english Flashcards

(46 cards)

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to create without any forethought

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improvise

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a ghost or phantom

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specter

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3
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a declaration of opinion

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pronouncement

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4
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childish or immature

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infantile

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5
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an official order

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edict

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6
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to support for an extended period of time

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sustain

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7
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giving off light without heat

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phosphorescent

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8
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to not do something, refrain

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abstain

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9
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occurring at the time of most influence

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formative

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10
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a figure constructed in mockery

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effigy

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11
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skill or suitability for

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aptitude

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12
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dependent upon

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relative

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13
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desire to avoid; disgust

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repulsion

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14
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attitude or mood

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deposition

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15
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plan of action; purpose

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agenda

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16
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unskilled; clumsy

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inept

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17
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Warlike mood or attitude

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Belligerence

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18
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One who loves books

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Bibliophile

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warlike in nature

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Charitable donation to public causes

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occurring before a war

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So quiet as to be impossible to hear

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Comparable to; like

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Fair; just

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Warmly friendly and polite
Cordial
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To swear off; renounce
Abjure
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Breaking of a legal oath
Perjury
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Giving total attention to; captivated
Rapt
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Government by a religious leader or figure
Theocracy
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Unbeatable; resilient
Indomitable
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An idea important to a system of beliefs
Precept
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To make less painful or dangerous
Alleviate
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A cut made in order to get inside something
Incision
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To conceal the truth
Dissemble
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Symbolic rather that literal
Metaphorical
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Unable to make choices
Indecisive
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having, revealing, or proceeding from a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.
Sophisticated
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a medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms.
Antibiotic
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be enrolled at a college or university.
Matriculate
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a person who lives outside their native country.
Expatriate
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a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.
Genealogy
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an improvement in the condition or strength of something.
Revival
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treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.
Patronize
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extremely small; tiny.
Miniscule
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a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.
Progenitor
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confer enduring fame upon.
Immortalize