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Flocab unit 6
How to be an Enterpreneur
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9th Grade
12/03/2008

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abet
Definition

to assist, encourage or support, usually in some wrongdoing

  • George will abet Louie in the bank robbery by driving the gateway car.
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atrocity
Definition

an appalling condition; the act of being shockingly cruel or inhuman

  • The biggest actrocity of the war was the horrible treatment of women and children in prision camps.
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caption
Definition

an explanation or description for a picture

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discern
Definition
to detect or perceive as seperate and distinct
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deploy
Definition
to spread out or move into a position of readiness  
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evolve
Definition

to develop over time or gradually

  • synonyms: emerge or grow
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exemplify
Definition

to show by example, or to be an example of

  • Synonyms: demonstrate or display
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fastidious
Definition

demading, painstaking or hard to please

  • Synonyms: careful or discriminating
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feasible
Definition

capable of being accomplished; possible

  • Antonyms: impossible or unlikely
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inventive
Definition

creative

  • Synonyms: artistic
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minimize
Definition

to reduce to the smallest amount

  • Synonyms: downplay, diminish, lessen
  • Antonyms: enhance or maximize
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perspective
Definition
a view, or a mental view or outlook
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rebuke
Definition

to criticize sharply or disapprove of

  • Synonyms: berate
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sporadic
Definition
not happening often; occasional
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voracious
Definition

marked by a large appetite for food or an activity

  • Synonyms: avid
  • Antonoyms: indifferent
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