Vocabulary Flashcards
(88 cards)
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Forlorn
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Lonely and sad adjective
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Irrevocably
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In a way that cannot be changed, adverb
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Timorously
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Nervously
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Lament
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A passionate expression of grief or sorros/Complain
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Exasperated
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Intensely irritated or frustrated
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Relishing
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Enjoying greatly
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Gilded
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Covered in gold
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Frantically
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In a distraught way owing to fear, anxiety, or other emotion/In a hurried, excited, or disorganized manner
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Skedaddle
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Depart quickly or hurriedly/Run away
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Encroach
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Intrude on
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Delectable
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Delicious
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Lightheartedly
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In a way that is happy and not serious
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Frolicsome
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Lively and playful
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Enervated
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No energy
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Torrential
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Heavy rain (Torrential downpour)
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Tarnished
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Lose colour
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Strenuous
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High workload
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Oppressive
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Constantly bothering
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Arduous
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Difficult/High workload
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Profound
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Great or intense
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Immense
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Great or intense
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Trudged
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Walk slowly and heavily
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Behemoth
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Monster, huge
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Jolted
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Push or shake abruptly
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Anguish
Severe mental or physical pain or suffering
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Tenebrous
Shadowy, dark
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Otherworldly
Of another dimension
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Gnarled
Wobbly and twisted with age, use with creepy trees (gnarled branches pierced into the void of darkness like skeletal fingers)
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Preternatural
Beyond what is natural
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Eluding
Skilfully escape
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Evoke
Bring or recall to the conscious mind
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Poignant
Evoking a keen sense of sadness, adjective
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Exuded
Discharge something at a steady rate
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Morose/melancholy
Sad
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Ravenous
Very hungry
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Indiginant
Angry or annoyed
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Colossal/Gargatuan
Big in size
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Malevolent
Having or showing evil to others
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Imbue
Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)
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Opalescent
Showing many small points of shifting colour against a pale or dark ground (an opalescent sky)
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Fiendish
Extremely cruel or unpleasant/Extremely awkward or complex
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Conniving
Given to or involved in conspiring to do something immoral, illegal, or harmful
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Scathing
Witheringly scornful/Severely critical
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Irresolute
Showing hesitation (He stood irresolute for a moment)
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Belligerent
Aggressive or hostile
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Formidable
Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable
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Torpid
Slow or lethargic
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Prance
(of a horse) Move with high springy steps
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Flocculent
Having or resembling tufts of wool (the first snows of winter lay think and flocculent)
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Fuliginous
Sooty/Dusky
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Effulgent
Radiant
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Zephyrous
Breezy
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Chthonic
Relating to the underworld (Chthonic thunder)
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Lugubrious
Mournful, gloomy (His voice carried a lugubrious weight)
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Fervid
Intensely passionate
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Ossified
Emotionally hardened (Years of disappointment had ossified her heart into unyielding stone)
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Pellucid
Clear (Her voice was pellucid)
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Ebullient
Very excited and enthusiastic (He was ebullient as if nothing could tether him to the ground)
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Cavort
Leap or dance in a lively manner
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Mephitic
Foul smelling, harmful/poisonous
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Susurrate
Whisper or rustle softly (The leaves susurrated beneath the touch of the evening breeze)
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Caliginous
Dark, misty
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Flexuous
Full of bends and curves
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Foliage
Plant leaves collectively
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Grimace
Look of digest or pain
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Scintillating
Shining brightly
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Coorborate
Confirm something
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Ubiquitous
Present or found everywhere
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Vehemently
In a forceful, passionate, or intense manner/With great feeling
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Falter
Move nervously
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Haphazard
Unorganised
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Disillusionment
Disappointment
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Trepidatious/With trepidation
Nervously/With caution
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Grandiose
Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so
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Maelstrom
Whirlpool
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Scale words
- Immensely
- Tremendously
- Profound
- Unimaginable
- Astronomical
- Spectacular
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Windy
- The ice-cold barrage of wind mercilessly bit at any exposed skin, as if it were a mosquito
- Gusts of wind raced around me, as if in a Formula 1 race
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Panic
Invisible hands squeezed the air out of my lungs, and each shallow, desperate breath felt as though it was through a straw. My uncontrollable heart hammered against my ribs as if it was trying to break free of a prison cell, each palpitation reverberating through my body. Panic struck through me like a surge of lightning. My legs chaotically trembled beneath me, precariously carrying the weight of my heart that now felt like an anchor.
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Sad
The world seemed muted, as the once exuberant (location) seemed to be drained of its colour, as if a dull blanket had been cast over it. Each and every breath was laborious, as I drew air from thick yet suffocatingly thin air. My heart was an anchor, weighing me down as I trudged onwards. The mud clinging to my shoes attempted to keep me rooted in place forever
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Angry
Rage surged through me like a wildfire, consuming everything in its path. Heat flooded my face, flushing my cheeks with a blazing red as my fists uncontrollably clenched into balls of steel, until the fiery redness on my knuckles was overridden by a pale beige, begging for a target to release its built up energy. Each breath became shallow, desperate breaths, as if breathing through a straw
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Happy
- Exuberantly - energetic and excited
- Exultantly
- Ecstatic
- Light-heartedly
- Happiness spread inside me like a soft glow growing
- As delighted as a kid in a candy store
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Sad
- Melancholically
- Dejectedly - sadness, low spirits
- Forlornly - lonely and sad
- Woefully - sorrow
- Like a faded photograph left in the rain
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Angry
- Belligerent - aggressive, hostile
- Wrathfully
- Indignant - angry at something unfair
- Incensed (only adjective)
- Seething (only adjective)
- Rage surged through me like a wildfire
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Fear
- Petrified
- Apprehensive
- Terror-struck
- Trepidatious (adjective only)
- Timorously
- Like a deer caught in headlights
- Heart pounding on my ribcage like a prisoner banging on his cell
- Invisible hands squeezed air out of my lungs, each breath was like breathing through a straw
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Shock
- To my consternation
- Petrified
- Stood like a deer caught in headlights
- Shocked to my very core
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Confused
- Perplexed
- Flustered
- Puzzled
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Run
- Darted
- Like a bird going towards a French fry
- Bolted
- Hurtled - fast in an uncontrollable manner
-Zoomed
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Move
- Trudged
- Sluggishly dragged
- Faltered
