Worksheet 2 Flashcards

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Aversion

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A strong feeling of dislike

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Affect

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To act on; change or to alter

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Chagrin

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Great embarrassment or extreme humiliation

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Discriminate

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distinguish between often favours one or the other

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Effect

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THE effect, bring about, make happen or to cause

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Elicit

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To draw or bring out, evoke

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Elusive

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Hard to grasp, express or define

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Entail

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To cause or as a consequence

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Fallow

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Not in use; in active; left vacant

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Hazardous

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Full of risk; dangerous

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Illicit

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Illegal; not legally permitted or authorized

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Legendary

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A person celebrated

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Ludicrous

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Ridiculous; absurdity

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Mercenary

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Working or acting purely for money or reward

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Nether

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Believed to lie beneath the earth’s surface, lower or under

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Odious

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Hateful, repulsive, highly offensive

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Provisional

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Serving for the time being, temporary

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Tumultuous

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Raising a great commotion; noisy; up and down

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Usurp

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Unrightfully take over, hold position by force

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Vestige

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Something no longer present or existent; a piece of the past