English Vocabulary Flashcards
(144 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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Sensor , expurgate
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Brazen
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Bold
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Brusque
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Abrupt in one’s mannerism
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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 light
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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 , an hurried , 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 , distress
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Draconian
Strict rules
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Dregs
Remnant , leftovers
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Ductile
Pliable
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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
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Evocation
Imaginative recreation
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Exacerbate
To worsen
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Excoriate
To criticize
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Extemporize
To improvise
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Fastidious
Hard to please
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Fecund
Producing many new ideas
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Fickle
Changing frequently
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Flippant
Treating things lightly
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Florid
Excessively intricate , red faced
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Flummox
Perplexed
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Furor
Uproar of excitement or anger
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Galvanize
Electrify
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Garrulous
Talkative
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Genial
Friendly
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Geriatric
Relating to old age
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Gerrymander
To give bias to
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Gestate
To carry a fetus , to develop
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Glib
Fluent but in sincere and shallow
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Glut
Surplus , to supply or fill
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Gregarious
Friendly
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Guile
Cunning intelligence
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Gully
Water-worn ravine
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Halcyon
Peaceful , happy
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Harbinger
Herald , sign , omen
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Haughty
Arrogant , conceited
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Hedonist
Pleasure seeker
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Iconoclast
Critique , septic , questioner
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Idiosyncrasy
A peculiar trait
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Idyllic
Peaceful , happy
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Ignominious
Shameful
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Impecunious
Poor , penniless
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Impetus
Motivation
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Indigent
Poor
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Indomitable
Invincible , unbeatable
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Inexorable
Relentless
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Infernal
Hellish
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Inscrutable
Hard to understand
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Insular
Narrow minded; isolated
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Interloper
Intruder
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Intrepid
Fearless
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Invective
Insulting , abusive language
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Irreverent
Disrespectful
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Itinerant
Traveling , not sedentary
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Jibe
Taunt , mock
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Jocular
Joking , humorous
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Juggernaut
Overwhelming force
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Laconic
Concise
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Lambaste
To criticize harshly
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Lampoon
Publicly criticized or mock
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Laud
Praise
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Licentious
Unprincipled , promiscuous
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Lugubrious
Looking or sounding sad
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Lurid
Shocking
