vocabulary english C2 Flashcards

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ongoing , continues for a long time

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abiding
abiding love for old movies

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strong and healthy, fit

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able-bodied
able-bodied workers

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to cancel, put an an end to, terminate

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abolish
prohibition

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to describe one who forgets things easily or fails to notice things

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absent-minded
forgot his keys

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available in large quantity

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abundant

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to make more noticeable

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accentuate
accentuate muscles

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to grow gradually overtime
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accumulate,
accrue
accrue interest

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harsh, sarcastic , critical

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acerbic
acerbic comments under my video

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describing someone who is unwilling to change their mind, opinions,etc

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adamant
adamant in decision to leave

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sudden burst of inspo, strong creative impulse

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afflatus,
on a wave of afflatus, i wrote my book

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make smth bad even worse

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aggravate
the new treatment only aggravated her condition

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without clear purpose or goal

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aimless

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similar in a certain way

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akin,
this game is akin to football

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unfriendly, distant, reserved

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aloof,
i kept aloof from that uncle

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smth very tasty or smelly

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ambroisal
he’s ambroisal

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make som1 dislike you or get mad at you

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antagonize
after the divorce, she tried to antagonize our kids against me

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to give money, pay what is due

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ante up
my neigbour told me to ante up or vacate

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too old, old-fashioned, no longer useful

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antiquated
antiquated system, antiquated beliefs, antiquated methods

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[id] to feel healthy again

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as right as rain

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v confident without being aggressive

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assertive

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[id] very close

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a stone’s throw

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a feeling of deep respect along w fear

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awe

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strong and unfavourable reaction from a large no of people

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backlash

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feelings of enmity and hatred

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bad blood
there has been bad blood between iodjeoij

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capable of doing smth bad, evil , hateful
baleful i gave that bitch a baleful look.
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extremely stupid, slightly crazy
barmy barmy idea, barmy decision
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unable to produce anything 2
barren sterile
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crazy, mentally unstable
batty he gets batty when we talk about his mistakes.
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face a difficult situation with bravery and courage
bear up bearing up well under the strain of losing her apartment.
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make a gesture to som1 to come closer
beckon, she beckoned to the waiter.
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very poor, small in amount
beggarly, i received beggarly amount of emotional support.
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deeply in love w/ s1, thinking abt them all the time
besotted, he's completely besotted with his wife.
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seductively attractive, charming
bewitched she was bewitched by her beauty.
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to be filled w air, [n] huge moving mass of smth
the sails billowed with the wind, a billow of smoke
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to force yourself to do smth extremely hard or unpleasant
bite the bullet
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noisy, loud, energetic,
boisterous my younger cousins are boisterous
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silly, crazy, stupid
bonkers he must be bonkers to think i'd come back.
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large in amount, plentiful
bountiful bountiful supply of fesfsef. bountiful land
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some1 who talks abt themself w extreme pride
braggart my dad is braggart
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to improve your knowledge of smth
brush up i need to brush up on my german skills. `
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silly n stupid behaviour that makes you laugh
buffoonery his buffoonery was funny, but completely out of place.
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difficult to carry out
burdensome raising kids is not easy at all, its burdensome asffffff
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big, has strong muscles
burly burly lifter, burly woman
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to stop what you're doing
call it a day i almost gave up and called it a day.
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cruel, inconsiderate of others
callous his actions are callous
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to successfully complete or finish smth
cap off i capped off my ielts journey
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dissapointment, distress, grief, deep sorrow
chagrin much to my father's chagrin, i stick to my values.
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isolated, separated from the outside world 2
secluded, cloistered he leads a cloistered life.
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to become rough or less polite
coarsen my finger tips should coarsen after a few weeks of playing the guitar.
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gently persuade s1 to do smth
coax they tried to coax me into being a doctor.
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extremely large, gigantic
colossal colossal sacrifice, colossal effort
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super friendly, 2
harmoniously suited, companionate companionate marrriage
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narcissistic, too proud of yourself
conceited he is definitely a conceited being.
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more than enough, plentiful
copious they wanted me to drink copious amounts of coffee in a day.
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flirty, playful, plays in an attractive manner
coquetish coquestish manners, coquetish girl
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friendly and warm
cordial cordial relations btw 2 countries
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showing a lack of courage
craven a craven traitor, a craven deserter
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to be very slow
dawdle stop dawdling! we're going to miss our flight
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to make smth or some1 weaker
debilitate they were debilitated by hunger and disease.
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lying, dishonest
deceitful deceitful behaviour, deceitful politician
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to bring some1 down. make them lose confidence or strength
deflate she was deflated by the rejection letter.
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to persistently persuade s1 to not do smth
dehort they've tried to dehort me from being myself.
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extremely sad, bad or unacceptable
deplorable, people living in deplorable situations
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deserves to be hated, extremely unpleasant
detestable detestable bastard detestable fraud
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dishonest but skillful, will do everything to achieve smth
devious that bitch was obviously devious.
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a strong feeling of fear, anxiety or dissapointment
dismay " how could they do that to me" she cried in dismay.
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causing great suffering or fear, extremely unpleasant or bad
dreadful dreadful experience dreadful news
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to become less or smaller in number
dwindle dwindling resources dwindling population
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extremely happy, joyful
ecstatic i was ecstatic about my new hobby.
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extremely happy, proud or excited
elated i was elated with that white dress of mine.
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to involve some1 in an argument, or difficult situation
embroil my wife embroiled me into an argument with my parents.
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attractice, makes you want it w/ a strong desire
enticing the offer was so enticing, but unfortunately i had to refuse it.
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former, previous, ex
erstwhile erstwhile lover erstwhile friends
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causing great pain
excruciating excruciating memory
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describing smth/s1 full of energy, lively
exuberant exuberant performance exuberant crowd
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extremely hungry
famished the popn was famished
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smth so stupid, ridiculous, cant be taken seriously
farcical farcical beliefs
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to become weaker, tired
fatigue-d im fatigued from the walk back home.
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giving s1 a lot of insincere attention, being too nice
fawn over i dislike people who fawn over others.
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to feel unwell, be sick
to feel under the weather i was feeling under the weather so i couldnt come to work.
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to feel unwell, be sick
to feel under the weather i was feeling under the weather so i couldnt come to work.