Bend Down And Call Me Dadi Flashcards

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Clairvoyant

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Adj
Having supernatural power
Noun
Somone who claims to have supernatural powers

He has clairvoyant powers

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Conclusive

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Adj
Settling an issue, final
The gun with his blood on it gave us conclusive evidence that he did the crime

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Disreputable

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Adj
Not respectable
People thought they were criminals by their disreputable appearance

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Endemic

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Adj
Natural to a particular religion
The monkeys are endemic to the tropics

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Exemplary

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Adj
Worthy of imitation, commendable.
He was an exemplary student

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Fathom

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Verb
To understand
It is hard to fathom Dr. Johnson’s ways of doing math

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Guile

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Noun
Treacherous cunning, crafty deception, deceit
The guile of the serpent in the book of Genesis is great

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Integrity

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Noun
Honesty, moral and ethical principles
Chester has incredible integrity

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Itinerary

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Noun
A route of travel
It took a while for us to plan our itinerary of our trip to Europe

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Misconstrue

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Verb
To mistake the meaning of something
George Bush has Ben misconstrued as an amazing leader, but he is terrible

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Obnoxious

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Adj
Highly offensive, arousing strong dislike
The teacher hates him for his obnoxious remarks in class

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Placate

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Verb
To make someone feel less angry about something.
Since I accidentally kicked my friend, I tried to placate him

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Placid

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Adj
Calm, peaceful
My life in Antigua is placid

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Plagiarism

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Noun
Using of one’s own writings.
The author was convicted of plagiarism, so he was sent to jail

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Potent

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Adj
Powerful
The king had immeasurable potent

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Pretext

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Noun
A false reason
Since I was bored by the meeting, I made a pretext for leaving

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Protrude

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Verb
To stick out
English people’s retry protrude

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Stark

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Adj - Adv
Harsh, unpleasant and difficult to accept or experience
The stark reality of death scared me

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Superficial

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Adj
Concerned with only what is obvious or apparent, not deep or serious.
People under the age of 7 have a superficial knowledge of life

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Abjure

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Verb
To reject or give up a belief or activity
After the tyrant took over the country, the citizens had to abjure their political beliefs.

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Acrid

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Adj
Harsh in taste or odor
The acrid smoke from the factory was hard to breathe in

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August

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Adj
Having a formal and impressive quality
Caesar and his senators had an August appearance at the town meeting

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Callous

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Adj
Not feeling or showing concern for something
Donald trump has a callous refusal to help the poor

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Clandestine

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Adj
Secret, concealed
The spy’s clandestine activities found him the murderer

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Compunction
Noun Remorse, regret ISIS feel no compunction for their crimes
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Conflagration
Noun A large fire The conflagration of Rome was all Nero's fault
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Elated
Adj High spirits, happy I was elated with my success of the A on the grammar test
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Indelible
Adj Not able to be forgotten or not able to be erased. The fact that Donald is a horrible person is indelible.
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Indulgent
Adj Always doing things for others The prince of Egypt was spoiled by his indulgent guardian
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Inveterate
Adj Always or often happening, long standing His inveterate tendency to chew gum made his teeth extra white
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Irrelevant
Adj Not to the point All irrelevant questions will get you a strike at St Bernards
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Nocturnal
Adj Occurring in the night The calls of the nocturnal owls are amazing
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Platitude
Noun An old everyday saying I wanted to kill myself as our teacher was giving us an hour speech filled with platitudes
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Quell
Verb To stop something by force Someone needs to call the police to quell the riot!!!!
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Quiescent
Adj Not active The volcano has been quiescent for many years, so we're safe!!
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Ruminate
Verb To think deeply and carefully about something I ruminate over death a lot.
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Tacit
Adj Unspoken but implied, not directly stated but inferred I have a tacit understanding that I'm better at sports than Chester
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Tangible
Adj Real, able to be touched There is no tangible evidence to support her claim of murder
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Trenchant
Adj Very strong, clear, effective The delivered the order in a trenchant manner
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Allude
Verb | To refer casually or indirectly