ENGLISH Flashcards

(83 cards)

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ACCOMMODATION

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making or becoming suitable

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ANALYSIS

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abstract separation of something into its various parts

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MALEVOLENT

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wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

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CORRUGATED

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shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges

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ENTHRALLED

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filled with wonder and delight

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ENRAPTURE

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give intense pleasure or joy to

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LAMENT

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a cry of sorrow and grief

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SPITEFUL

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showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurtV

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VACUOUS

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having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence

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SVELTE

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Slender and elegant

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TORRENTIAL

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falling rapidly and in copious quantities

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TEDIOUS

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too long, slow, or dull

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REFINE

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remove impurities

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ELICIT

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to obtain something

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SUBSERVIENT

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compliant and obedient to authority

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PREVALENT

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most frequent or common

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BENEVOLENT

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well meaning and kindly

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MOTLEY

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consisting of many different types, parts, or colors that do not seem to belong together

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ADROIT

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clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

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COLOSSAL

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extremely large.

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SHREWD

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able to understand and judge a situation quickly

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DEVIOUS

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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

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ABJECT

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Something bad experienced or present to the maximum degree

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ACQUIT

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Free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty.

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CALLOUS
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
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CLANDESTINE
Kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit.
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CUMBERSOME
Heavy or large & therefore difficult to carry or use
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DENUNCIATION
Public condemnation of someone or something / informing against someone
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DORMANT
Having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.
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FORMIDABLE
Overwhelming
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GAUCHE
Tactless
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HAUGHTY
Proud
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DISDAIN
the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect
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HOVERED
Remain in one place in the air
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INCORRIGIBLE
Not able to be changed or reformed
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INEXTRICABLE
Cannot be taken out, irredeemable
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LIGATURE
Something that is used to bind
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MACABRE
Horrible
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NULLIFY
Make void
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OSTENSIBLE
apparent; discrepancy between a declared or implied aim or reason and the true one.
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OVERT
shown openly
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PACIFY
To calm
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PALATIAL
Like a palace
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PENANCE
The punishment inflicted on oneself for expressing repentance for any wrongdoing of one’s own
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PRETENSE
An attempt to make something that is not the case appears true
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QUINTESSENTIAL
Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class
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QUIP
witty remark; gag
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RADICAL
Extreme
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RAMPAGE
Violence
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ROGUE
A dishonest or unprincipled person
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STEALTH
Secret
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UNRAVELED
Investigated or solved and explained something complicated and difficult / undo twisted or knotted or woven threads
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URBANE
Courteous
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WRETCHED
Extreme misery or unhappiness
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WROUGHT
Worked into shape by artistry or effort, fashioned, formed, etc.
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WRY
Twisted
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ZANY
Silly
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ZENITH
Peak
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QUASH
To put down or suppress completely
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LUDICROUS
Broadly or extravagantly humorous
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ADMONISH
Warn strongly
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ALACRITY
Liveliness and eagerness
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AMORPHOUS
Lacking definite form
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WANTON
Deliberate and without motive or provocation
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DEARTH
Scarcity
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PROFLIGATE
recklessly extravagant; SQUANDERING
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ENIGMATIC
difficult to interpret or understand
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TURPITUDE
shameful; depravity
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MAXIM
a brief statement of a general truth
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BEDRAGGLED
dirty
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BIBULOUS
absorbent; related to alcohol
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INSOUCIANT
showing a casual lack of concern
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TENUOUS
not certain, definite, or strong
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CONGERIES
disorderly collectionDO
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DOGMATIC
to follow a set of rules no matter what
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LUCID
easy to understand
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INSTIGATE
bring about or initiate
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CURTAIL
reduce in extent or quantity
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MORTIFYING
causing great embarrassment
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EXUBERANCE
quality of being full of energy, excitement
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AMICABLE
having a spirit of friendliness
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BLITHE
showing a casual and cheerful indifference
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DISGRUNTLED
angry/ dissatisfied