750 Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Contemporaries

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Belonging to the same period

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Comrades

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Friends

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Encroacher

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Someone who enters by force in order to conquer

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Soporific

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Drug that induces sleep

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Beguile

Poppy

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To trick a person do something by being nice

Wlid plant with big red flower

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aesthetics

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Philosophy of principles of beauty in art

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dermatoglyphics

Stratigraphy

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Study of lines forming in skin of palm and soles of feet

Study of rock strata

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Tartar(sullen)

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Bad tempered, voilent person

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Vagabond

Swindler

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A person who has no home or job travels from place to place

Cheater

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Gallant
Robust
Reckless

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Noble chivalrous braveman
Strong and healthy
Rash

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Elocution

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Clear way of speaking and pronunciation

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Solemn

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Dignified formal

Sincere

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Avert

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To turn away
To prevent(bad thing)
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Harbour

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Shelter for ship

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Barracks

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Place where soldiers live

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Shacks

Ordnance depots

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A small building built of metal or wood in bad way

Place where military supplied and materials are stored

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Clientele

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Collective noun of clients

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Outlaw(fugitive)

Outcast

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Person who did a illegal activity and hiding from law

A person rejected from a society

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Atonement

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The act of showing you are sorry for doing something wrong

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Expiate

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To accept punishment for showing sorry

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Remonstrate

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Argue in protest / opposition

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Vendetta

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Murder as revenge

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Subtle

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Not very noticable

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Eminent

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Periya manishan

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Nonentity Nonpareil Nonconformist
A person of no importance / influence A eminent beyond comparison One who does not respect behave properly
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Pillage | Proliferate
Act of stealing valuble things | Grow rapidly
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Occidental Oriental Celestial
West(europe) East(japan) Heaven
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Maladriot Consumate Inveterate
Without skill clumpsy Extremely skillful Always doing or enjoying something
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Avarice
Extreme desire for wealth
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Prelude
Something that precedes an action or introduces that follows
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Presbyte
Long sighted or far sighted
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Obituary
Notice of someones death
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sojourn
Short stay at a place
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Solitude Soiree Solstice
State of being alone Party The time in which the sun reaches the highest and lowest point on sky
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abattoir
Place where animals slaughtered
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Eccentric
Person with abnormal habits
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Frantic
Doing something in haste anxiety
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Sulky (morose sullen )
Bad tempered