Vocab 15 Flashcards

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Renege

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Wind up

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3
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Coitus

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4
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Cumbersome f

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5
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Facetious

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6
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Stale / to go stale

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no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long:
The bread/biscuits/cake had gone stale.

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7
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Put stock into

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8
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Shove

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9
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Ergo ( formal )

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Therefore

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10
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Aftermath

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11
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Wreckage

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Remaining

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12
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Rife

That scene was rife with scientific inaccuracy

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13
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Fulcrum

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14
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Rouse

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15
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res·er·voir

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16
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Tread

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17
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Irrevocably

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in a way that cannot be changed, reversed, or recovered.

“my life changed irrevocably in an instant”

18
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Dismally

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in a gloomy or depressed manner.
"we drove around dismally"
INFORMAL
in a disgracefully bad way.
"the second half was a disappointment with both teams performing dismally"
19
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Baby buggy

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