List 1 Flashcards by Milan Sani

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afoot

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in progress

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abound

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to be present in great quantity

abundance

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airtight

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perfect without weakness

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amity

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friendship

amnesty

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apprehend

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to catch and take into custody
to understand

school

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arbiter

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one who settles a dispute

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avert

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to avoid

avert your eyes

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bid

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to make an offer

to order or command

biddie

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brace

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to support

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breadth

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how broad something is

breast

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byway

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side road.

not the highway

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candid

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honest open outspoken

like someone who takes a candid photo

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censure

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to criticize harshly to blame

c in criticize

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chronic

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constant

chronic pain

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complacent

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self satisfied smug

compliments

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confectioner

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maker of candy

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connoisseur

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expert

fancy

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contour

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curve shape

contour lines

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cordial

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polite friendly

cordially invited

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consequential

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important

resulting

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criterion

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factor or quality used to judge something

criteria

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cumulative

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including everything from the beginning

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dabble

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to take a mild interest in something

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decode

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to translate a code into understandable language

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deflate

to remove air from something | to erase

demote

to lower in rank promote

dignity

honor

directory

a book of name addresses etc

discipline

ability to practice regularly | to punish

discourse

speech conversation

discriminate

to notice differences

dishearten

to discourage

dismay

sadness | disappointment

disrepute

having a bad reputation rep

distant

unfriendly

document

to support with evidence

dynamics

the study of motion (physics)

eccentric

strange unusual in an interesting way

egoist

one who pays to much attention to themselves ego

embrace

to hug | to accept

emotive

emotional emo

endow

to give a talent or quality to someone | to give money to something (institution)

enlighten

to inform to make clear

entity

object, thing | living being

equilibrium

balance

evade

to escape from to avoid void, case

exhibitionist

one who enjoys to show off has a lot of exhibitions

extravagance

wasteful spending

fabricate

to create | to lie

far fetched

unbelievable

flourish

to grow to be successful

forethought

thinking beforehand

fragment

n. a broken piece

fraudulent

fake

glutton

one who eats too much

grandiose

magnificent | showy

gregarious

sociable , friendly

grove

small forest or field of trees

guzzle

to drink quickly

habitable

fit to be lived in

hangar

shelter for planes

haze

fog, mist

hibernation

in animals, the state of sleeping through the winter | inactivity

hurl

to throw forcefully

hypothesis

assumption, possible explanation

amass

to collect a lot of

belittle

to criticize