Words of The Day Flashcards

1
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comeuppance

A

Deserved punishment or fate

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2
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Inaudible

A

unable to be heard

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3
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Dismiss

A

Order/allowed to leave or send away (discharge)

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4
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Transport

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Take or carry people or goods form one place to another, overwhelm someone with a strong emotion; system or means of conveying something from place to place

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5
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Unsubscribe

A

cancel subscription to electronic mailing list or online service

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6
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predict

A

say or estimate that something will happen in the future or as a consequence

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7
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Remit

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send money in payment or as a gift or be released from someone or something

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8
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climax in a story

A

turning point before the most intense part of the story

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9
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unreliable narrator

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when a stories narrator cannot be trusted they are unreliable for purposeful dishonesty, mental illness or self depression

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10
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curiosity

A

strong desire to know or learn about a strange and unusual object or fact

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sustenance

A

food or drink regarded as a source of strength and or nourishment

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12
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idiom

A

common phrase with meaning that cant be understood be taking off its individual words

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13
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confuddled

A

state of extreme confusion especially when unable to solve a frustrating problem

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14
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fortifications

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defensive wall or other reinforcement built to strengthen a place against attack

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15
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beseech

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ask some one urgently or fervently to do something or to beg

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16
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insolent or insolence

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showing ride or arrogant lack of respect

17
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melancholy

A

feeling of intense sadness

18
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encounter

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unexpected experience or faced with it

19
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ominous

A

giving impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen

20
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foreboding

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something bad will happen or feeling fearful apprehension

21
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malice

A

intention or desire to do evil and ill will

22
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sinister

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giving the impression that evil is happening

23
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offer

A

present for someone to accept or reject as so desired

24
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empathy

A

ability to understand and share feelings or another