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RAP-TO SNATCH
RAPACIOUS-ADJ
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SEIZING EVERYTHING;GREEDY
SYN: DEMANDING ANT:GIVING
A ________ GROUP OF COLONISTS SEIZED ALL THE LAND FOR THEMSELVES, LEAVING NONE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED LATER. |
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RAP-TO SNATCH
RAPT- ADJ
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GIVING TOTAL ATTENTION TO; CAPTIVATIVE
SYN:FASCINATED ANT: INATTENTIVE |
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RAP-TO SNATCH
SUREPTITIOUS- ADJ
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HIDDEN OR SECERET;DONE WITHOUT NOTICE
SYN: STEALTHY ANT:OPEN
WITH A _____ MOTION OF HIS HAND, THE MAGICIAN HID THE COIN IN THE SCARF. |
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CEP- SEIZE, TAKE
Perceptile- adj
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able to be noticed of felt.
The wink that Kevin gave Lauren was so fast it was barely _____________. |
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CEP- SEIZE, TAKE
susceptible- adj.
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able to be influenced
Syn: impressionable
Ben felt that if he were too open minded, he would be _______ to harmful ideas, so he lived in isolation.
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CEP- SEIZE, TAKE
Precept- n.
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An idea important to a system of beliefs
Syn: commandment
One of the man _______ of the religion is kindness to other living creatures. |
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Term
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VOR- TO EAT
Voracious- adj.
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Devouring everything
Syn: insatiable
The ________ locusts left a path of ruined crops a mile long. |
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Term
12
CEP- SEIZE, TAKE
omnivorous- adj.
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Feeding on both animals and plants
My two brothers are strict vegitarians, but I consider myself an _________ person. |
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12
CEP- SEIZE, TAKE
Herbivorous- adj.
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Eating only plants
Early american pioneers found lots of grazing land for their ________ animals. |
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Term
12
CAD/CAS- to fall
Decadent- adj.
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Overly luxiorus and lacking moral discipline.
Syn: Wanton Ant: restrained
The biloniares apoiled xhildren wasted milions od dollare on _______ parties. |
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CAD/CAS- to fall
Cadence- adj.
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rythmic rise and fall
The beautiful _____ of Jeff's voice as he read lulled us to sleep. |
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CAD/CAS- to fall
Casualty- n.
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Something or someone injured, killed or eliminated.
Syn: victim
Grandmother sighed that politness was just one more ______ of a world that couldn't slow down. |
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