Vocabulary Flashcards

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Contort

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To twist in a violent manner; to twist, twist together or round itself; to draw awry; to distort greatly by twisting.

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Disengage

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To separate from someone or something; to stop being involved with a person or group; to move a mechanism or part of a machine so that it no longer fits into another part.

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Gravity

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Serious quality or condition; the natural force that tends to cause physical things to move towards each other; the force that causes things to fall towards the Earth.

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Complacent

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Marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies; unconcerned; not involved; free of worry.

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Elaborate

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Planned or carried out; marked by complexity, fullness of detail, or ornateness.

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Relish

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To add relish to; to be pleased or gratified by; to eat or drink with pleasure; to appreciate with taste and discernment; to have a characteristic or pleasing taste.

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Calculating

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Making calculations; marked by prudent analysis or by shrewd consideration of self-interest.

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Plaintive

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Expressing suffering or sadness: having a sad sounds; suffering or woe; afflicted by sorrow; grieving or lamenting.

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Mourn

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To feel or express grief or sorrow; to show the customary signs of grief for a death.

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Apprehension

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The act or power of perceiving or comprehending; the result of apprehending mentally; seizure by legal process; suspicion or fear especially of future evil.