Word set - mixed Flashcards

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Scour

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To rub (as with a gritty substance) in order to clean

To move rapidly, rush, to examine thoroughly, dig, dredge, hunt, search

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Contend

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Compete, fight, race, vie

Maintain, assert, affirm

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Grime

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Dirt adhering to or embedded in a surface, accumulated dirtiness and disorder, filth, muck, smut, soil

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Dispose of

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Transfer to the control of another

Get rid of

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Scurrilous

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Coarse, abusive language, opprobrious

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Coarse

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Of ordinary or inferior quality, bad, bum, cheap, common, cur-rate, inferior, junky, lousy, mediocre, poor, sleazy, trashy

Composed of large parts or particles, grainy, granular

Crude or unrefined in taste, manners, or language

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Sordid

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Dirty, base

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Castigate

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To correct by punishing

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Laceration

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Jagged wound

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Tangible

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Having actual form

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Promulgate

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To make known officially

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome

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Feint

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Fake attack

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Belligerent

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Warlike

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