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VOCABULARY UNIT 8
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TO EMBARK ON STHG
To begin
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CORPSGroup of people
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BRANCHParts of a larger organization
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TO TAKE CARE OF STHG
To pay for something
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To be ON THE ROAD to STHG
To be ON THE WAY
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ORIENTATIONIntroductory session
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GPA
Grade Point Average (the average of all of a student’s grades)
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CURRICULUMCourse of study
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CAMARADERIE
A feeling of friendliness towards people with whom you work or share an experience.
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SHRAPNEL (noun)
Small pieces of metal that are scattered by a bomb or similar weapon when it explodes and are intended to injure people.
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TO DEMOBILIZE
To release someone from one of the armed forces, especially at the end of a war.
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GALLING (adj)
Irritating
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TO DIE HARD
If a belief or way of behaving dies hard, it takes a long time to disappear, and is not given up easily.
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SEVERANCE
Money paid by an employer to an employee whose job the employer has had to bring to an end.
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THE DRAFT (noun)
The system of ordering people by law to join the armed forces. (Conscription)
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TO SEVER To break or separate, especially by cutting.
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VOLATILE (adj)
Likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly or suddenly become violent.
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BATTLEFIELD
A place where a battle is being fought or has been fought in the past.
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SAVAGERY
(Acts of) violent cruelty.
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TO SPARE SBDY
To not hurt or destroy something or someone.
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TO DISSEMINATE
To spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas, etc., to a lot of people.
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TO DENOUNCE
To accuse someone publicly of being something bad; to give information against.
