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Perdido Street Station 2 Flashcards

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sardonic

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mocking and scornful in a humorous way; ironically or disdainfully humorous e.g. her sardonic jokes in the late nighr show

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cant

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trite talk that has lost its meaning from over-repetition

- also jargon

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moribund

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almost dead

  • moribund, she gasped “i love you”
  • the DVD is moribund with present live streaming services
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shambolic

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(british slang) disorderly, chaotic

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gullible

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naive and easily tricked or deceived e.g.the trusting gullible granny was fooled by the thieves

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lewd

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morally loose, lusty (salacious), dirty e.g. like lewd jokes

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garish

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gaudy, tastelessly showy and vivid e.g. an outfit

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saunter

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a careless leisurely gait, walk without aim

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burr

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seed with thorns or prickles - the dog’s fur is full of burrs after a run in the meadow

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fatuous

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lacking intelligence; inane

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teeter

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waver or sway as of lack of balance; move unsteadily from side to side
- the piles of books teetered precariously

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embezzlement

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a fraud or theft of money or property you manage for someone else e.g. club’s pocket money or in a company stealing some shipped goods

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crag (craggy)

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rugged rock or cliff; a rock having a rough jagged face

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inexorable

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stubborn or unavoidable; not to be placated, appeased or moved by entreaty (a plead) e.g. Russia’s inexorable move

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ponce

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  1. ) an effeminate man, fussy about apparel

2. ) a pimp; one who procures sexual partners for a sex worker (UK word)

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procure

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  1. ) get by special effort e.g. she procured cigarettes to prison
  2. ) arrange for sexual partners for others e.g. a pimp procures sex workers for clients
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chump

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a gullible person easy to take advantage of e.g. ey felt like a chump after being cheated out of money

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skivvy

[skih-vy]

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a female domestic worker for menial work

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menial

[mih-nial]

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requiring little to no training or talent, especially of domestic (unskilled) work

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leeway

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a permissible difference allowing some freedom e.g. ask you teacher if there is any leeway to hand the paper later

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forbearance

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  1. ) a good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence; patience e.g. thank you for your forbearance in this mess
  2. ) a delay in acting or in rights enforcement e.g. his forbearance to reply astonished her
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expostulate

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argue fervently against (strongly trying to convince) e.g. expostulate with your brother who was trying to jump off the roof blindfolded OR expostulate against meat consumption

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forestall

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prevent from happening; preclude e.g. your job is to forestall the alternative failures of the project

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deprecate

[deh-preh-cate]

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  1. ) to express strong disapproval of (deplore) e.g. i deprecate smoking in public
  2. ) to belittle disrespectfully e.g. seniour students deprecate youngsters
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hutch

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  1. ) a cage (wood and metal) for animals

2. ) small crude shelter-dwelling

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dejected

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having given up hope; low spirited and melancholy depressed e.g. she roamed the streets dejcted from her loss

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stevedore

[stih-vih-dore]

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a dock-worker who loads and unlods cargo

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forsake

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abandon or leave someone in need e.g. they forsook me and now i am a pariah

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suffuse

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spread or flood through and fill space like the smell of flowers in meadows

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paltry

[poh-ltry]

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derisory-ish (contemptibly and rodiculously) small in content e.g. Oliver Twist got a paltry amount of gruel and asked for more

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abstruse

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difficult to grasp and understand; requiring extensive knowledge; deep and intelectually challenging

  • almost like the opposite of obtuse
    e. g. understanding how internet works is abstruse
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obtuse

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slow to learn, lacking intellectual insight

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attenuate

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weaken, fade

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scrawny

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(derogatory) thin and weak physically

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oneiric

[onai-ric]

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relating to dreams

greek: oneiros = dream

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mocking and scornful in a humorous way; ironically or disdainfully humorous

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sardonic

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abandon or leave someone in need

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forsake

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almost dead

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moribund

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barb

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a spiteful insult (like a barbed wire)

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simper

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to smile in a overaffected, articifial, coy way (coy = modest and shy in a provocative or playful way) e.g. his fake simper annoys me

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trite talk that has lost its meaning from over-repetition

- also jargon

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a cant

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(british slang) disorderly, chaotic

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shambolic

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gaudy, tastelessly showy and vivid e.g. an outfit

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garish

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naive and easily tricked or deceived e.g. the trusting granny who was fooled by the thieves

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gullible

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morally loose, lusty (salacious), dirty e.g. jokes

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lewd

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a careless leisurely gait, walk without aim

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saunter

n./v.

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seed with thorns or prickles e.g. in the dog’s fur after a run in the meadow

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burr

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waver or sway as of lack of balance; move unsteadily from side to side

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teeter

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lacking intelligence; inane

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fatuous

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a fraud or theft of money or property you manage for someone else e.g. club’s pocket money or in a company stealing some shipped goods

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embezzlement

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rugged rock or cliff; a rock having a rough jagged face

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crag

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stubborn or unavoidable; not to be placated, appeased or moved by entreaty (a plead)

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inexorable

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spread or flood through and fill space like the smell of flowers in meadows

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suffuse

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  1. ) an effeminate man, fussy about apparel

2. ) a pimp; one who procures sexual partners for a sex worker (UK word)

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ponce

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  1. ) get by special effort

2. ) arrange for sexual partners for others e.g. like a pimp

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procure

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a gullible person easy to take advantage of e.g. ey felt like a … after being cheated out of money

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chump

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derisorily (contemptiibly and rodiculously) small in content

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paltry

[poh-ltry]

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a female domestic worker for menial work

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skivvy

[skih-vy]

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requiring little to no training or talent, especially of domestic (unskilled) work

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menial

[mih-nial]

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a permissible difference allowing some degree of freedom

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leeway

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  1. ) a good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence; patience
  2. ) a delay in acting or in rights enforcement
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forbearance

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difficult to grasp and understand; requiring extensive knowledge; deep and intelectually challenging
(almost like the opposite of obtuse)
e.g. understanding how internet works

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abstruse

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argue fervently against (strongly trying to convince) e.g. against meat consumption

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expostulate

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prevent from happening; preclude

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forestall

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  1. ) to express strong disapproval of (deplore) e.g. about smoking in public
  2. ) to belittle disrespectfully e.g. seniour students to youngsters
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deprecate

[deh-preh-cate]

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  1. ) a cage (wood and metal) for animals

2. ) small crude shelter-dwelling

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hutch

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having given up hope; low spirited and melancholy depressed

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dejected

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a dock-worker who loads and unlods cargo

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stevedore

[stih-vih-dore]

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slow to learn, lacking intellectual insight

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obtuse

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weaken, fade, reduce the force

  • also reduce the virulency of a virus/infection/epidemic
  • reduce in thickness, make thin
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attenuate

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(derogatory) thin and weak physically

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scrawny

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relating to dreams

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oneiric

[onai-ric]

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retaliate

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take revenge (for a perceived wrong)

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flounder

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walk with great difficulty; stagger

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dissolution

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  1. ) separation into parts

2. ) unrestrained morally or comventionally (debauchery)

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dale

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a valley in a hilly area typically with a river

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contrition

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the feeling of pain or sorrow or rueful guilt for one’s wrongdoings or sins
(used to be related to religion)

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behest

[b-hest]

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an auhoritative request or command e.g. at the officer’s behest, he gave up

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mawkish

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effusively or insicerely emotional

e.g. the accidental and mawkish meetings with your former classmates or friends on the street

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effusive

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bubbly emotional like Aunt Sally kissing you 30 times

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garrulous

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a person full of trivial conversation who won’t stop talking and talking and chattering… like auntie Sally

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take revenge (for a perceived wrong)

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retaliate

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  1. ) separation into parts

2. ) unrestrained morally or comventionally (debauchery)

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dissolution

84
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the feeling of pain or sorrow or rueful guilt for one’s wrongdoings or sins
(used to be related to religion)

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contrition

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a valley in a hilly area typically with a river

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dale

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walk with great difficulty; stagger

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flounder

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ramify

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branch out; spead; draw complex consequences e.g. the subway or ideas

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impassive

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poker-faced, not easily aroused

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obstreperous

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boisterously and stubbornly defiant e.g. the mum was dragging her obstreperous daughter out of the sweets aisle

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nonplussed

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bewildered (perplexed by a conflicted situation), puzzled and often speechless e.g. nonplussed, they exchange an agreeing stare

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deracinate

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move (people) forcibly into a foreign environment e.g. war deracinates people

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immaculate

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free from stain or blemish; completely clean and neat; spotless and pure like fresh snow on a mountain top e.g. an immaculate home we all wish we had

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welter

n/v

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a confused multitude of things

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grotty

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  1. ) very unpleasant or offensive e.g. a smell or film

2. ) torn, frayed and worn, shabby e.g. a jacket

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poxy

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informal: petty, unimportant, small e.g. how come it takes so much effort to make a poxy change in the society?

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carrion

[kah-rion or keh-rion]

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dead and rotting flesh of an animal

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strident

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being shraply insistent on getting heard; shrill; raucous e.g. strident demands during a protest

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fitful

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  1. ) occurring in abrupt periods/bursts/spells e.g. fitful rays of light
  2. ) intermittently stopping and starting e.g. a fitful sleep
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ponderous

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heavy, lumbering, slow due to weight e.g. the ponderous soldiers thumped in the hallway

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parochial

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  1. ) insular, narrowminded, not open

2. ) related to a restricted religious area - a parish (diocese subsivision)

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succour

[sucker]

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assitance or help in time of difficulty e.g. i am dependant on you, i am in great succour

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pall

n/v

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nouns:
1.) sudden umbing dread (fearful apprehension) e.g. a pall settled in the room
2.) burial garment
verbs:
1.) become dull or less effective
2.) cause to lose courage
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chancer

British slang

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a crafty (scheming) opportunist

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offal

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viscera (internal organs) of butchered animal considered inedible for humans
(root in middle english and swedish is waste and refuse)

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pestilential

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plaguey; likely to spread infectiously and cause epidemic

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desquamate

[des-qua-mate]

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peel off in scales like with skin or old paint

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unruly

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indocile; unwilling to submit to authority e.g. unruly teenagers

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parlour

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  1. ) a reception room where visitors are received (inns or clubs)
  2. ) a livingroom where people sit, talk, relax
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dainty

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  1. ) pleasing to taste (a cake) or delicately beautiful (an ornamental cup or also a cake actually)
  2. ) overnice; excessively fastidious
  3. ) prissy; excessively proper or affectedly neat and fussy; twee = mincing e.g. a dainty Queen
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gilded

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  1. ) based on pretence; deceptively pleasing e.g. the perfumed and gilded nobility
  2. ) rich and superiour = grand or sumptuous e.g. a decorated armchair
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abattoir

[french pronunciation aba-tu-a]

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animal slaughterhouse

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seditious

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in opposition to government or civil authority, arousing rebellion e.g. sedicious newspapers are needed for a revolution to happen
= roughly the same meaning for insurgent and subversive

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gore

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  1. ) coagulated blood

2. ) to wound by piercing

114
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charnel

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gruesomely indicative of death (= ghastly or sepulchral)

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sanguinary

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  1. ) related to blooshed = gory, butcherly e.g. this bitter sanguinary war
  2. ) a bloodthirsty person
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peremptory

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  1. ) not allowing contradiction; putting an end to all debate e.g. a decree
  2. ) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way
  3. ) offensively self-assured, bossy or exercising unwarranted (unjustified) power e.g. a lady at študíjne oddelenie
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wail

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  1. ) weakly cry

2. ) a cry of sorrow and grief, lamentation

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lance

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a surgical double-edged knife used for small incisions

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penury

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extreme poverty or destitution (poverty with no prospects and no friends)

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lackadaisical

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indolent or idle in a dreamy way e.g. Luna Lovehood was annoyingly lackadaisical sometimes but when needed would rise to fight

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languorous

[lang-rous]

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idle, lacking in spirit or liveliness e.g. a languorous steamy day

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insouciant

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nonchalant; blithely unconcerned e.g. she relished in her insouciance not wanting to be troubled

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glower

n/v

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look angry and disapproving e.g. the principal glowered at her insouciance
an angry, disapproving stare

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aghast

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terrified, showing signs of horror e.g. she stared at them and their weapons aghast as she screamed in defence

125
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interminable

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tiresomely long; seemingly without an end e.g. a long-haul flight or a night when you cannot fall asleep staring at the ceiling

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aplomb

[aplom]

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great composure and coolness under strain e.g. she regained her admirable aplomb during the judicial interrogation

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eldritch

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uncanny, unearthly, supernatural

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supplicate

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ask humbly, pray, beseech humbly

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prance

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a proud stiff pompous gait; swagger, a lofty gait to inpress other e.g. she pranced proudly through the streets

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etiolated

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pale or sickly e.g. light

bleach e.g. etiolated plants without chlorophyll

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bicker

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squabble; quarrel over petty things e.g. bickering like crows

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priapic

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  1. ) overly concerned with maleness, male sexuality, masculinity e.g. the priapic gay club culture
  2. ) resembling a phallus, erect shape
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clandestine

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marked by hidden plans or methods; surreptitious; cloak-and-dagger e.g. a clandestine government resistance

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dogged

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stubbornly unyielding; tenacious e.g. she was dogged to finish the race whatever the costs to her health

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valedictory

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a farewell (leaving) speech, especially a graduation one

136
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perfidy

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deliberate betrayal, treachery.
per fidem (latin) = through trust
(so a perfidious act breaks an pre-established faith)
137
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iniquity

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an extremely immoral, wicked act; an absence of spiritual or moral values e.g. the iniquity of the darkness OR a journalist uncovered a terrible iniquity that turned down a politician

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debutante

[french pron.]

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usually a wealthy girl whose parents want to introduce her to the society in a BIG way; a woman making a debut

139
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sough

[sof]

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an air breeze, a waft, a whispering wind sound or a deep sigh

140
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gibbous

[gi-buh-s]

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(of a moon) more than half full

141
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wan

[one; uAan]

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pale and sickly, visibly unwell lacking energy e.g. after a severe fever she stood up from the bed looking very wan

142
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slobber / slabber

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drool saliva from mouth

dribble

143
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rapacious

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  1. ) extremely greedy; voracious e.g. paying taxes to a rapacious government
  2. ) predatory; raptorial; living by preying
144
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branch out; spead; draw complex consequences e.g. the subway or ideas

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ramify

145
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poker-faced, not easily aroused

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impassive

146
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boisterously and stubbornly defiant

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obstreperous

147
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bewildered (perplexed by a conflicted situation), puzzled and often speechless

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nonplussed

148
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move (people) forcibly into a foreign environment e.g. via war

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deracinate

149
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free from stain or blemish; completely clean and neat; spotless and pure like fresh snow on a mountain top

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immaculate

150
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a confused multitude of things

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welter

151
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  1. ) very unpleasant or offensive e.g. a smell or film

2. ) torn, frayed and worn, shabby e.g. a jacket

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grotty

152
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informal: petty, unimportant, small

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poxy

153
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dead and rotting flesh of an animal

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carrion

[kah-rion or keh-rion]

154
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being shraply insistent on getting heard; shrill; raucous

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strident

155
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  1. ) occurring in abrupt periods/bursts/spells e.g. rays of light
  2. ) intermittently stopping and starting e.g. a sleep
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fitful

156
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heavy, lumbering, slow due to weight

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ponderous

157
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  1. ) insular, narrowminded, not open

2. ) related to a restricted religious area - a parish (diocese subsivision)

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parochial

158
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assitance or help in time of difficulty e.g. i am dependant on you, i am in great succour

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succour

[sucker]

159
Q 
nouns:
1.) sudden umbing dread (fearful apprehension)
2.) burial garment
verbs:
1.) become dull or less effective
2.) cause to lose courage
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pall

n./v.

160
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a crafty (scheming) opportunist

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chancer

British slang

161
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viscera (internal organs) of butchered animal considered inedible for humans
(root in middle english and swedish is waste and refuse)

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offal

[oh-fl]

162
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plaguey; likely to spread infectiously and cause epidemic

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pestilential

163
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peel off in scales like with skin or old paint

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desquamate

[des-qua-mate]

164
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indocile; unwilling to submit to authority e.g. teenagers

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unruly

165
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  1. ) a reception room where visitors are received (inns or clubs)
  2. ) a livingroom where people sit, talk, relax
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parlour

166
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  1. ) pleasing to taste (a cake) or delicately beautiful (an ornamental cup or also a cake actually)
  2. ) overnice; excessively fastidious
  3. ) prissy; excessively proper or affectedly neat and fussy; twee = mincing (for a man)
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dainty

167
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  1. ) based on pretence; deceptively pleasing e.g. the perfumed nobility
  2. ) rich and superiour = grand or sumptuous e.g. a decorated armchair
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gilded

168
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animal slaughterhouse

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abattoir

169
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in opposition to government or civil authority, arousing rebellion e.g. newspapers are needed for a revolution to happen
= roughly the same meaning for insurgent and subversive (subvert = undermine the power of an authority)

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seditious

170
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  1. ) coagulated blood

2. ) to wound by piercing

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gore

171
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gruesomely indicative of death (= ghastly or sepulchral)

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charnel

172
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  1. ) related to blooshed = gory, butcherly e.g. this bitter war
  2. ) a bloodthirsty person
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sanguinary

173
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  1. ) not allowing contradiction; putting an end to all debate e.g. a decree
  2. ) insisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way
  3. ) offensively self-assured, bossy or exercising unwarranted (unjustified) power e.g. a lady at študíjne oddelenie
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peremptory

174
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wail

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  1. ) weakly cry

2. ) a cry of sorrow and grief, lamentation

175
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a surgical double-edged knife used for small incisions

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lance

176
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extreme poverty or destitution (poverty with no prospects and no friends)

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penury

177
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indolent or idle in a dreamy way e.g. Luna Lovehood

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lackadaisical

178
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idle, lacking in spirit or liveliness

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languorous

[lang-rous]

179
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nonchalant; blithely unconcerned

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insouciant

180
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  • look angry and disapproving

- an angry, disapproving stare

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glower

181
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terrified, showing signs of horror e.g. she stared at them and their weapons aghast as she screamed in defence

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aghast

182
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tiresomely long; seemingly without an end e.g. a long-haul flight or a night when you cannot fall asleep staring at the ceiling

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interminable

183
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great composure and coolness under strain, pressure

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aplomb

[aplom]

184
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uncanny, unearthly, supernatural

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eldritch

185
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ask humbly, pray, beseech humbly

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supplicate

186
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a proud stiff pompous gait; swagger, a lofty gait to inpress other

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prance

187
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pale or sickly e.g. light

bleach e.g. plants without chlorophyll

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etiolated

188
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squabble; quarrel over petty things

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bicker

189
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  1. ) overly concerned with maleness, male sexuality, masculinity e.g. the gay club culture
  2. ) resembling a phallus, erect shape
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priapic

190
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marked by hidden plans or methods; surreptitious; cloak-and-dagger e.g. a government resistance

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clandestine

191
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stubbornly unyielding; tenacious e.g. finishing the race whatever the costs to health

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dogged

192
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a farewell (leaving) speech, especially a graduation one

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valedictory

193
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deliberate betrayal, treachery.

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perfidy

194
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an extremely immoral, wicked act; an absence of spiritual or moral values

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iniquity

195
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usually a wealthy girl whose parents want to introduce her to the society in a BIG way; a woman making a debut

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debutante

196
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an air breeze, a waft, a whispering wind sound or a deep sigh

A

sough

[sof]

197
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(of a moon) more than half full

A

gibbous

[gi-buh-s]

198
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pale and sickly, visibly unwell lacking energy

A

wan

[one; uAan]

199
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drool saliva from mouth

dribble

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slobber / slabber

200
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  1. ) extremely greedy; voracious

2. ) predatory; raptorial; living by preying

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rapacious

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