Vocabulary Flashcards

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Commiserate (verb)

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to express or feel sympathy or pity

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Scavenge (verb)

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to collect items that have been thrown away

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Activist (noun)

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a person who works to bring about political or social change

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Vex (verb)

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to make someone feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried

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Discreet (adjective)

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careful or low-key; not drawing attention

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Analogy (noun)

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a comparison between two things

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Eulogy (noun)

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a speech that praises someone who has died

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Momentum (noun)

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the force of something that is in motion

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Mollify (verb)

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to do or say something to make someone less upset or angry

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Conciliatory (adjective)

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intending to please or make peace with