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19 Cards in this Set
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Avert (verb)
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To prevent something from occurring, especially something harmful.
To look away: to turn your eyes away from something. |
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Aversion (noun)
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A strong feeling of dislike of somebody or something.
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Averse (adjective)
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Strongly opposed to or disliking something.
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Abrupt (adjective)
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Sudden and unexpected; brief and making no effort to be friendly; disconnected: not passing smoothly from topic to topic; steep: with a sudden steep slope.
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Compete (verb)
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Try to outperform: to try to win or do better than others; put up reasonable contest: to be able to do as well as or better than others.
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Competition (noun)
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A contest; the opposition in a competitive situation, or the level of opposition.
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Competitive (adjective)
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Wanting to beat others; better than competition: as good as or slighly better than others because of being good value or worth more.
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Compromise (noun)
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A settlement of a dispute in which two or more sides agree to accept less than they originally wanted.
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Compromise (verb)
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Agree to settle a dispute by agreeing to accept less than what was originally wanted
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Confer (verb)
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To talk with somebody in order to compare opinions or make a decision; to give something such as a title, honor, or favor to somebody.
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Conference (noun)
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A meeting, sometimes lasting for several days, in which people with a common interest participate in discussion or listen to lectures to obtain information.
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Demolish (verb)
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To damage something so severely that it cannot be repaired or restored.
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Demolition (noun)
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The destruction or annihilation of somebody or something.
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Despise (verb)
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To dislike somebody or something intensely and with contempt.
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Despicable (adjective)
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Fully deserving of contempt
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Disable (verb)
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To make somebody unable to perform the activities needed to earn a living or carry out hte basic tasks of everyday life without diffculty.
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Disability (noun)
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An inability to perform some or all of the tasks of daily life.
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Disrespect (noun)
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A lack of respect.
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Distrust (verb)
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A feeling that somebody or something is dishonest or unreliable.
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