Flocabulary Flashcards
(50 cards)
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Quid pro quo
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A mutually beneficial exchange
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Infuse
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Inject
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gluttonous
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insatiable in appetite
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portly
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fat and chubby, corpulent
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surfeit
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an excess, a surplus
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gourmand
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one who likes eating and drinking
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noisome
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foul, offensive
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noxious
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harmful, toxic
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baleful
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harmful, threatening
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odious
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meriting strong displeasure
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toothsome
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delicious, luscious
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pungent
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having a sharp, strong quality, especially related to smell
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putrid
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rotten, rancid, foul
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rancid
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rotten, spoiled, disgusting in smell or taste, putrid
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forsake
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to abandon, forget
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somnolent
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sleepy
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vivacious
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lively, spirited, full of life
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abbreviate
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to shorten, reduce
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aphorism
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a short saying
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abridge
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to shorten, cut down
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pellucid
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clear
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acumen
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keen insight
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maxim
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a common saying of advice or virtue
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dutiful
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obedient, compliant
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captivate
to hold the interest of, to gain the attention of
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abduct
to kidnap
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henchman
a trusted follower, goon
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stagnate
to be idle, to be still, stagnant
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stagnant
still, not flowing, stagnate
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torpid
lazy, lethargic
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doppelganger
a ghostly double of a living person
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mimic
to imitate to copy
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excursion
a trip, an outing
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tortuous
winding, twisted
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surmise
to guess, infer, suppose
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espouse
to support, or to marry
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matrimony
marriage
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laudatory
admiring, praising
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euphoric
elated, overjoyed
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gay
happy
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ruse
a trick
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cavort
to frolic, leap, prance
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carouse
to revel, to party
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buffet (verb)
to strike, to pound
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bourgeois
middle class
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lavish
extravagant
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buffet (noun)
a spread of food involving choices
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bloated
swollen, bigger than desired
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lethargic
sluggish, weary, apathetic
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corpulent
very fat, portly
