English Flashcards
(90 cards)
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acrimonious
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angry, bitter
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adroit
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skillful
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affable
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friendly
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alimentary
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nourishment, sustenance
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amalgam
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mixture, blend
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ambivalent
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mixed feelings
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ameliorate
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make better
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amicable
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agreeable
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anachronism
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from another time
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aplomb
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assurance, self-confidence
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arid
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dry out
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ascetic
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abstinent, non-indulgent
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assuage
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to ease
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autocrat
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a ruler with absolute power
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avarice
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extremely greedy
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axiom
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accepted truth
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beatitude
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state of bliss
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beleaguer
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to cause problems for
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belie
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give false impression
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belligerent
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hostile
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benediction
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blessing
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bowdlerize
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censor, expurgate
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brazen
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bold
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brusque
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abrupt in one’s mannerisms
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bungler
amateur, incompetent
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cacophony
harsh mixture of sounds
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capacious
spacious
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castigate
punish
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caustic
corrosive; sarcastic
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cerebral
intellectual
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chaff
worthless thing; husk of corn
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chicanery
the use of deception
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chimerical
illusory, imagination
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compunction
feeling remorse
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concomitant
naturally accompanying
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coniferous
needle-like or scale-like
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conjecture
guess, speculation
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consternation
anxious, dismayed
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contentious
likely to cause argument
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contiguous
next, together
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contingent
subject to change
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convivial
friendly, lively
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corpulent
fat
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corroborate
confirm, verify
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craven
cowardly
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credulity
readiness to believe
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credulous
gullible, naive
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culpable
deserving blame
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curtail
to deprive, to reduce
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dearth
scarcity
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decant
to pour
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decrepit
elderly, worn out from age
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deference
respect, submission
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deleterious
harmful
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demagogue
agitator
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desecrate
to disrespect
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desiccate
to dry out
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desist
stop, cease, or abstain
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despot
a ruler with absolute power
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diatribe
bitter verbal attack
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didactic
to instruct
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diffident
shy, lacks self-confidence
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dilatory
slow, unhurried, tardy
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dilettante
amateur
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dirge
funeral hymn, mournful music
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discomfit
to embarrass
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disconsolate
unhappy, doleful
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disingenuous
insincere
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disparage
to belittle
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dissembler
hypocrite
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dissolute
unprincipled, promiscuous
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diurnal
daily
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dolorous
doleful, distressed
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draconian
strict rules
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dregs
remnant, leftovers
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ductile
pliable
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duplicitous
deceitful
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eclectic
extensive
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edify
to instruct
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effigy
sculpture or model of a person
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effusive
to express gratitude
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elucidate
to clarify
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emaciated
thin or weak
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empirical
observed, seen
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enervating
tiring
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entomology
the study of insects
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entrench
firmly establish
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epitaph
elegy, commemoration
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euphony
pleasing sound
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evanescent
not lasting long
