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Title: 9/4/07-Intensive Reading

Description: vocabulary

Total Flash Cards: 16

Created: 09/04/2007 13:04:49

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conventional
 Definition
usual, traditional
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predatory
 Definition
stealing from or hurting others
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forerunners
 Definition
one who leads a group, leader
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alcove
 Definition
small room or opening out of a room
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welter
 Definition
to roll, toss, or wallow.
Term
hustle
 Definition
to jostle, push, or shove roughly
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trot
 Definition
to go at a quick, steady pace; move briskly; bustle; hurry
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bachelor
 Definition
an unmarried man
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league
 Definition
an association of individuals having a common goal
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peer
 Definition
to look or stare purposely
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impasse
 Definition
not being able to pass through, a position or situation from which there is no escape
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brindle
 Definition
light brownish, yellow or grayish with steaks or spots of brown.
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cohorts
 Definition
companions or associates
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decoy
 Definition
a person who entices or lures another person or thing, as into danger, a trap, or the like
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absurdly
 Definition
done in a irrational, silly, ludicrous, crazy way
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menace
 Definition
something that threatens