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33 Cards in this Set
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Chide |
To speak angrily to someone who has done wrong |
The mother chided at her son in the middle of the store |
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Torment |
To cause great pain or annoyance to someone |
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Boast |
To praise oneself |
He boasted his fancy cares |
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Grudge |
A feeling is a dislike |
He grudge after eating something he had never tried before |
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Timid |
Easily frightened or nervous |
She was timid when she had to meet her knew coworkers |
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Enchant |
To be pleasant to someone |
She was enchanted after meeting her new boyfriends family |
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Impostor |
A person who pretends to be someone else |
She was an impostor when she married her ex husband in order to get all his money |
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Hindrance |
Someone / thing that stops or delays |
Talking in the class is a hindrance to the students who want to learn |
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Perish |
To die in a fire , accident etc |
All her goods perished after her house burned down |
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Inhabitant |
Person who loves in a place |
He was an inhabitant of Brésil for 40 years |
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Chiefly |
Most important |
The chiefly thing for him was to succeed in school to have a good job in the futur |
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Mischievous |
Annoying or troublesome |
His mischievous behaviour annoyed his parents so he was sent to his room |
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Quills |
Stiff sharp hair |
The poêle pine has quills in the back of his back |
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Dispose |
Throw away or give away |
She desired to dispose her cloths to mada |
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Perceive |
To become aware or through any sense |
The young girl perceived that her father was able to speak to spirits |
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Stern |
Strict |
The little girls parents are stern when it comes to their kids education |
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Wither |
To cause to dry up and die |
During the winter my plantes withered because of the cold weather |
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Mire |
Muddy place |
I was told that the mistirious island was a very mire place |
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Execute |
To do what is necessary |
The prisoners executed the guards orders |
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Compel |
To make somebody do something by force or authority |
The teacher compelled her students to work even if they were tired |
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Laborious |
Requiring much effort |
In order to succeed you must put in laborious effort |
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Overhear |
To hear something said to someone said to someone else and not meant for ones own ears |
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Grave |
Important;having a serious look or way of acting |
The grave expression on his face showed that something bad was happening to him |
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Melancholy |
Sad; sad or gloomy mood |
The slow music made me melancholy |
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Humble |
Not bold or proud ; modest |
I was not humble after seeing my grades in the rapport card knowing I could have done bettrt |
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Wander |
To move about without a goal or purpose; ramble |
The student was wandering the hall ways instead of going back to class |
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Drench |
To wet thoroughly ( completely) |
After a long walk on the beach we got drenched due to the rain |
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Vexatious |
Annoying |
The student vexatious behaviour was bothering the teacher |
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Heir |
The receiver of ones belongings after death |
The rich mans daughter heures from a big inheritage |
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Distress |
Suffering or payback of body or mind |
Her sevire anxiety led to her distress feeling |
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Percepts |
Rule for behaviour |
The teacher way of having her students learn is percept |
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Repent |
To feel sorrow for ones sin and make up ones mind to do what is right To feel sorry for something done : regret |
After the passage of her mom she fell repent for all the bad things she made her go through |
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Inheritance |
Something you receive after a member of your family passer away |
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