Harriet Flashcards by Andrew arnold | Brainscape

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Apprehensive (a)

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Nervous about something

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Reinstate (v)

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To bring back in

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Impose (v)

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To make someone do something

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Innovative (a)

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Imaginative, a new idea

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Fowl (n)

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Farmyard bird

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Meddle (v)

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To interfere

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Postpone (v), adjourn (v)

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To delay something happening until later

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Commiserate (v)

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To have sympathy with someone in dismay

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Chastise (v)

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To tell someone off

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Commend (v)

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To tell someone they’ve done well

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Inconsequential (A)

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Of very little importance

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Paramount (a)

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Of the highest importance

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Amble (v)

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To walk slowly without hurrying

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Relish (v)

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To take your time to enjoy something

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Tranquil (a)

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Peaceful, calm

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Rowdy (a)

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Noisy and busy

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Simultaneously (adv)

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At the same time

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Onerous, taxing (a)

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Hard-work, difficult

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Formidable (a)

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Strong, tough

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Scrutinise (v)

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To look at something really closely

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Haughty (a)

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Thinking your better than everyone else, stuck up

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Resourceful (a)

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Clever use of something

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Puny (a)

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Weak, weedy, not muscly

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Hearty (a)

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Strong and healthy

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Overbearing (a)

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Bossy, bullying

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Diplomatic (a)

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Very careful with your language

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Courteous (a)

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Very polite

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Aloof (a)

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Cold, stand offish, unfriendly

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Enterprise (n)

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A new venture, undertaking, project

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Heed (v, n)

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To take care of, to take notice of

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Shrewd (a)

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Smart, clever, “street smart”

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Heirloom (n)

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Something passed down from generation t generation

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Waylaid (a)

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Diverted, lost, distracted

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Weld (v)

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To join metal together with heat

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Outshine (v)

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To be more bright than, to do better

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Sultan (n)

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Absolute ruler

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Civil (a)

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To decent, polite (not particularly friendly)

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Stationary (a)

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Not moving

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Stationery (n)

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Paper, pencils, envelopes

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Question (v)

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To ask a question, to challenge someone’s idea

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Analyse (v)

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To look into something deeply (to help you understand it)

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Elude (v)

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To escape, to avoid being caught

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Inconsolable (a)

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Feeling so bad, nothing can make it feel better

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Vintage (a)

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Old, but still of high value

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Diligent (a)

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Taking a lot of care to get something right

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Timescale (n)

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The length of time it takes to do something

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Warrant (n)

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A document that allows you to do something

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Integral (a)

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Something that is essentiaL

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Drivel (n)

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Speaking nonsense

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Dross (n)

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Rubbish, stuff of no worth

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Detritus (n)

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Stuff left behind

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Substantial (a)

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Large, sizeable

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Controversial (a)

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Likely to cause an argument

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Implore (v)

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To beg someone to do something

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Petition (n, v)

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To ask an organisation to do something

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Dilapidated, ramshackle (a)

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Falling down (buildings)

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Cryptic (a)

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Unclear, hard to understand, complex

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Counterfeit (a)

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Fake, not real

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Ambiguous (a)

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Has more than one meaning, not clear

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Repudiate (v)

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To deny strongly

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Frivolous (a)

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Not important, silly, daft

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Virtuous (a)

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Good, right, honourable

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Placid (a)

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Calm and gentle

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Recede (v)

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To go back, to give way

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Defective (a)

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Not working, something wrong with it

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Illogical (a)

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Not making any sense

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Supple (a)

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Flexible, bendy

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Contempt, disdain (n)

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Disgust, looking down on someone

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Incessant (a)

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Non-stop

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Virtue (n)

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Goodness

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Hectic (a)

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In a hurry, out of control

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Subdue (v)

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To make someone be beneath you, to dominate someone

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Macabre (a)

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Dark and deathly, to do with death

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Transgress (v)

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To cross a line, to do something wrong

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Affinity (n)

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A natural liking for something

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Malicious (a)

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Being bad or spiteful towards someone