Language Flashcards

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Ambidextrous

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Able to use both hands

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Adulterate

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To make corrupt, to make less of

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Gape

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To stare with a open mouth

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Insidious

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Intended to deceive or entrap

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Opulent

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Lavish, wealthy

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Reiterate

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To repeat

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Stolid

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Not easily moved

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Tentative

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Experimental nature , caution

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Verbatim

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Word for word

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Deploy

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To position or arrange

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Dour

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Stern, gloomy

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Augment

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To make larger

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Adroit

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Skillful , expert use in hands

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Amicable

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Peaceable, friendly

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Benevolent

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Kind, charitable

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Extol

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To praise extravagantly

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Feasible

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Able to be done

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Grimace

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Wry face, facial distortion

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Holocaust

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A large scale destruction especially by fire

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Impetus

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Moving forward, stimulus

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meticulous

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Extremely careful bout details

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Quintessence

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The purest form of something

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Retrogress

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To move backwards, to return to earlier condition.

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Scrutinize

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To examine closely

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Adversary
Opponent or enemy
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Alienate
To turn away, to make hostile
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Urbane
Fine manner
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Redress
To set right, remedy
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Punitive,
To make punishment
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Perpetrate
To make permanent
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Negligible
So unimportant , able to pass off
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Inclement
Stormy or harsh in aditude
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Harass
To disturb or worry
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Exhilarate
To enliven, cheer
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Craven
Cowardly
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Coerce
To compel or force
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Affiliated
Associated, connected
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Ascertain
To find out
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Bequeath
To give or pass on inheritance
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Disperse
To scatter
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Expunge
To delete , erase, destroy
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Invulnerable
Not able to be hurt, wounded
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Malevolent
Spiteful , showing ill will
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Nonchalant
Cool , confident
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Omniscient
All knowing
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Scrumpulous
Exact, careful
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Skulk
To move about sneaky
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Uncanny
Strange , mysterious
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The contents of a dead mans pockets- jack finney
third person limited
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The open window notes- saki-
third person
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Like the sun - r.k Narayan-
third person
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There will come soft rains - Ray -
third person omniscient
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Antigone -
third person
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What story is; Story character Tom benecke and Clare his wife Where did Clare go- to the movies Window was closed when he came back First time he struck it with the heel of his hand Second time he hit it with a coin Third time hit it with his shoe Fourth time he punched it with his fist and broke the window
Contents of the dead mans pockets
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Mr. nettle came to the country to cure his nerves His sister told him to Niece - Vera told mr. Nettle a made up story about how the men went hunting a died and the window was left open so the when they come back as ghosts Point of view - third person Setting is in the country The book is written by saki
The open window
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One day he decided to tell the whole truth no matter what Character is sekhar First trial was his wife's food, he told her he didn't like it Second was death Third was his headmaster and reviewing his music Test papers
Like the sun
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Started August 4, 2026 McClellan family lived there Sara Teasdale poem read The house was destroyed by fire
There will come soft rains