Mateo Flashcards by Andrew arnold | Brainscape

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Acquire (v)

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To get hold of, to obtain

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intimidate (v)

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To scare or threaten

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Impose (v)

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To force someone to do something

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Apprehensive (a)

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Nervous, worried

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Reinstate (v)

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To bring back in

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Innovative (a)

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Imaginative, thinking of a new idea

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Moult (v)

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To shed or lose your fur

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Annex (n)

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A room added onto a building later

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Postpone (v)

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To delay something until later

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Suspend (v)

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To hang something

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Drape (v)

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To cover something in a fabric

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Commiserate (v)

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To comfort or to feel someone’s pain

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Venerate (v)

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To respect or look up to someone

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Chastise (v)

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To tell off

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Commend (v)

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To praise someone

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Inconsequential (a)

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Not very important

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Tenacious (a)

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Sticking at something, stubborn in a good way

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Frail (a)

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Weak, fragile

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Hearty (a)

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Strong and healthy

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Overbearing (a)

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Bossy and bullying

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Reckless (a)

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Dangerously careless

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Diplomatic (a)

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Really careful with language, super-polite

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Deceased (a)

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Dead

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Deemed (a)

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judged to be, decided to be

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Rigorously (adv)

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Harshly, strictly

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Crude (a)

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Unskilled, rough

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Successive (adj)

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Following on one from another

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Dismayed (a)

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Disappointed

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Kindle (v)

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To light a fire, or start an interest up

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Turmoil (n)

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Upset and disturbance

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Tranquil (a)

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Calm

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Animosity (n)

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Natural dislike

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Sultan (n)

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An absolute ruler

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Weld (v)

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Join together metal with heat

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Eclipse (v)

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To do much better, to be much better

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Civil (a)

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Barely polite, not friendly

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Coppice (n)

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Young trees

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Brood (v)

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Hatch and egg, also look grumpy

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Erode (v)

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To wear away by the weather

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Canter (v)

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Horse, jogging

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Solitude (n)

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Being on your own

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Cargo (n)

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Things that are being carried from one place to another

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Arduous (a))

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Tough going, hard

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Aspire (v)

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To hope for, to aim for

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Intensive (a)

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High-pressure, stressful

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Substantial (a)

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Big, long

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Inkling (n)

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an idea

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Cryptic (a)

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Unclear, hard to understand

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Spontaneous (a)

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On the spur of the moment, without planning to

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Frivolous (a)

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Not important, a bit silly

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Virtuous (a)

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Morally good, doing the right thing

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Repudiate (v)

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To furiously deny something

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Besotted (a), Infatuated (a)

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Deeply in love

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Resent (v)

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To feel injured or insulted, to be angry about something

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Forlorn (a)

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Sad, lonely

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Dreary (a)

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Boring

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Mortified (a)

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Upset and embarrassed (dramatic way of saying it)

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Beverage (n)

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A drink (usually hot)

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Vicinity (n)

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Nearby, in the neighbourhood

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Utensil (n)

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A kitchen tool

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Crockery (n)

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Plates, bowls, cups

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Contradict (v)

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To say the opposite thing

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Cease (v)

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To stop

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Wring (v)

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To squeeze water out of something

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Dissent (v)

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To argue, show disrespect

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Affinity (n)

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A liking for someone or something

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Endorse (v)

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To support something, to give it the thumbs up

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Macabre (a)

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Grim, thinking about death

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Malicious (a)

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Bad, mean, spiteful