Vocabulary Flashcards

(41 cards)

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Scullery

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Room where pans are washed and vegetables prepared for cooking

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Mane

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“Crinière”

Hair that grows on the top of a horse’s neck or around the face of a lion

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Mare

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Adult female horse

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Linseed

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Plant grown for its seeds which are used to make oil

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Knoll

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Small and round hill

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Flung (to fling)

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To throw something or someone suddenly with a lot of force

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Tiptoe

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On your toes with the heel of the foot lifted off the ground

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Heap

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Mass of things or untidy pile

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Hay

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Grass that is dried and used as animal food

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Obstinate

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Unreasonably determined to act in a particular way despite what others say

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Cryptic

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Mysterious and difficult to understand

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Tractable

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Easily dealt with, controlled

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Irrepressible

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Full of energy, impossible to stop

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Ignominious

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Embarassing because of being a complete failure

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Posthumously

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Happening after a person’s death

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Blithe

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Happy and without worry

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Pretext

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Pretented reason for doing something that is used to hide the real reason

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Eloquence

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Giving a clear, strong message

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Sordid

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Dirty and unpleasant

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Manifestly

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Very obviously

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Articulate

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Able to express thoughts and feelings easily and clearly

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Factions

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A group in a larger group, that has different ideas from the main group

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Disinter

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To dig up a dead body from the ground

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Laborious

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Needing a lot of time and efforts

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Flagstaff
A flagpole
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Arable
Arable farming land is used for growing crops
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Malignity
Causing harm or evil
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Chaff
The outer layer that is separated from grains such as wheat before they are used as food
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Mangels
Large yellow-red-orange beet grown as food for cattle
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Infanticide
The crime of killing a child
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Capitulated
Accept or agree to do something unwillingly
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Stupefy
To make someone tired and unable to think clearly
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Countenance
The appearance or expression of someone's face
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Impending
Used to refer to an event unpleasant that is going to happen soon
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Beatific
Appearing happy and calm
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Knacker
A person whose business is the disposal of dead/unwanted animals
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Morose
Unhappy, annoyed, unwilling to smile
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Filial
Of a son or daugther
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Imperishable
Lasting for ever
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Taciturn
Tending not to speak much
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Eminent
Famous, respected, important