INFORMAL WORDS Flashcards

(42 cards)

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illusory

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not true, based on illusion

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Tedious

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long and boring

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Counterpart

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a person or thing with the same function as the other in different place

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Rustic

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countryside; simple and old-fashioned

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Transitory

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lasting a very long time

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Relic

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highly value object from a very long time

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Meticulous

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careful with attention to detail

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Sloping

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slanted higher at one end and lower at the other end.

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Induce

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cause to happen

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Incentive

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promise a reward to motivate

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Strive

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to try harder to get something

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Propagate

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spread widely, create more

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Analogous

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-similar in some respects but otherwise different

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Exhaustive

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complete and very detail

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Grave

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very serious

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Covert

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secret or hidden

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Vanquish

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win completely in a competition or fight

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Perplex

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confuse Someone

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Strenuous

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requiring alot of effort

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Instrumental

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acting as key part of a process

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Fatigue

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extreme tiredness

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Twilight

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time of the evening before complete darkness

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Encroach

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to move very near an Acceptable limit

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Probe

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to learn and about using your hands or s tool

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Preposterous
completely impossible, ridiculous
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Astute
able to see the most important information to make | A decision
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Dissipate
to completely separate in all directions
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Dynamic
able to changed quickly
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Anomaly
not normal, not standard as expected
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Recede
to go back to previous position
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Delusion
an incorrect idea that somebody believes strongly
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Crude
simple and made without skill, not processed
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Preemptive
done before someone else can do it
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Disparate
seperate and very different
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Dusk
time of the day immediately after the sun goes down
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Complementary
combine well to improve both parts
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Robust
strong and full
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Warp-
bend into different shape
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Impending
happening very soon
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Revolutionary
creating big change
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Durable
hard to break or damaged
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Benign- light , mild
Benign- light , mild