Word List C Flashcards
1
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Derelict
A
(adj) abandoned; negligent / (n) a wandering social misfit
2
Q
Digest
A
(v) to dissolve food in the stomach / (v) to analyze information / (n) a summary
3
Q
Diner
A
a restaurant, one who eats
4
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Discouragement
A
making someone less willing to do something
5
Q
Doctrinaire
A
stubbornly following an impractical theory
6
Q
Donor
A
one who gives or contributes to something
7
Q
Eavesdrop
A
to overhear sneakily
8
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Elitist
A
believing that certain people are superior to others, a snobbish person
9
Q
Emigrate
A
to leave a country
10
Q
Encounter
A
to come upon, to attack, meeting
11
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Encroach
A
to intrude
12
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Envy
A
jealousy, to crave another’s possessions
13
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Ethical
A
morally correct
14
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Exclusively
A
solely; selectively
15
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Exhaust
A
to use up
