Daily Language Flashcards

(43 cards)

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Squeamish

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Sick

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Decoy

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Lure, trick

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3
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Fidget

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Nervous anxious movements

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Corny

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Overused, cliche, low effort

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5
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To skulk

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To hide cowardly

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6
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To skulk

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To hide cowardly

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7
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Hover

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Nervously waiting for someone’s attention

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Asynchronous

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Not happening at the same time
Eg: emails, texts because these events happen at irregular intervals

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9
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Arbitrary

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When something is described as arbitrary it means random, based on a whim, happenstance

Love is arbitrary

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10
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Inhibitions

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A feeling that makes one self conscious or unable to act in a relaxed way
I have to let go of my inhibition

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11
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Rear its ugly head

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Something bad starts to appear

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12
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Endeavor

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Attempt to achieve a goal

Goodluck in your future endeavors

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13
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Amicable

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Friendly

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14
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Stand idly

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Stand lazily without doing anything

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15
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Fluff

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Unimportant thing

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16
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Liberating

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Freeing

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17
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Obnoxious

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Annoying showoff

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18
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Revamp

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Renovate, update

19
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Dialed in

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She’s dialed in would mean she’s redirected her focus onto her main priorities

20
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Rein in

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To control to limit
You have to rein it in
Stop doing something
Control yourself

21
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Seeing someone in their element

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I have never seen you in your element

22
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In hindsight

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In retrospect
Realizing something after it occured

23
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Commendable

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Deserving praise

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Lethargic

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Feeling lack of energy and energy
Sluggishness
Inertia
Inactivity

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Lethargic
Feeling lack of energy and energy Sluggishness Inertia Inactivity
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Life raft
An inflatable boat or device from drowning
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Inane
Silly stupid
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Uproot your life
I was so determined to uproot my life. (Move out of country to another place)
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To tick someone
To anger someone He really ticked me off
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Hefty
Large, heavy Hefty donations
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Ineffable
Inexplicable Can’t be explained Indescribable
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Ineffable
Inexplicable Can’t be explained Indescribable
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Crass
Insensitive Stupid That’s crass
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Atone
To make amends for wrongdoings
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Insinuate
Imply/suggest something bad What are you insinuating about me
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Frenzy
Showing too much excitement or wild behavior I hope I wasn’t frenzy last night
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Baffled
Confused
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Baffled
Confused
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Self righteous
Someone who thinks their ideas and behaviors are morally better than those of others
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Perturbed
Disturbed, anxious,
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Decorum
Etiquette
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Propriety
The state or quality of conforming to social conventions or universally accepted standards or moral behavior
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Construe
Interpret It can be hardly construed as morally right