Part 2 (Carolina's words) Flashcards

(39 cards)

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apropos, revelant, appropiate

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pertinente, acertado, relevante, apropiado

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germane, appropiate, suitable

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apropiado, conveniente, adecuado

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prescient, farsighted

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perceptivo, profético, clarividente

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sanguine, happy, optimistic

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optimista, positivo

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gloomy, cheerless, unhappy

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pesimista, lúgubre, sombrío, funebre

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deleterious, harmful, destroying

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nocivo, perjudicial

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spurious, false, unauthentic

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falso, falaz, espurio

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to query, to enquire, to interrogate

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cuestionar, objetar

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to temper, to ease

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suavizar, atenuar, moderar

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to stymie, to block, to thwart

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obstaculizar, frustrar, entorpecer

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to stanch, to stop

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estancar, contener

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to thwart, to obstruct

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obstruir, impedir

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inexorable, adamant, unyielding

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inexorable, implacable

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antithetical, contradictory, opposite

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antitético, antagónico, contrario

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unyielding, determined, firm

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inflexible, implacable

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cognomen, name, nickname

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nombre, apodo, alias

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diatribe, invectiva, discurso violento contra alguien

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diatriba, crítica

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apologia, defense, explanation

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justificación, explicación

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injuction, command, order

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mandamiento, orden

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dictum, saying, maxim

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máxima, opinión

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to romanticize, to holf romantic notions, ideas

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idealizar, imaginar

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to lampoon, to mock, to ridicule

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satirizar, avergonzar

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to proscribe, to banish, to prohibit

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proscribir, desterrar, expulsar

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forestall, to prevent, to hinder

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prevenir, impedir

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facetious, amusing, humorous
gracioso, burlón, chistoso
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pejorative, derogatory, negative
peyorativo, despectivo
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convoluted, complicated, twisted
complicado, intrincado
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proclivity, tendency, disposition
proclividad, propensión
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dichotomy, separation, split
dicotomía, dualidad, división
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nascent, beginning
naciente, nuevo
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ephemeral, brief, fugacious
efímero, corto, fugaz, breve
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arcane, mystic, hidden
arcano, misterioso, secreto, oculto
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ersatz, artificial
imitación, substituto
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lambasted, to beat
fustigar, azotar, flagelar
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passé, old-fashioned
pasado de moda, anticuado
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reprehensible, blamable
reprensible, reprochable, censurable, repudiable
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desultory, without purpose
desganado, sin entusiasmo
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solipsistic, subjective
solipsismo, subjetivismo
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illusory, illusive
ilusorio, engañoso, ficticio