Vocabulary Flashcard

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Poised

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Balanced and ready for action

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Imitating

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Copying someone's actions or words

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Misshapen

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Having an abnormal shape

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Encased

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Covered or surrounded completely

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Rummaging

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Searching untidily through a mass

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Vocabulary

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The set of words known and used by a person or group.

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Synonym

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A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word.

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Antonym

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A word that means the opposite of another word.

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Context

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The circumstances or setting surrounding a word or phrase that help determine its meaning.

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Homonym

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A word that is pronounced the same as another word but has a different meaning.