English vocab #3 Flashcards

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Blight

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1.) a plant disease that causes the affected parts to wilt and die
such as air pollution
2.) something that impairs or destroys
3.) an unsightly object or area

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Bane

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  1. )Cause of trouble, misery, distress, or harm

2. ) poison

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Broach

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  1. ) To bring up,introduce, in order to begin a discussion of
  2. ) to tap or pierce, as in to draw off liquid
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Cadge

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To beg

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Caste

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A distinct social class or system

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Daunt

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To intimidate, to make afraid or discourage

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Deign

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condescend; to unwillingly do something beneath one’s dignity

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Dross

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  1. )Waste product, sludge

2. ) worthless, commonplace, or trivial

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Eke

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To get or supplement with great effort or strain; earn or accomplish laboriously

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Feign

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To pretend; to give the false appearance of

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Flout

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disobey openly and scornfully; to reject, mock, go against (as in tradition/convention

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Guile

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Treacherous cunning;shrewd, crafty deceit

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Ire

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Anger, wrath

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Mete

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To distribute, allot, apportion

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Mirth

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Great merriment, joyous laughter

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Moot

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Debatable, undecided

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Pith

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  1. )The essential or central part;the heart or essence (of the matter, idea, experience, etc.)
  2. ) (in biology) the soft, sponge-like central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants.
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Quail

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To draw back in fear; flinch, cower

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Roil

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To make a liquid cloudy or muddy

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Teem

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To be full of; to be present in large numbers