Vocabulary Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Banal

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Boring, dull

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Abdicate

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Quit, resign, renounce

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Cache

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Stash, hiding place

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Dawdle

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Delay, dally, waste time

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Ebullient

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Bubbling, exuberant, enthusiastic

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Fanatic

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Zealous

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Garrulous

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Talkative, loquacious

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Hallowed

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Holy

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Imminent

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Near, impending, approaching

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Jeer

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Ridicule, mock, gibe

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Kinetic

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Relating to motion, animated

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Lagoon

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Shallow body of water connected to as auch larger one, pool

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Magnanimous

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Noble, big hearted, generous

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Nebulous

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Hazy, cloudy, unclear, shapeless, vague

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Obscure

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Confuse, vague, unclear

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Palatable

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Good tasting, savory, agreeable

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Quell

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To quiet, crash, defeat, conquer

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Rabble

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Large, mob, crowd, horde

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Satellite

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Moon, a small thing that goes around a bigger thing

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Tactiturn

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Quiet, shy, reserved

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Unkempt

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Sloppy, ruffled, disheveled, mess, ragged

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Vacuous

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Shallow, vapid, silly

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Wan

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Lacking color, pale, ashen, bloodless

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Zealous

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Fervent, fervid, intense, passionate, enthusiastic, eager

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Abhor
To hate, to detest, abominate
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Beguile
Charm, allure
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Cajole
Coax, wheedle
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Deadlock
Stalemate, standstill
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Eccentric
Freak, oddball, weirdo, odd
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Fauna
Animals of a given area
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Germinate
Sprout, grow
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Harbinger
Precursor, omen, forerunner
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Impasse
Road having no exit or dilemma with no solution, deadlock
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Malleable
Soft, flexible, yielding
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Nomad
Wanderer, vagrant
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Obstinate
Stubborn, mulish, dogged
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Paradox
Contradiction
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Rancor
Animosity, resentment, hatred, malice, spite
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Saturate
Soak, fill, drench, permeate
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Synopsis
Outline, summary
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Tactful
Discrete, political, delicate, judicious
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Usurp
Sees, take by force, grab, steal, snatch
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Vehement
With deep feeling, passionate, earnest
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Wantonly
Randomly, indiscriminately
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Acclaim
Praise, enthusiastic