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Word Of The Day Flashcards

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Lasting a long time

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Chronic

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To move into action ,motivate, start a process

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Actuate

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Free time for resting

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Leisure

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To strongly disapprove of

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Condemn

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To draw back spring back

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Recoil

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Something hideous an unappealing

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Abominable

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Not planned unexpected

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Causal

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To bring to an end

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Terminate

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Strong to the taste or smell

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Pungent

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Untidy;messy

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Disheveled

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Wild uproar; chaos

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Pandemonium

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Friendly; peaceable

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Amicable

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Boring; tiresome

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Tedious

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To put of doing something till a future time

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Procrastinate

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Full of humor; amusing

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Humorous

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Always changing in interest or loyalty

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Fickle

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Burdensome; unjustly harsh

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Oppressive

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A quickness of motion

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Velocity

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A strong feeling of excitement or interest

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Enthusiasm

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Likely to occur at any moment

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Imminent

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To annoy or irritate

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Irk

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To give a reason for something

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Justify

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To wet throughly; drench

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Douse

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A feeling of doubt; distrust or uncertainty

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Misgiving

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Press together to reduce in size

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Compress

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To struggle awkwardly

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Flounder

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sending a message to a destination

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Dispatch

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A clumsy person

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Oaf

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Very hungry

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Famished

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Lacking skill; not suitable

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Inept

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Clothing

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Apparel

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Very cold

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Frigid

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To give something up; abandon

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Forsake

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Very large or great in size

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Immense

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Likely to fall or break due to weakness

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Rickety

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To move back or away

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Recede

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Showing remarkable creativity;clever

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Ingenious

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An animal that eats dead+decaying animals

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Scavenger

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Having a dirty or dull apperance

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Dingy

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Strong desire to achieve a goal

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Ambition

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Calm, peaceful, untroubled

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Serene

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Difficult or impossible to understand

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Incomprehensible

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Endurance

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Stamina

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To surround

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Encompass

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Embarrassed or bashful as by having done something foolish

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Sheepish

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Of or little Or no importance

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Trivial

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Largest possible amount

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Maximum

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Unexpected meeting

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Encounter

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Something happening in an instance

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Instantaneous

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Steady persistence in the course of action

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Perseverance

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Extremely dry

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Arid

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To imitate the speech or action if

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Mimic

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To fail at keeping a secret

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Betray

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Of or preset time; modern

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Contemporary

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To refil

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Replenish

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A person who publicly denounces of condemns behaviors but then practices same behaviors

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Hypocrite

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Manage of control for personal gain

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Manipulate

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Giving off light

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Luminous

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Hostile, wanting to fight

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Belligerent

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To wear away; unravel,

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Fray

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Stubborn

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Headstrong

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Filled with joy

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Elated

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So strong as to inspire a feeling of fear

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Eerie

63
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A series of notes explaining something

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Commentary

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The length of time in which something lasts

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Duration

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To disprove

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Refute

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A feeling of deep regret

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Remorse

67
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To blow in loud violent gusts as the wind during a storm

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Bluster

68
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Something that interferes with progress

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Setback

69
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Without good sense

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Absurd

70
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To make someone believe something that isn’t true

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Deceive

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One aspect or side of a subject or problem

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Facet

72
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To make calm or quiet

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Pacify

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Unresponsive

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Numb

74
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Very hungry

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Ravenous

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Sharp or severe in affect

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Acute

76
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One that lives in one place permanently

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Inhabitant

77
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To keep up, maintain

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Sustain

78
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Excessively decorated

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Ornate

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To support or strengthen

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Bolster

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To feel or express regret or disapproval

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Deplore

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To get off subject, especially when speaking or writing

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Digress

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Inclined, likely to do something

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Prone

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A remainder

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Residue

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To declare void or invalid

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Annul

85
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A person or thing of little or no importance

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Nonentity

86
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Something passed down generation to generation

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Heirloom

87
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To cut short, reduce

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Curtail

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Increasing, non stop

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Incessantr

89
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To prevent the movement or progress of

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Hamper

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Hideous

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Ghastly

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Low in spirits, depressed

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Dejected

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Easily set on fire

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Flammable

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Clear, easy to understand

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Lucid

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A large moving crowd

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Horde

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Stiffly proper

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Prim

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To make amends for

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Atone

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To bother repeatedly

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Harass

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Unyielding

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Tenacious

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