Vocab A Flashcards

(32 cards)

1
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Allay my fear…. Allay

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Reduce fear

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Abrogate the sentence…by judge

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Reduce, cancel, repeal by authority

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3
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Abscess - big boil with pus

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Pustule, inflammation, a medical condition

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4
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Abject poverty

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Hopeless, dismal

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5
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Alloy, amalgamation - mix of met

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Mix of elements or metals or things

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6
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Ambidextrous - right & left hand

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Use both hands easily, versatile

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7
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Ambience - candle in restaurant

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Environment, general mood, atmosphere

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8
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Unclear explanation ambiguous

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Unclear, cloudy, not committal

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9
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Undecided voter ambivalent

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Back and forth, vacillate

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10
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Leisurely amble through the park

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Walk casually, for fun, no hurry

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11
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Move with self power ambulatory

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Vagrant, nomad, able to move by self

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12
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Amend , atone –> hurt feelings

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Make up, correct something wrong or hurt feelings.. Mend or fix

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Affable, amiable, amity –> smiley friendly person

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Friendly, approachable person

Amity - friendship

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Aggrandize, amplitude - to make it great, greater extent

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Make it grand, bigger, louder,

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15
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Animosity -cats and dogs

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ill will, can’t stand the sight of each other, cannot get along

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Anomaly, aberration - deviate from normal. From match

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Not the norm, different from the usual

17
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Nameless author - anonymous, incognito

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Pseudonym, undisclosed, unknown person

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Antipathy, abhor - dislike, hate

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Dislike, hate

19
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The priests offered fruits to the gods to appease them.. And have the much needed rain fal

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Please, make happy, plead, mollify, pacify , soothe

20
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Aptitude for social studies

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Natural ability to learn “ social studies”

21
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Arbitrary - random tickets handed by the traffic police

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Inconsistent, random, erratic,

22
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Soccer referee - arbitrator for soccer rules and disputes

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Mediator, settles disputes

23
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Plowing in the hot sun - arduous task

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Tough task, strenuous

24
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Assimilate into the new culture - become part of new culture

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Cells take in food through absorption - assimilation

Become part of new culture

25
Muscle wasting away, medical condition - atrophy
Wasting away, disintegrating
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Attrition of workforce
Gradual loss of size or numbers, lay offs in companies
27
Augment food with vitamins to make it healthier
Enhance, increase , make it bigger or better
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Authentic diamond -- real deal.. Not a lab created diamond
Real deal, genuine
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Authoritarian, autocratic - dictator, someone who controls and commands only
Domineering, autocratic, despotic, like Hitler
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Anarchy when there is no government
No laws or no government in place.. Makes people go wild and lawless ..commit crimes no consequence
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Travel plans went awry because of bad weather
Topsy turvy, askew, off course, amiss, crooked, not straightforward
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Fizzy is the bane of Teeko's existence
Torment, plague, cause of harm, trouble maker