1500 Essential (1-300) Flashcards

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abacus

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frame with balls for calculating

چرتكه

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abate

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to lessen
to subside
فروكش كردن،

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abdication

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giving up control authority

استعفا، كناره گيري

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aberration

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straying away from what is normal

انحراف، عدم انطباق

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abet

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help/encourage sb (in doing wrong)

تربيت كردن، تشويق و تقويت كردن

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abeyance

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suspended action

بلاتكليفي، تعليق

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abhor

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to hate
to detest
تنفر داشتن، ترس داشتن

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abide

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be faithful
to endure
ايستادگيكردن، پايدار ماندن، تاب اوردن

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abjure

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promise or swear
to give up
سوگند شكستن، نقض عهد كردن، براي هميشه ترك كردن

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abraded

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rubbed off
worn away by friction
تحريك كردن، سر غيرت اوردن

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abrogate

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repeal or annul by authority

از ميان بردن، منسوخ كردن، لغو كردن

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abscond

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to go away suddenly (to avoid arrest)

گريختن، فرار كردن، پنهان شدن

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abstruse

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difficult to comprehend

پنهان و پيچيده

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abut

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border on

مماس بودن، مجاور بودن

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abysmal

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bottomless
extreme
ژرف، گردابي، ناپيمودني

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acarpous

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effete no longer
fertile worn out
بي ثمر، بدون ميوه

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acclaimed

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welcomed with shouts and approval

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accolade

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praise
approval
سربالايي، فراز، مراسم اعطاي منصب

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accretion

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the growing of separate things into one

رشد يوسته، اتحاد و يكپارچگي

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adamant

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kind of stone
inflexible
مقاوم، يكدنده، جسم جامد و سخت

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admonitory

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containing warning

نصيحت اميز، توبيخ اميز

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adorn

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add beauty
decorate
زيبا كردن، ارايش كردن

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adulteration

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making unpure poorer in quality

جعل و تزوير

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affable

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polite and friendly

مهربان، دلجو و خوش برخورد

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affinity
close connection relationship خويشاوندي، وابستگي، ميل تركيبي
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aggravate
make worse irritate بدتر كردن، خشمگين كردن
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agile
active | quick-moving
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agog
eager/excited | نگران، مشتاق
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ail
trouble be ill ازردن و پريشان كردن درد ياكسالت داشتن
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alacrity
eager and cheerful readiness | چابكي و نشاط
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alcove
recess/partially enclosed place | شاه نشين، الاچيق، تو رفتگي
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allegiance
duty support loyalty وفاداري، تابعيت، بيعت
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alleviate
make (pain) easier to bear سبك كردن، ارام كردن
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alloy
to debase by mixing with something inferior
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aloof
reserved indifferent | دور، كناره گير
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amalgamate
mix combine unite societies اميختن
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ambidextrous
able to use the left hand or the right equally well | قابليت استفاده از هر دو جهت
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ambiguous
doubtful uncertain با ابهام، تاريك
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ambivalent
having both of two contrary meanings | دوجنبه اي
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ameliorate
improve make better بهتر كردن، اصلاح كردن
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amortize
end (a debt) by setting aside money | وقف كردن ، واگذار كردن، خراب كردن، كشتن
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anguish
severe suffering | اضطراب، نگران شدن، دلتنگ كردن
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animosity
strong dislike | دئمني، كينه
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antidote
medicine used against a poison or a disease
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antithetical
direct opposing
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apartheid
brutal racial discrimination
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aplomb
self-confidence
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apostate
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
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apotheosis
deification glorification to godliness
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appease
make quiet or calm
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apprehensive
grasping understanding fear unhappy feeling about future
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apprise
give notice to inform
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approbation
approval
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apropos
appropriate to the situation apt
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apt
well-suited quick-witted
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arabesque
a complex ornate design
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arboreal
of connected with trees
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ardor
enthusiasm
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arduous
steep difficult ascent laborious
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argot
jargon slang
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arrant
in the highest degree
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arrogance
proud superior manner of behaviour
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articulate
speak distinctly connect by joints
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ascend
go or come up
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ascertain
get to know
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ascetic
practicing self-denial austere stark
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ascribe
consider to be the origin of or belonging to
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aseptic
surgically clean
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asperity
roughness harshness ill temper irritability
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aspersion
slander
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assail
with attack violently
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assiduous
diligent hard-working sedulous
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assuage
make smth (pain desire) less
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asterisk
the mark * (e.g.. omitted letters)
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astringent
substance that shrinks
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astute
clever quick at seeing to get an advantage
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atonement
repayment death of Jesus
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attenuate
make thin. weaken enervate
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attune
bring into harmony
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audacious
daring foolishly bold impudent
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augury
omen sign
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august
majestic venerable
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auspicious
favorable successful prosperous
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austere
severely moral and strict simple and plain
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auxiliary
helping supporting
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aver
affirm assert prove justify
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aversion
strong dislike
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avid
eager greedy
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avow
admit. Declare openly
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baleful
harmful ominous causing evil
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balk
obstacle purposely to get on the way of
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baneful
causing harm or ruin pernicious destructive
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barrage
artificial obstacle built across a river
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barren
not good enough unable to have young ones without value
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bask
in enjoy warmth and light
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beatify
to bless make happy or ascribe a virtue to
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bedizen
to adorn especially in a cheap showy manner
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belabor
beat hard
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bellicose
belligerent pugnacious warlike
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belligerent
(person nation) waging war
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benefactor
person who has given help
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benevolence
wish or activity in doing good
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benign
kind and gentle mild (climate)
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bequest
arrangement to give smth at death
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berate
scold sharply
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bereft
rob or dispossess of smth (material)
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bewilder
puzzle confuse
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bigot
stubborn narrow-minded person
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bilge
bulge the protuberance of a cask
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blandishment
flattery coaxing
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blandness
polite manner comforting uninteresting
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blatant
noisy and rough
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blithe
cheerful casual carefree
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bogus
sham counterfeit not genuine
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boisterous
loud noisy rough lacking restraint
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bolster
give greatly needed support
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boorish
crude offensive rude
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brash
hasty rush cheeky saucy
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brass
yellow metal (mixing copper and zinc)
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brazen
made of brass
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breach
opening broken place breaking
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brittle
easily broken
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broach
bring up announce begin to talk about
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brook
to tolerate endure
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buoyant
able to float light-hearted
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burgeon
grow forth send out buds
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burnish
to polish rub to a shine
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cabal
a scheme or plot a group of plotters
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cadge
to beg to get by begging
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cajole
use flattery or deceit to persuade
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calipers
metal supports attached to the legs measuring instrument
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calumny
slander aspersion
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candid
frank straight-forward
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cant
insincere talk/jargon
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cantankerous
bad-tempered/quarrelsome
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canvass
discuss thoroughly sort of touting
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castigate
to chastise correct by punishing
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castigation
severe punishment
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catalyst
substance that causes speeding up
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caustic
biting sarcastic
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censure
expression of blame or disapproval a rebuke
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centurion
leader of a unit of 100 soldiers
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chary
cautious wary
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chastened
corrected punished
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chastisement
punishment
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chauvinist
a blindly devoted patriot
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chicanery
legal trickery/false argument
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chisel
steel tool for shaping materials
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churl
bad-tempered person
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clamor
shout complain with a lot of noise
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clientele
customers
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clinch
come to grips/settle conclusively
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cling
to resist separation
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clot
half-solid lump formed from liquid
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cloture
closing device (in Parliament) to end a debate by voting
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coagulation
change to a thick and solid state
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coalescing
coming together and uniting into one substance
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coax
get smb to do smth by kindness
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coda
passage that completes a piece of music
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coddle
treat with care and tenderness
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coerce
compel to force to make obedient
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coeval
of the same period coexisting
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cogent
strong convincing
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cogitate
think deeply mediate
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cognizant
being fully aware of
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colander
bowl-shaped vessel with many holes used to drain off water
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collusion
secret agreement for a deceitful purpose
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combustion
process of burning
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commemorate
keep the memory of
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commodious
having plenty of space for what is needed
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commuter
person who travels regularly
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complaisance
tending to comply obliging willingness to please
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compunction
feeling of regret for one's action
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conceal
hide keep secret
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conceit
over-high opinion of too much pride
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conciliatory
reconciling soothing comforting mollifying
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concord
agreement or harmony
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concur
agree in opinion happen together
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condense
increase in density strength make laconic
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condone
forgive
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congeal
make or become stiff and solid
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conjoin
to join together
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connoisseur
a person with good judgement (e.g.. in art)
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connotation
suggestion in addition to
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consequential
pompous self important
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console
give comfort or sympathy to
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conspicuous
easily seen remarkable
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consternation
surprise and fear dismay
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constrain
compel
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constrict
make tight or smaller
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consume
get to the end of
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consummate
perfect/make perfect/complete
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contemn
to scorn or despise
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contentious
argumentative pugnacious combative quarrelsome
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contiguous
touching neighboring near
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contrite
filled with deep sorrow for wrongdoing
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contumacious
insubordinate rebellious
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conundrum
a riddle dilemma enigma
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conviction
convincing firm belief
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convoke
call together summon
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convoluted
complicated coiled twisted
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cordial
warm and sincere
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cordon
line (of police acting as a guard)
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cornucopia
abundant supply
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corporeal
physical of or for the body
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correlate
have a mutual relation
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corroboration
additional strengthening evidence
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countenance
to favor or approve of
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counterfeit
forgery
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countervail
counterbalance
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covert
disguised
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covetous
eagerly desirous
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cower
crouch shrink back
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coy
shy/modest (esp of a girl)
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crass
very great (es. stupidity)
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cravat
piece of linen worn as a necktie
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craven
cowardly
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crease
line made by crushing white line on the ground in cricket
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credulity
too great a readiness to believe things
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credulous
ready to believe things
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crush
press lose shape subdue overwhelm
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cryptic
secret with a hidden meaning
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cumbersome
burdensome heavy and awkward to carry
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curmudgeon
bad-tempered person
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curriculum
course of study
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cursory
quick hurried
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curtail
make shorter then was planned
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dainty
pretty/delicate(food)/difficult to please
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daunt
intimidate make fearful
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dawdler
person who is slow waste of time
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dearth
shortage
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debacle
a breakup overthrow sudden disaster
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decorum
propriety properness
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decree
order given by authority
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decry
disapprove of
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defer
postpone give way (to show respect)
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deferential
showing respect
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defiance
open disobedience or resistance
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delineate
to portray depict sketch out
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deluge
great flood heavy rush of water
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demagogue
person appealing not to reasons
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demur
to hesitate raise objections
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denigrate
blacken belittle sully defame
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denouement
an outcome or solution the unraveling of a plot
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deplete
use until none remains
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deposition
dethronement depositing
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deprave
make morally bad corrupt
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deprecate
protest against express disapproval of
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dereliction
deserting and leaving to fall into ruins
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derision
ridicule mockery deriding
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derivative
unoriginal obtained from another source
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derogatory
insulting tending to damage
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descry
catch sight of see smth in the distance
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desiccant
substance used to absorb moisture
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desuetude
cessation of use disuse
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desultory
aimless haphazard digressing at random
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deter
discourage hinder
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detraction
slandering verbal attack aspersion
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detumescence
diminishing or lessening of swelling
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deviance
being different in moral standards (from normal)
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dexterity
skill (esp. in handling)
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diaphanous
transparent gauzy
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diatribe
bitter and violent attack in words
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diffidence
shyness
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dilate
speak comprehensively become wider large
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disallow
refuse to allow or accept as a correct
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discern
see with an effort but clearly
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discomfit
confuse embarrass
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disconcert
upset the self-possession of
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discountenance
refuse to approve of
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discourse
speech lecture
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discredit
refuse to believe
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discreet
careful/prudent
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discrete
individually distinct
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disdain
look on with contempt
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disencumber
free from encumbrance
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disheveled
untidy
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disingenuous
sophisticated artful trying to deceive cunning
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disinter
dig up from the earth
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dislodge
move force from the place occupied
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dismal
sad gloomy miserable
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disparate
essentially different
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disproof
proof to the contrary
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dissemble
speak or behave so as to hide smth (in mind)
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disseminate
distribute (esp. ideas)
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dissent
have a different opinion refuse to assent
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dissolution
disintegration looseness in morals
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distraught
distracted violently upset in mind
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divergence
getting farther apart from a point
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divestiture
taking off getting rid of giving up
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divulge
make known smth secret
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doggerel
trivial poorly constructed verse
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dogmatic
positive certain arbitrary without room for discussion
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dolt
stupid fellow
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dormant
in a state of inactivity but awaiting development
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dote
show much fondness center one's attention
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drawl
slow way of speaking
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droll
jesting
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drone
male bee person who isn't self-employed
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drowsiness
feeling sleepy half asleep