English Keywords Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Ostracise

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To exclude or banish someone or something from a particular place

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Resilient

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Not giving up,strong and not easily damaged

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Defiant

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Refusing to obey or follow someone often in an aggressive or proud way

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Hubris

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Having an arrogant pride

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Retribution(bad)

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Punishment for a crime, usually more severe if carried out by a citizen not part of the authorities

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Honour

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Doing what you believe is to be right and being confident i what you believe is right

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Suppress

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Don’t express emotions, even though you might want to

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Simplistic

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Makes something much simpler than it really is

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Subtle

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Not immediantly obvious or noticeable

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Unstable

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Likely to change in certain situations

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Stable

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Not likely to change

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Enduring

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Permanent or long-lasting

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Transient

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Doesn’t last very long

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Condemn

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Very bad,unacceptable or judge them and give them a punishment

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Feigned

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Putting on an act

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Compassionate

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They feel sympathy and understand how people suffer

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Provoke

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Deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively

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Prowess

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A skill or expertise in a particular activity

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Myopic

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Lacking intellectual foresight

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Scorn

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Expression of dislike for someone or something

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Reverence(positive)

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Deep respect for someone or something

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Sharecropping

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A farm owner allows somebody else to use their land or resources in exchange for share of their crop

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Oracle

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An insight into the future

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Conform

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Behave in a way you are supposed to behave or change the way you behave to fit into with people or standards

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Influence
Use you power to make people agree it’s you or to make them do what you want
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Regulate
Control an activity,especially by the means or rules
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Harmartia
A character’s major flaw or mistake
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Femininity
The qualities usually associated with women
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Masculinity
The qualities usually associated with men
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Antithesis
Exact opposite of something
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Innate
A quality or ability that somebody is born with
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Epigraph
A small phrase or paragraph written at the start of the book to help us understand it
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Tranquil
Something that is calm or peaceful
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Turbulent
A place time or relationship in which there is a lot of chaos confusion and disorder
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Colonialism
The attempt to control and own people,land and resources to build a empire
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Distort
To represent something in an untrue way or manner
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Eurocentric
Disapprove of something because it focuses on Europe,European people and often leads to suffering in other parts of the world