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30 Cards in this Set
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Scavenge
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To clean refuse (waste) from; to Remove unwanted substances.
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The vulture scavenged the dead zebras corpses. |
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Immure
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To look up or confine.
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The student immured the vocabulary words at school. |
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Gesticulate
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To show, express or direct through movement.
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I couldn't gesticulate what the man as trying to say. |
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Efflorescence list 1 |
The time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms. |
The efflorescence of the flower took forever it seemed. |
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Uncommunicative list 1 |
Not inclined to talk, give information, or express opinions. |
The man was uncommunicative after being captured, |
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crumple list 1 |
To gather something into small wrinkles or folds. |
I took the paper and crumpled it up because it made me mad. |
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Swathe list 1 |
To wrap in swaddling clothes. |
The mother took and swathed her baby because it was cold. |
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Irrelevance list 1 |
The lack of relation to the matter at hand. |
The school dance was irrelevant to the biology question we were asked today. |
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Immerse list 1 |
To cause to be thrown into. |
With great immerse, I pushed the boy into the pool. |
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Submerge list 1 |
To put under water. |
The sinking boat was submerged after ten minutes. |
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Whittle list 2 |
To cut out small bits or pare shavings from. |
The little boy whittled the stick. |
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Underlay list 2 |
To place something under or beneath something else. |
the Money underlayed the rock in the hidden chest. |
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Discursive list 2 |
Tending to cover a wide range of subjects. |
The teacher was really discursive today in class. |
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Hiatus list 2 |
An interuption in the intensity or amount of something
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The man was put on hiatus in his job the other day, now he just sits at home. |
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Tensley list 2 |
in a stressed manner.
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the woman sat in her dress tensley, thinking of why she was left alone at the dance. |
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Snive list 2 |
To cry or wine with snuffling.
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the little girl was a snive after falling on her face. |
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Crass list 2 |
Lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence.
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Scrooge was a ig crass around Christmas. |
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Emboss list 2 |
To carve, mold, or stamp on a surface so it stands out.
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The specialized text was in an emboss font. |
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Dangle list 2 |
to hang freely.
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The golden trinket was dangling by a leather string on the side of the cliff. |
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Impalpable list 2 |
not perceptable (visible) to the touch.
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the ghost was completely impalpable. |
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Ludicrous list 3 |
Laughable and obviously absurd. |
The man yelling around the building was ludicrous. |
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Ineffectual list 3 |
Insufficient to produce a result. |
The scientists data was ineffectual. |
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Jeer list 3 |
To abuse vocally; to taunt or mock. |
The competitive athletes jeered at each other. |
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Inarticulate list 3 |
Incomprehensible; unable to speak with clarity. |
The silent boy was in articulate when the teacher called on him. |
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Leviathan list 3 |
Something very large; giant sea creature in the bible. |
The leviathen was scaring all of the crew ship members. |
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Clamor list 3 |
a loud outcry; great expression or discontent. |
The drama queen of a girl at school clamored when she fell in the hall. |
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Mutinously list 3 |
unruly; insubordinate or constituting a mutany. |
Some cruel teenagers mutinously vandalized my car. |
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Crestfallen list 3 |
dispirited and depressed. |
The sad man was fearfully crestfallen. |
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Impervious list 3 |
Incapable of being penetrated or affected. |
The big brick house was impervious to the wolf, the pigs were safe. |
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Enterprise list 3 |
an undertaking or business organization. |
Enterprise rent-a-car is a nice business for travelers. |
