English Flashcards

(60 cards)

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Caco

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Bad

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Phonic

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Rln between sound and spoken language

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Calamity

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Disastrous

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Contra

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Opposite

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Shroud

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Hiding, covering(physically as well)

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‘Elusion’

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successfully hiding or escaping from someone.

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Wont

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Behaviour, habit

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Expatiate’

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to speak or write in detail about’.

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Expiate

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‘to make amends or reparation for (guilt or wrongdoing

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smorgasbord

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a wide range of something; a variety.

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Manichean

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to follow the philosophy of Manichaeism, which is an old religion that breaks everything down into good or evil.
It also means “duality,”

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Lest

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to avoid the risk of

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Carousal

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Merry go round

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Pollyanna

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Excessively cheerful or happy

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Ciarlare

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To babble

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Charlatan

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Falsely claiming to have special knowledge

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Exemplary

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Very good

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Condemn

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Believe in something wrong/bad

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Anarchist

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Belives in no govt

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Albeit

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Although (inspite of the fact)

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Clemency

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Mercy

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Titular

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Holding a purely formal position I.e w/o any authority.

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Voracious

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Excessively eager

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Interpid

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Fearless

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Elicit
To evoke a reaction
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Counsel
To give advice
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Horde
A large group of people
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Kleptomania
Recurrent urge to steal
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Spatium
(Latin) space, used as too vast and deep
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Raconteur
Tells anecdotes in an amusing way
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Convalescence
Time in recovering from illness
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Crony
Close friend
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Pillage
Rob during wartime
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Consign
Assign or relegate
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Perish
To die, remove destroy
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Intemperance
Lack of moderation or restain
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Parvenus
People wanting to be upperclass not accepted by the class yet
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Didactic
Intended to teach
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Diatonic
Music keys related
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Kynos
Dog like
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Cynic
Persomln with Trust issue
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Hedonism
Philosphy about only seeking pleasure (not happiness) in life
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Expansive
(regarding a person) Bad
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Nascent
Coming into existance
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Ecclesiastical
Relating to Christan church or its workers
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Huberistic
Excessively proud or confident
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Vivisect
Surgery conducted for experimental proposed on living organism (animals mostly) Or Detailed, deep inspection
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Analogous
Jaisa usme vaise isme
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Brazier
The thing on which we burn coal during winter
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Insouciant
Showing a casual look of concern
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Philippic
A bitter verbal attack
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Erratic
Volatile
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"unique from"
Not correct
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Fallacy
A mistaken belief
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Imperative
Of vital imprtance
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Abrogate
Invalidate
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Erstwhile
Former
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Subsume
Include or absorb
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Insouciant
Showing a casual look of concern
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Entering into
Only used for contact /aggrements