3.1 Flashcards

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Repertoire
Her cooking repertoire includes a to z
Her repertoire of romcoms is unmatched
My repertoire of jokes is remarkable

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Collection

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Putrid

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Unpleasant

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Ratcheting

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Rise or fall

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Munificent

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Generous

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Irresolute

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Indecisive

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Impunity

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Immunity

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Gaudy

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Loud jhataak garish

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Rigour
Your business lacks rigour

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Quality of being thorough and careful

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Peruse

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Read

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Harbinger

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Sign

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Imperceptible

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Unnoticeable

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Marvel

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Wonder

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Inveigled

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Cajoled

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Vacuous

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Stupid mindless

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Peckish

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Hungry

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Palaver
It seems like too much of a palaver to shop offline
It’s too much of a palaver to get up
Cooking is too much of a palaver

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Fuss
Task

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Bite the bullet
Its time to bite the bullet and save money
It’s time to bite the bullet and be honest with him

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Get over it

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Cumbersome

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Complicated

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Eschew
She likes to eschew social gatherings
He tends to eschew drama
I try to eschew negativity

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Abstain from

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Betide
Not knowing what would betide

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Happen

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Bemoan

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Complain about

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Deplore

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Regret

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Disconsolate

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Sad// Very unhappy and unable to be comforted

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Delectation

offer up their life for public delectation

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Enjoyment

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Factitious
Fake
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Proliferation
Rapid increase
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Reproach
Scold/disapprove
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Solemn
Sincere
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Garrulous She’s always been a bit garrulous
Talk a lot about trifling things
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Contumacious/ renunciatory It’s hard to have a conversation with someone so contimacious His contumacious attitude got him in trouble
Rebellious
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Propitious It was a propitious time to sell my phone The weather is propitious for a beach day
Favourable
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Encumbrance
Impediment
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Approbation
Praise
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Indemnify
Reimburse
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Vitiate
Nullify reduce
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Commiserate
Offer sympathy to
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Propositions How many times did you accept those propositions
Proposals
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Collating
Collecting
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Dispel
Eliminate
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Appellation
Name
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Hackneyed
Overused
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Preeminent
Greatest
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Afflict
Trouble
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Obviated
Precluded
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Subversive
Disruptive
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Dowdy
Unfashionable
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Splendour
Magnificence
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Interceded
Intervened on behalf of other
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Consternation
Dismay
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Succour
Aid
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Stupendous
Colossal amazing
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Feat
Achievement
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Advent
Arrival
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Unwittingly
Unintentionally
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Disobliging
Unhelpful
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Ludicrously
Foolishly
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Pilfered purloin
Stolen
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Enjoined
Urged
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Chutzpah
Audacity
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Coalesce
Combine
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Indiscretions Their marriage ended due to his repeated indiscretions The politicians indiscretion included accepting gifts  He committed several social indiscretions by making inappropriate jokes 
Dalliances Mistakes
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Untenable It has become untenable for me
Indefensible It is not okay w me
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Engender
Causes
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Litany
Repetition
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Disingenuous
Dishonest
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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Veritable The pizza was a veritable masterpiece It was a veritable nightmare She’s a veritable genius
Real
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Luminary
Guiding light
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Enthralling
Fascinating
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Espouses
Adopts or supports
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Recounts
Tells
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Awash
Flooded
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Laden Laden with gifts
Loaded
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Excise I’ve decided to excise him out of my life
Cut out
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Tendering
Proffering
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Accord
Give/grant
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Volition
Will
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Mores
Customs
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Risible
Laughable
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remonstrated
Protested
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Implacable
Unappeasable
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Tantamount
Equivalent to