New Words 11 Flashcards

(22 cards)

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Inundate

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To flood
When I returned from Mexico I was inundated with homework

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Fruitless

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Useless
After searching for my phone for a long time all over my house, I realized that looking for it had been fruitless because I had left it in my backpack.

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Poignant

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Moving, painful to the feeling
The end of the movie was so poignant that made me cry

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Garbled

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Confused, mixed up

I couldn’t understand the message my cousin sent me because it was very garbled

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Sanguine

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Optimistic
Despite the fact that Rengoku died, Tanjiro remained sanguine

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To feather one’s nest

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Grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances •inappropriate or illegal

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Phlegmatic

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Calm, hard to rouse

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8
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Corroborate

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Confirm, support

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9
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Comprehensive

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Thorough

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10
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Zealous

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Enthusiastic

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11
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Coerce

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To force

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Elapse

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To past by -time
Time elapse when I’m watching the TV

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Meticulous

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Careful, attention to detail
I am meticulously when I paint

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14
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Domicile

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Home

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15
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Lax

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Careless, negligent
I’m lax when I do my homework

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16
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Sporadic

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Occasional
My sister has sporadic awakenings at night

17
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Rash

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Too hasty, reckless
Yesterday my mom made a rash decision and accepted work more hours

18
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Conjecture

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Guess
My dad made a conjecture about me and he was wrong

19
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Obviate

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Do away with, eliminate
Using a tripod will obviate the risk of blurry photos in low light

20
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Lurid

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Sensational shocking
The serie I’m watching is so lurid that I can’t stop watching

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Quip

22
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Windfall

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Unexpected substantial financial gain