vocabulary workshop level A unit 8

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(adj.) quick and skillful in movement, agile; clever

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nimble

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(n.) a handcuff, anything that chains or confines (v.) to chain or restrain

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manacle

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(n.) wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty

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affluence

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arrears

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unpaid or overdue debts; an unfinished duty

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(adj.) likely to spoil or decay

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perishable

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(n.) the beginning, start (especially of something violent and destructive)

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onset

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(v.) to find and bring back, get back; to put right, make good

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retrieve

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(v.) to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness

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cringe

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(n.) a steep, narrow waterfall; something falling or rushing from in quantity (v.) to flow downward (like a waterfall)

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cascade

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(adj.) cranky, ill-tempered; full of odd whims

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crotchety