Efe Flashcards by Andrew arnold | Brainscape

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Shed (v)

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To lose skin or fur

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Postpone (v)

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To delay something

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Suspend (v)

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To hang something up high

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Drape (v)

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To cover something with material

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Moult (v)

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To lose fur or hair

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Annex (n)

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An extra room added onto a house

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Commiserate (v)

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To comfort someone, or feel their pain

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Venerate (v)

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To look up to someone, give them maximum respect

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Chastise (v)

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To tell off

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Tenacious (a)

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Stubborn, not giving up

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Rowdy (a)

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Noisy and busy

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Spectacles (n)

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Glasses

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Simultaneously (adv)

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At the same time

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Severe (a)

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Harsh or serious

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Intimidating (a)

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Scary

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Eternal (a)

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Forever

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Rigorous (a)

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Harsh, tough

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Deceased (a)

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Dead

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Deemed (a)

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Decided, judged

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Deter (v)

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To discourage, to stop

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Abandon (v)

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To leave behind forever

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Crude (a)

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Not very skillful

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Blemish (n)

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A spot or a stain, or something that spoils something else

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Boundary (n)

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The line that separates one place from another

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Admit (v)

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To let someone in

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Recruit (v, n)

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Someone who joins up to something

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Sultan (n)

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Absolute ruler

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Weld (v)

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To stick together pieces of metal (with heat)

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Eclipse (v)

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To get in front of, to be more important than

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Civil (a)

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Polite, not friendly

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Conceited (a)

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Arrogant, think a lot yourself

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Intensive (a)

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Touch, no let up, very difficult, high pressure

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Arduous (a)

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Rough, hard-going

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Quest (n)

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A journey looking for something in particular

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Novel (n)

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A long story

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Sporadically, intermittently (adv)

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Inconsistently, without pattern

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Vial (n)

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A small bottle

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Analyse (v)

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To look at something in great detail

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Astounding (a)

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Amazing, astonishing

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Elude (v)

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Escape, get away from

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Motive (n)

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Your reason for doing something

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Catastrophe (n)

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A disaster

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impetuous (a)

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Doing something impatiently without really thinking about it

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Meander (v)

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To wind and wiggle

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Flourish (v)

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Develop really well, grow strongly

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Eager (a)

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Excited, keen

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Agitated (a)

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Disturbed, bothered, unable to settle

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Bland (a)

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Not very tasty

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Import (v)

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To bring into the country

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Export (v)

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To send out to another country

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Superior (a)

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Better than

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Connoisseur (n)

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An expert

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Coarse (a)

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Rough, not fine

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Fine (a)

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Ground up very small