Wordly wise Flashcards

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Adapt

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To change to fit new conditions
To make changes in something to make it useful
A changing fit to new conditions
Something that changed from something else

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2
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Deplete

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To use up

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Efficient

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Producing results without waste

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4
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Fatigue

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A feeling of tiredness from work or exercise

To make or become tired

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5
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Gait

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The way a person or animal moves on foot

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Glare

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To shine with strong harsh light
To stare angrily at
A strong blinding light
An angry stare

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Glaring

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Shining with harsh, brilliant light

Very obvious

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Habitat

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The place or type of place where a plant or animal is normally found

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Oblivious

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Not aware of

A state of being forgetting or being forgotten

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10
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Outmoded

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No longer needed or fashionable

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Prominent

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Projecting; standing out
Very easy to see; easily noticed
Famous; well known

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Quench

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To put out; to extinguish

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Rigor

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A condition that makes life difficult
Strictness or severity
Severe; extreme
Thorough; complete

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Sear

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To wither; to dry up

To burn surface of with sudden heat

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15
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Transport

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To carry or move from one place to another

The act of carrying from one place to another

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Wend

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To travel; to go one’s way