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APALL
Definiton: To fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear.
Example: He was appall by the strange sounds in his home.
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APRON
Definiton: Something, such as a protective shield for a machine, that resembles this garment in appearance or
function.
Example: Most of all the chefs wears an apron to protect their clothes while cooking.
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ACUPUNTURE
Definiton: A system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to
alleviate pain and to treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
Example: Use acunpunture to cure any disease is healthier than take somemedicines
CARD 4
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APPRENTICE
Definiton: One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
Example: By 2015 the apprentice will have learn everything about plumber proffesion.
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BIZZARE
Definiton: Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance
Example: Art created with parts of animals is consider bizzare.
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BULGED
Definiton: Swell or protrude to an unnatural or incongruous extent
Example: You must visit the doctor! Your head has a big bulge
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CRAMP
Definiton: A sudden, involuntary, spasmodic muscular contraction causing severe pain, often occurring in the leg or
shoulder as the result of strain or chill.
Example: He needn’t have touched his leg while he had a muscle cramp
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CIRRUS
Definiton: A high-altitude cloud composed of narrow bands or patches of thin, generally white, fleecy parts.
Example: There are cirrus in the sky, probably is going to rain
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CCRACK
Definiton: A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking into separate parts.
Example: Cracks on the road must be fix to avoid car accidents.
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DDOORWAY
Definiton: The entranceway to a room, building, or passage.
Example: The front doorway is bigger than the room doorway.
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DDEFER
Definiton: To put off; postpone.
Example: I have’t decide when to dye my hair so I defer my decision until nezt month.
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DDAGGER
Definiton: A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon
Example: Many decades ago people used daggers to kill what they hunt.
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DDISARM
Definiton: Take a weapon or weapons away from
Example: Robbers had been disarmed and take to the jail.
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FFLUTTER
Definiton: To wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
Example: Birds keep fluttering their wings to fly.
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FFELLOW
Definiton: A person in the same position, involved in the same activity, or otherwise associated with another.
Example: They have been fellows since childhood.
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FFOND
Definiton: Having a strong liking, inclination, or affection
Example: Fond men likes to attent to every soccer game just to watch their favortite players playing
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FFLAP
Definiton: A projecting or hanging piece usually intended to double over and protect or cove
Example: The wing of the plane has a flap where the engines are.
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FFLEEING
Definiton: To run away, as from trouble or danger
Example: People in Chile had been fleeing from the fire of the forest.
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GGRIP
Definiton: A tight hold; a firm grasp
Example: Mary watch Titanic and she was gripped by a feeling of sadness.
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GGRAZE
Definiton: To feed on growing grasses and herbage.
Example: Cows should graze from the grass at least ten times a day to keep healthy.
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GGEYSER
Definiton: A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air.
Example: Yellowstone is famous by its big geyser
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GEAR
Definiton: One of a set of toothed wheels that work together to alter the relation between the speed of a
driving mechanism
Example: Gears of a vehicle helps it to move fast and properly
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GGUTTER
Definiton: A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water.
Example: Every street must have gutter to carry the rainwater to avoid floods
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HHICCUP
Definiton: A spasm of the diaphragm resulting in a rapid, involuntary inhalation that is stopped by the sudden
closure of the glottis and accompanied by a sharp, distinctive sound.
Example: To get rid of hiccup a good advice is to drink a glass of water while holding breath
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HHEM
Definiton: An edge or border on a piece of cloth, especially a finished edge, as for a garment or curtain, made
by folding an edge under and stitching it down.
Example: The hem of my purse need to be iron.
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HHULL
Definiton: A city of southwest Quebec, Canada, opposite Ottawa, Ontario. It has a hydroelectric station and
pulp, paper, and lumber mills. Population: 74,200.
Example: Hull is well-know city because it has a big hydroelectric station.
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MMEDDLING
Definiton:To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere.
Example: Some partners like to meddling son’s life to know what they doing.
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MMILD
Definiton: Gentle or kind in disposition, manners, or behavior.
Example: Joseph has mild manners in table while he’s eating more than his sister.
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OOUTLET
Definiton:A store that sells the goods of a particular manufacturer or wholesaler.
Example: Outles mainly offer products that already out of season or not in.
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OODDBALL
Definiton: A person regarded as eccentric.
Example: Lisa’s oddball behaviour make people feel uncomfortable around her. She is egocentric
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PPEBBLES
Definiton: A small stone, especially one worn smooth by erosion
Example: Near the river you must find many pebbles of different types of colors and shape.
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PPLEA
Definiton:An earnest request; an appeal:
Example: Students have not the obligation to speak out in a plea to ask for better education.
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PPIN DOWN
Definiton: To force (someone) to make a decision or carry out a promise
Example: I finally pin my father down and got him agree to let me piercing my nose.
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PPADDLE
Definiton: A usually wooden implement having a blade at one end or sometimes at both ends, used without an
oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.
Example: In rafting people need to think about moving their left or right hands to move the paddles.
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SPLOUGHED
Definiton:A farm implement consisting of a heavy blade at the end of a beam, usually hitched to a draft team
or motor vehicle and used for breaking up soil and cutting furrows in preparation for sowing.
Example: In agriculture the earth must be ploughed to make it fertile.
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RRUB
Definiton:To apply pressure and friction to (a surface).
Example: To moustrize skin a good tip is to rub some coconut oil on skin rather than lotion.
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SSWEEP
Definiton:To clean or clear, as of dirt, with or as if with a broom or brush
Example: Rooms in home need to be sweep each week to avoid bacteria.
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SSTARRED
Definiton:Outstanding or famous, especially in performing something
Example: Leonardo di Caprio starred the movie Titanic which was one of the most famous films ever.
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SSILK
Definiton: A fine lustrous fiber composed mainly of fibroin and produced by certain insect larvae to form
cocoons, especially the strong, elastic, fibrous secretion of silkworms used to make thread and fabric.
Example: Silk for many years have been used to create dresses which expensive and exclusive.
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SSLATING
Definiton:To give a direction other than perpendicular or horizontal to; make diagonal; cause to slope
Example: The moon was slating towards the sun and this position caused an eclipse called Blood Moons.
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SSTRIPES
Definiton:A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface
Example: In fashion a person with a plus size cannot wear stripes , because it makes things bigger than
normal.
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SSCRUFFY
Definiton:Dirty, untended and untidy looking.
Example: Joe has a job interview and he looks scruffy with messy hair and informal clothes
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SSTAB
Definiton:To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
Example:.The killer stab several times a knife in the back of the victim.
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SSHOOED
Definiton:Used to frighten away animals or birds.
Example: When a dog wants to attack you should shooed the animal to back out.
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TTHATCH
Definiton:Plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing.
Example: In the past houses’ roof were made with thatch.
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TTAINTED
Definiton:To affect with or as if with a disease.
Example: Diarrea is mostly cause by tainted meat or dairy products not well cooked.
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TTREMOR
Definiton:A shaking or vibrating movement, as of the earth.
Example: Some causes of a tremor is when the weather changes sun to rain and it makes the earth shakes.
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TTRIMMING
Definiton:To make neat or tidy by clipping, smoothing, or pruning:
Example: In his job is not allowed to have moustache so he always trim it.
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TIMBER
Definiton:Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.
Example: Enviromentalist are in favor of not using timber to create furniture, insted metal can be used.
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WWEEP
Definiton:To shed (tears) as an expression of emotion
Example: Weeping helps to liberate some hormes that cause tension and ill in the body.
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