ENglish Flashcards

(39 cards)

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Benevolent

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kind

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bolster

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to support

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burgeoning

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growing quickly

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candid

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direct

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candor

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quality of being open, honest

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catalyst

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something that causes a change

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7
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ceaseless

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undending

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8
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censure

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harsh criticism

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conceded

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to be forced to agree or surrender

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condone

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to overlook, approve or allow

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corrobortate

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to provide evidence for

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12
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culmination

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final result

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13
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deference

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respect; regard

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demur

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to show reluctance

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15
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desolate

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bare

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dire

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disparge

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to express a negative opinion

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dubious

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open to doubt or suspicion

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egregious

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conspicuously or outrageously bad

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eloquent

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expressing yourself readily, clearly and effectively

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emphatic

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spoken with emphasis

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empirical

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derived from experiment and obeservation

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enumerate

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determine the number or amount of

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erratic

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unperdicatable

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exacerbate
to make worse
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feasibility
quality of being doable
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fiscal
involving fincancial matters
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galvanize
to incite or stimulate into action
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igominious
deserving or bringing disgrace or shame
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imprudent
not wise
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indifference
trait of remaining calm and seeming to not care
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insatiable
impossible to satisfy
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irreconcilable
impossible to be harmonious
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lament
a cry of sorrow and grief
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malleable
capable of being shaped
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opine
express one's opinion openly and without fear or hesitation
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petulant
easily irritated
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pinnacle
highest level
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pragmatic
concerned with practical matters