrate

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Commit an offense

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Rousing

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Lively; Stirring

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Opportune

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Timely; Well-chosen

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Pediatrician

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Expert in children’s diseases

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Increment

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Increase

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Dutiful

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Respectful; Obedient

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Disparity

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Difference; Condition of inequality

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Duration

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Length of time something lasts

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Stymie

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Present an obstacle; Stump

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Dehydrate

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Remove water from; Dry out

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Cosmopolitan

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Sophisticated

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Dissolution

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Breaking of a union; Decay; Termination

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Myopic

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Nearsighted; Lacking foresight

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Subjugate

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Conquer; Bring under control

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Mote

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Small speck

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Prelate

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Church dignitary

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Defeatist

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Attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome

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Chary

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Cautious; Sparing or restrained about giving

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Grueling

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Exhausting

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Proxy

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Authorized agent

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Swelter

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Be oppressed by heat

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Acerbity

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Bitterness of speech and temper

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Euphemism

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Mild expression in place of an unpleasant one

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Badger

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Pester; Annoy