651 Flashcards

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Lackey

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Male servant

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Heresy

Convention

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Opinion that strongly disagrees with what others belief

Behaviour accepted by all

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etiolate

Foliate

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To make pale or silky

To decorate with foil

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percolate

Procreate

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Spread gradually

To produce more individuals

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5
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Arbitrator

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Someone chosen to hear both sides and give a judgement

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delectable

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Delicious

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Arable

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Suitable for growing crops

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Venerable

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People or thing which deserves respect by age dignity character position

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Sprout

Sterilized

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New part growing on a plant

To kill bacteria in or on something

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Feint

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To pretend to attack(suma adikura mari)

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Hydrophobia

Cynophobia

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Fear of water

Fear of dogs

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Analgesia

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Marathu poga vaikura usi

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Dactylogy

Dendrology

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Science of communicating by sign language

Scientific study of trees

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Annals

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Official record of events year by year

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Hallucination

Utopia

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Image of object without reality

Imaginary place where everything is perfect

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Oncology

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Study and treatement of tumours

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17
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Changeling

Tiddler

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Secretly exchanging a child

A very small fish

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Tyke

Nipper

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Small child one who behaves badly

Small child

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Indolent

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Lazy

20
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General

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Chief or commander of army

21
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order in armed force

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Lieutenant
Captain
Major 
Colonel
Brigader
General 
Field marshal
22
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Urn

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Vessel to collect ashes of dead person

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Turncoat (renegade)

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One who leaves one party and joins the opposite

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Subservient
Subjugate
Subaltern

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Too willing to obey other person
To defeat someone
Any officer lower in rank tan captain in british army

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Avaricious

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Extreme desire for money

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Fervent

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Very strong and sincere feelings for something

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Erratum
Axiom
Jargon

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Mistake in a book or printing
Rule or principle that most people believe to be true
Words used by particular profession people that is difficult to be understood

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interregnum

Anachronism

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A period between two rulers (no king in throne)

Very old thing which very familiar and boring

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Plunder

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To steal using force during war

30
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Tautology

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To say something twice like superflous

they came one after the other in succession

31
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temerity

Tarragon

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Extremely confident behaviour that most people misunderstands a rude
Plant with leaves with strong taste used in cooking

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limber

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Capable of moving bending

33
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Liturgy

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Public worship

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Annihilate

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To destroy completly

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Dawdle
Bluster
Chide(rebuke)

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To take long time to do something
To say something in a angressive manner
To criticize

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adonis

Debonair

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Handsome person

Fashonable and confident man

37
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Sabotage

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Intentional attack over machines

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Sangfroid(imperturable)

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Ability to remain calm in tough situation

39
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Blurb

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Short description of a book or new product

40
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Lexicon

Lexical

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All words or phrases used in a particular language

Connected with the words of language

41
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Apiary

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Place where bees are kept