Momona Ando ROUND 2 Flashcards

(30 cards)

1
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1.cheerfully optimistic
2.reddish, ruddy
3.bloody

A

sanguine

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2
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1.a picture, as of a scene
2. a picturesque arrangement

A

tableau(tableaux)

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3
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1.the tip of a pen
2.pointed things

A

nib

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4
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1.causing fear, apprehension, or dread

A

formidable

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5
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1.consisting of several syllables as a word
2.such writing

A

polysyllabic

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6
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1.a person who delivers an oration, a public speaker

A

orator

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7
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1.pretentious but insincere or empty language.
2.any artifice or expedient for winning applause or impressing the public

A

claptrap

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8
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1.a vengeful character or quality

A

vindictiveness

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9
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1.a professed believer who maintains religious opinions contrary to that of the church
2.anyone who does not conform to an established principle

A

heretic

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10
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1.to beat with a whip, stick,etc
2.slang for
to sell aggressively
to promote, publicize

A

flog

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11
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1.the curb carried by a police officer
2.a staff representing authority

A

truncheon

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12
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1.deserving or causing hatred
2.highly offensive

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odious

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13
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1.baggage or other things that retard one’s progress

A

impedimenta

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14
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1.a person who does menial, distasteful work
2.a person who works in a routine

A

drudge

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15
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1.a person or thing that spans
2.a wrench

A

spanner

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16
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1.a person who shows zeal
2.bigot, extremist

17
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1.a place for the sale and consumption of alcohol

18
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1.To find fault with, blame

19
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1.a unit of about 1.8meters

20
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1.a layer of the earth of dirt
2.fuel
3.to kick out

21
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1.an area covered with grass
2.to feed grass to livestock

22
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1.of or relating to gas, wind

23
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1.paper with erased text

24
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1.Obsolete,from.back
2.

25
1.metrical structure 2.the art of making verses
versification
26
1.to borrow without returning(借りパク) 2. to gether by foraging
scrounging
27
1.small pan or metal cup
pannikin
28
1.to explode loudly 2.to pronounce something
fulminate
29
1.to regreat or revere
venerate
30
1.no longer in use 2.worn down
obsolete