Vocabulary Flashcards

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Haggard

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having a gaunt or exhausted appearance; worn

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Convenient

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suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well suited with respect to facility or ease in use; at hand; easily accessible

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Travale

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painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil; pain, anguish, or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship; the pain of childbirth; to suffer the pains of childbirth; be in labor; to toil or exert oneself

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Hedge

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a row of bushes or small trees planted close together; an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment; to enclose with or separate by a hedge; to hedge a garden; to surround and confine as if with a hedge; restrict

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Facade

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architecture; the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one; any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly; a superficial appearance or illusion of something; they managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth

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Reckless

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utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless; to be reckless of danger; characterized by or proceeding from such carelessness; reckless extra

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Deflect

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to bend or turn aside from a true course or straight line; swerve

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Phenomenon

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a fact, occurrence, or circumstance observed or observable; to study the phenomena of nature; something that is impressive or extraordinary; a remarkable or exceptional person; prodigy; wonder

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Muse

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to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject; to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon

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Gamut

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the entire scale or range