ESL Essential Words 1 Flashcards
(41 cards)
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Abandon
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V. Desert; leave without planing to comeback, quit
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Keen
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Sharp, eager,intense, sensitive
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Jealous
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Afraid that one you love might prefer someone else
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Tact
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Ability to say right thing
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Oath
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A promise that something is true, a curse
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Vacant
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Empety
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Hardship
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Something that is hard to bear, difficulty
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Gallant
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Brave, showing respect to a woman
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Data
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Information
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Corpse
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A dead person
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Conceal
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Hide
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Dismal
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Dark and depressing
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Frigid
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Very cold
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Inhabit
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Live in
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Numb
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Without power of feeling, deadened
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Peril
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Danger
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Recline
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Lie down, stretch out, lean back
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Shriek
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Scream
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Sinister
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Evil, wicked, dishonest, frightening
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Tempt
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Try to get someone to do something, test, invite
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Wager
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Bet
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Typical
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Usual, of one kind
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Scarce
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Hard to get, rare
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Persuade
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Win over to do or believe, make willing
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Blend
Mix together thoroughly, a mixture
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Devise
Think out, plan,invent
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Wholesale
In large quantity, less than retail in price
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Vapor
Moisture in the air that can be seen, fog, mist
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Eliminate
Get rid of, remove, omit
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Villain
A very wicked person
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Utilize
Make use of
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Humid
Moist, damp
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Descend
Go or come down from a higher place to a lower level
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Circulate
Go around, go from place to place or person to person
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Vanish
Disappear, disappear suddenly
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Rural
In the country
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Burden
What is carried, a load
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Assemble
Gather together, bring together
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Evade
Get away from by trickery cleverness
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Probe
Search into, examine thoroughly, investigate
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Reform
Make better, improve by removing faults
