Vocabulary Flashcards

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Vulnerable

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Exposed, at risk

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Kinky

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Unusual, peculiad

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Conventional

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Normal, standard

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Patronising

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in a condescending way, degrading

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Incomprensible

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Impossible to understand , unintelligible

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Political climate

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The current political situation

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Synonymous

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The same

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Fleecing

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Depriving of, swindling

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Abject

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Something that is very bad or miserable

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Malign

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To have an evil effect or evil nature

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Disposses

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Deprive

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Empower

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Give power

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Dignity

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The quality of being worthy of honour

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Lean

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Having little to no fat

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Ghoulish

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morbidly interested in death and disaster, resembling characteristic of a ghoul (demon like, monsterous)

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Tramped

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To walk heavily or noisily

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Callous

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Insensitive and cruel disregard for others

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Enervating

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Drained of energy

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Frictionless

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Smooth transition

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Festering

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Rotting

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Revulsion

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Disgust

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Taboo

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Prohibited or restricted thing/subject

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Surreptitiously

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Secretly

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Feeble

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Weak

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Inured
Hardened
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Accustomed
Usual
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Seminal
Strongly Influential
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Spectral
Of or like a ghost
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Billow
A large mass of something
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Deceptive
Misleading
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Implements
A tool or other piece of equipment used for a particular purpsos
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Knoll
A small hill or mound
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Intently
With eager attention
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Staple
Main or important
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Foolhardy
Recklessly bold
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Hostile
Unfriendly
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Poised
A calm manner
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Teeter
Moves unsteadily
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Akin
Similar to
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Ensnares
Catch in or as in a trap
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Grimace
Ugly disgusted expression
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Tweaking
Agitation, twist or pull something dharply
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Compassion
Sympathetic pity
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Opression
Treating people unfairly
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Religious persecution
Treating people differently because of their religion
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Borstal
Juvenile detention centre
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Convulsion
Sudden irregular movement
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Pinnacle
A high, pointed piece of rock
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Impish
Mischievous
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Incomprensible
Not intelligible
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Cultural infiltration
To help people fully understand the various parts of a culture
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Aristocrat
Someone who’s family has a high social rank, someone who has a title
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Voluminous
A lot of fabric
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Indigenous
Native
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Felicitously
Well chosen or suited to the circumstance
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Cordial
Warm and friendly, strongly felt
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Consolidated
Lumped together in a solid block
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Relentlessly
In an intense or harsh way
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Ruse
A trick
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Revered
Feel deep respect or admiration for
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Prominent
Important, famous
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Lurch
Abrupt or u controlled movement