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Flashcards by Marielos Gonzalez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Marielos Gonzalez
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Marble
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Definition: Metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.. Sentence: The sculpture is made of marble.. |
| surround | Definition: To enclose on all sides; encompass. sentence: The president was surrounded by reporters. |
| Erupted | Definition: To burst forth. Sentence: The volcano erupted at midnight. |
| Angered | Definition: A strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.. Sentence: Billy was angered about his job. |
| Slavery | Definition: The condition of a slave;slavery. Sentence: In antiquity the slaves worked hard. |
| Seceded | Definition: Seceded, seceding.to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc. Sentence: Lady Amelia had seceded to her mother, as had also Mrs. Toff, the old housekeeper. |
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Issue
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Definition: The act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution. Sentence: The issue was solved without any problem. |
| Assassinated | Definition: To kill suddenly or secretively, especially a politically prominent person; murder premeditatedly and treacherously. Sentence: John lennon was assassinated in 1980. |
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Loss
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Definition: Detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get. Sentence: The company has had a lot of loss lately. |
| Speeches | Definition: The faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture. Sentence: The boss gave good speeches during his visits. |
| Unveiled | Definition: Not hidden by a veil or other covering; bare. Sentence: There was a big party after unveiled the artwork. |
| Efforts | Definition: Something made by effort or hard work. Sentence: The workers made many efforts to do the job. |
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Raised
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Definition: Move to a higher position; lift up; elevate. Sentence: The economy has raised these days. |
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spot
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Definition: A place or locality. Sentence: Maria was in a isolated spot. |
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Swamp
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Defintion: A tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation. Sentence: Some crocodiles live in the swamps. |
| Deserved | Definition: Justly or rightly earned; merited. Sentence: The children deserved the trophy of the competition. |
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Shield
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Definition: A broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc. Sentence: The knights used shields in battles. |
| Citizens | Definition: An inhabitant of a city or town, especially one entitled to its privileges. Sentence: citizens celebrate the day of independence. |
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Piers
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Definition: A structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships. Sentence: The piers will be full of boats in summer. |
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Carved
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Definition: Decoration with designs or figures cut on the surface. Sentence: The wood was carved with great patience. |
| Skilled | Definition: Having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill. Sentence: It took skilled to do the job. |
| Festoons | Definition: A decorative representation of this, as in architectural work or on pottery. Sentence: The building has many festoons. |
| Carvings | Definition: The act of fashioning or producing by cutting into or shaping solid material, as wood. Sentence: The carving must be professional to make it look perfect. |
| Ancient: | Definition: Dating from a remote period; of great age. Sentence: Rome has many ancient buildings. |
| Dwarfed | Definition: A person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs. Sentence: You look dwarfed next to that monument. |
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Inches
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Definition: A unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters. Sentence: the statue is more than 2000 inches tall. |
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Claim
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Definition: To demand by or as by virtue of a right; demand as a right or as due. Sentence: We must claim our rights. |
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Toe
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Definition: One of the terminal digits of the human foot. Sentence: My sister hurt her toe last week. |
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Grown
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Definition: Arrived at full growth or maturity; adult. Sentence: Ana's son should grow up healthy. |
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Deaf
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Definition: Partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear. Sentence: Pedro's grandmother was deaf due to a loud noise. |
| Resemble: | Definition: To be like or similar to. Sentence: I resemble to my grandmother. |
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Stood
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Definition: To be in an upright position on the feet. Sentence: They stood to applaud after their concert. |
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Hired
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Definition: Engage the services for wages or other payment. Sentence: They hired a chef for his party. |
| Allowed | Definition: To give permission to or for; permit. Sentence: The entrance of dogs is allowed in this place. |
| Graveyards | Definition: A burial ground, often associated with smaller rural churches, as distinct from a larger urban or public cemetery. Sentence: Katie's grandmother is buried in a pirvate graveyard. |
| Tonbstone | Definition: A stone marker, usually inscribed, on a tomb or grave. Sentence: The tombstone said "we will love you always". |
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Burled
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Definition: Having burls that produces a distorted grain. Sentence: The wood is burled. |
| Slamming | Definition: To shut with force and noise. Sentence: John got upset and slamming the door. |
| Haunted | Definition: Inhabited or frequented by ghosts. Sentence: The house next door is haunted. |
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Source
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Definition: Any thing or place from where something arises, or is obtained; origin. Sentence: The imagination is a source of ideas. |
| Splached | Definition: To wet or soil by dashing masses or particles of water, mud, or the like. Sentence: We splashed ourselves paint while playing. |
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Putty
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Definition: Any person or thing easily molded, influenced, etc. Sentence: Putty was very easy to shape. |
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Halls
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Definition: A corridor or passageway in a building. Sentence: The hall is very dark at night. |
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Huge
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Definition: Extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent. Sentence: The bear was huge to hug him. |
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Unruly
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Definition: Not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent intractable; refractory; lawless. Sentence: the protesters were too unruly, and we could not control them. |
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Grand
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Definition: I mpressive in size, appearance, or general effect. Sentence: The size of the mountains was grand. |
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Aside
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Definition: On or to one side; to or at a short distance apart; away from some position or direction. Sentence: Guatemala and Mexico are aside. |
| Recited | Definition: To repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner. Sentence: He wants to recite a poem for his girlfriend. |
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Fared
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Definition: The price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle. Sentence: Must pay the fare to be able to board the bus. |
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Tufts
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Definition: A bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends. Sentence: We have to unite the tufts to have results. |
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