mangoosh Flashcards
(116 cards)
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fractious
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tending to be troublesome
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chastise
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to criticize somebody severly, syn-chastise
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alacrity
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eagerness, willingness to do something
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contrite
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remorse
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egregeious
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extremely bad
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bleak
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hopeless
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contentious
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argue
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sedulous
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diligent; hardworking
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stem
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to hold back or limit the flow
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blinkered
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narrow-minded
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checkered
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past history/career of a person
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retiring
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shy
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expansive
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- friendly and willing to talk; 2.covering large area/space
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benighted
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1.ignorant people; 2.place without benefit of modern life
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hedge
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- way of protecting yourselg against loss of sth
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hedge(v.)
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to surround or limit sb/sth
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fell
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evil; to cut down trees
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intimate
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close; very detailed; to let smbd know wat u think indirectly
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fleece
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ti deceive; swindle; dupe
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demur
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relectuant or unagreeable
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demure
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modest
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beatific
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showing great joy and peace
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preemptive
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done to stop sb/sth taking action
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indigent
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poor
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indignant
showing anger or surprise on injustice
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errant
travelling; behaving wrongly
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arrant
complete and utter; wihtout moderation
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errand
short trip for function
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artifice
clever and artful skill
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expurgate
censor
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expunge
destroy completely; eliminate
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censure
act of blaming or condemning
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ponderous
heavy; lifeless,dull
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imponderable
incapable of getting exactness
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arriviste
one that is new and uncertain arrival
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picayune
smth trivial
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hector
bully or intimidate
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quixotic
idealistic; unpredictable
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mauldin
effusively senti; drunk enoung to be emotionally silly
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malapropism
unintentionally humorous misuse or distorting of a word
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quisling
traitor
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galvanize
shock, terrified smbd into action
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supercilious
proud
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protean
versatile
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jejune
devoid of interest; insipid
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bilious
sickengily unpleasant
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curmudgeon
ill tempered
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reprobate
criticize; reject
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virago
a woman of great stature. Strength and courage
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syncretic
combination of different forms of belief or practise
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parochial
narrow-minded
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anathema
someone intensely dislikes
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desecrate
to violate or treat with contempt; profane
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apostasy
betray religion. Party
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embroiled
1. involve in conflict 2.confusing situation
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turpitude
immoral behavior
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impecunious
having little or no money
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profligate
prodigal
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avarice
greed; cupidity
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DEFRAY
pay
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mulct
fine, penalty
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untoward
1. intractable 2.unlucky 3.adverse
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upbraid
to criticize harshly
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underwrite
1. agree to; 2. financial suport
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overweening
arrogant; ideas that are excessive/immoderate
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jingoist
person who thinks country should always be at war
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badger
to annoy persistently
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hound
dog; to pursue relentlessly
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ferret
to search for smth persistently
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serendipity
finding smth pleasant that u weren;t even looking for
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defenestrate
to throw out of window; swift dismissal
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invective
characterized by insult or abuse
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diatribe;tirade;harangue
angry speech
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vituperation
abuse
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screed
informal writing; noisy. Excited piece of writing and speech
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slapdash
haphazard, slipshod
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hodgepodge
heterogenous mixture
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aboveboard
(adv)in straightforward manner (adj)free from deceit or duplicity
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telltale
revealing
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macabre
detail about death and horror
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diabolical
related to devil
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peruse
study carefully
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disabuse
free from error
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mettlesome
full of vigor, energized
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animosity
enmity
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calumny
false statement to injure a person's reputation
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commensurate
equal in measure or extent
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churlish
rude and unpleaseant; difficult to dealt with
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castigate
chastise; to criticize sb/sth severely
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factious
faction
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factitious
artificial
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vindictive
seek revenge
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vindicate
justify; free from guilty
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vicarious
1.experencing by reading or watching; 2. suffered/performed instead for other
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vicissitude
fluctuation
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venal
bribe
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venial
forgivable; pardonable
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excoriate
to criticize sb/sth severely
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extenuating
showing reasons why a worng act shld be judged seriously
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execrate
to deteset utterly; to declare to be evil. Denounce
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exegesis
explanation
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exhort
urge
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insufferable
intolerable
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unconscionable
1.shockingly unfair 2.not guided by conscious
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unnerve
1. deprive of courage; 2.upset
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belie
1. contradict 2.lie
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disinterested
unbiased
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euivocal
unclear
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sententious
trying to sound important
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propitiate
pacify
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feckless
weak character, not responsible
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betray
to reveal smth
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remiss
negligence
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restive
restless
| Mentally unsettled
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repine
complain
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remonstrate
to say in protest; expostulate
