English Flashcards

(15 cards)

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Saccharine

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excessively Sweet or sentimental .

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Yearning

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A feeling of intense longing for something .

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Incredulous

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of a person or their manner; unwilling or unable to believe something.

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Frenzy

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A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior.

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5
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Carte blanche

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Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.

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Raucous

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Making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.

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Bewildered

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Perplexed and confused; very puzzled.

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Befuddled

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Unable to think clearly; confused or perplexed.

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Ominous

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The impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

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10
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implacable:

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unable to be placated.

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contemptuous:

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showing contempt; scornful.

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Seething

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filled with or characterized by intense but unexpressed anger.

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Idyllic

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especially of a time or place; like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

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Elegiac

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relating to or characteristic of an elegy.

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Distressed

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suffering from anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

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