Vocabulary Flashcards

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Miscellanous

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Varied, mixed

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Dotage

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Old age

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Balmy (It was a balmy summer evening, so we decided to go outside)

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Mild

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Nippy

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Chilly

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Blustery (The blustery weather turned my umbrella inside out)

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Windy

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Drizzle

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Light rain

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Flurry (A flurry of snow blew across the field)

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Ráfaga

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Let up

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Ease

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Seclusion

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Isolation, privacy

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Sap

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Savia

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Trickle ( Make sure you entirely turn the tap off or a trickle of water will still ran from it)

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Flow/ stream slowly

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Distress

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Angustia

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Attest

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Dar fe

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Paragon

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Modelo, ejemplo

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Upshot

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Final result

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Breakthrough (His shrink said he had an amazing breakthrough in his therapy)

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Significant progress

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Accretion

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Adicion

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Iterative

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Iterativo,repetitivo

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Cranberries

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Arándanos

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Embed

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Incrustar

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Amalgamation (every time i read a s.k novel i end up making short story amalgamations)

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Combination, blend or mixed stuff

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Convolute (some read s.k because they like his convoluted ideas)

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Enrollar

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Praised (he praised the website as one the best)

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Elogiar

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Tier

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Grada, nivel

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Trimmed
Cortado
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Indulgent
Benevolent
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Glimpse
See briefly
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Zeitgeist (This character has never fully left the zeitgeist of pop culture, we will never forget him)
Espíritu del tiempo
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Snobby (The neighbors do not hang out with us because they are snobby/snobbish)
With superior attitude
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Egregious (He made multiple enemies because of his egregious accusations)
Offensive, outrageous
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To query sth
Consultar, buscar
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Lighthearted
Cheerful
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Adamant (An adamant thinking will not let the world evolve)
Firme, terco, inflexible
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Banter (I love the dynamic between these two, there is a lot of banter)
Converse playfully, wittily
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Cognitive dissonance
Dilema, conflict of ideas
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Apeasse (She did that to appeasse him)
Apaciguar, calmar
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Prevail
Prevalecer, dominar, derrotar a
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Gear sth toward
Dirigir a
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Yearn (She was yearning to go outside to play with her friends)
Ansiar, anhelar
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Campy (The book gradually gets campy, there was too much drama)
Exagerado, over-the-top
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Furnance (The nazis killed jews in the furnance)
Heat chamber, horno
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Tangent (He started talking about biology and then he went off tangent)
Tangente, irse por la tangente/ramas
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Prop (She had so good writing i thought I`d give some props to her)
Apoyo, felicitaciones
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Gory (He killed him with a saw so the whole scene was pretty gory)
Sangrienta, covered in blood
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Ghoul
Espiritu maligno
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Delve into (Some liked the book because of the ideas it delves into although it was not well written)
Indagar, investigar hasta, cavar
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Meander (The homeless guy meandered the city all night)
Deambular, andar, wander
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Rant (She was furious and her rant went on for more than three hours)
Extended angry talk
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Loath
Resistirse a
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Flimsy
Poco sólido, endeble
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Destitute
Poor, needy
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Ensimismarse
Lose oneshelf in thought, drift off
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Gregarious
Outgoing
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Smorgasbord (They had a huge smorgasbord for the hungry guests)
Buffe, varied selection of sth
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Feign (He feigned being sick so he wouldn’t have to go to school)
Fingir
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Bang (My bangs are at the perfect length where they just fully cover my eyebrows)
Flequillo
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Demeanor (His demeanor might change his beauty)
Comportamiento, conducta
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Eclectic
Varied
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Detriment (It is no detriment to her intelligence that she speaks with an accent)
Perdida, detrimento
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Truism
A statement that is obviously true
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Waif
Homeless, rejected, neglected, abandoned
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Parsimony (We couldn´t go to the concert because of his dad´s parsimony)
Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources
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Bespectacled
Con gafas
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Shenanigans
Mischievous behavior | Travesuras, chanchullos..
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Browbeat | Stop browbeating him with those ideals
Bully, coerce
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Eerie | That eerie sound woke me up last night
Creepy, misterious
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Pervasive (A pervasive feeling of fraudulence)
Penetrante, infiltrating
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Downplay (To call it a syndrome is to downplay how universal it is)
Minimizar
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Threshold (There is often no threshold of accomplishment that puts this feelings to rest)
Umbral, entrada