Vocabulary Set VI Flashcards
(116 cards)
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sentient
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conscious, alert, able to recognize, aware
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aware, able to recognize, alert, conscious
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sentient
3
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senile
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failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age
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failing in physical and mental capabilities due to old age
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senile
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fetter
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tie up, hold, bind
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tie up, hold, bind
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fetter
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antiquate
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date, archaize, obsolesce, obsolet
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obsolet, obsolesce, archaize, date
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antiquate
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burdensome
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troublesome, demanding, difficult, onerous
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onerous, difficult, demanding, troublesome
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burdensome
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juncture
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turning point, crossroad, choice
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choice, crossroad, turning point
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juncture
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knave
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rascal, bastard, lowlife, fraud
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fraud, lowlife, bastard, rascal
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knave
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compatriot
A
fellow countryman, national, fellow citizen
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fellow citizen, national, fellow countryman
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compatriot
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martyr
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sufferer, scapegoat, saint
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saint, scapegoat, sufferer
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martyr
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sibilant
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speech sound, affricate, click
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click, affricate, speech sound
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sibilant
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scintillate
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twinkle, flash, glimmer
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glimmer, flash, twinkle
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scintillate
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sinuous
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winding, twisting, crooked, curved
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curved, crooked, twisting, winding
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sinuous
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scurrilous
foul-mouthed, vulgar, defamatory, insulting
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insulting, defamatory, vulgar, foul-mouthed
scurrilous
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ire
anger, annoyance, displeasure, fury
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fury, displeasure, annoyance, anger
ire
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disinclination
unwillingness to do or believe something, aversion, antipathy
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antipathy, aversion, unwillingness to do or believe something
disinclination
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platitude
dull, overused saying, banality, bromide
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bromide, banality, overused saying, dull
platitude
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heedless
careless, inattentive, reckless
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reckless, inattentive, careless
heedless
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manifold
abundant, many, assorted, complex
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complex, assorted, many, abundant
manifold
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lithe
flexible, graceful, slender, athletic, slim, agile
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agile, slim, athletic, slender, graceful, flexible
lithe
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tensile
flexible, malleable, soft
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soft, malleable, flexible
tensile
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fortuitous
lucky, accidental, odd, fortunate, serendipitous
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serendipitous, fortunate, odd, accidental, lucky
fortuitous
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gangling
rangy, awkward, bony, gawky
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gawky, bony, awkward, rangy
gangling
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mimetic
imitative, counterfeit, emulative
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emulative, counterfeit, imitative
mimetic
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abject
hopeless and downtrodden, wretched, base
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base, wretched, hopeless and downtrodden
abject
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reprisal
revenge, retaliation, retribution, vengeance
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vengeance, retribution, retaliation, revenge
reprisal
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retinue
entourage, band, cortege, crew, escort, followers
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followers, escort, crew, cortege, band, entourage
retinue
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bountiful
abundant, ample, lavish, magnanimous, plentiful
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plentiful, magnanimous, lavish, ample, abundant
bountiful
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ransack
turn inside out, comb, gut, loot, ravage, plunder
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ravage, loot, gut, comb, turn inside out, plunder
ransack
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yearling
suckling, nursling
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nursling, suckling
yearling
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hatch
create, plan, breed, come up with, conceive
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conceive, come up with, breed, plan, create
hatch
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starling
a protective structure of pillings surrounding a pier of a bridge; any of various kind of Old World passerine bird
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any of various kind of Old World passerine bird; a protective structure of pillings surrounding a pier of a bridge
starling
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foundling
orphan, castaway, waif
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waif, castaway, orphan
foundling
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undulate
rise and fall, billow, wobble
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wobble, billow, rise and fall
undulate
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liquefaction
condensation, dissolution, fusion, dew
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dew, fusion, dissolution, condensation
liquefaction
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flagrant
flaunting, blatant, without shame, atrocious
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atrocious, without shame, blatant, flaunting
flagrant
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benign
kindly, benevolent, favorable, friendly, gentle
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gentle, friendly, favorable, benevolent, kindly
benign
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perdition
hell, abyss, condemnation
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condemnation, abyss, hell
perdition
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amphibious
aquatic, floating, marine, maritime
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maritime, marine, floating, aquatic
amphibious
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guile
slyness, cleverness, trickery, chicanery
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chicanery, trickery, cleverness, slyness
guile
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portly
bulky, fat, beefy, burly, corpulent
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burly, beefy, fat, bulky, corpulent
portly
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zephyr
air, breath, breeze, wind
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wind, breeze, breath, air
zephyr
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plethora
excess, deluge, glut, overabundance, plenty, profusion, surfeit
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surfeit, profusion, plenty, overabundance, glut, deluge, excess
plethora
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vale
valley, dale, expression of good-bye
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expression of good-bye, dale, valley
vale
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nocturne
serenade, divertimento, song
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song, divertimento, serenade
nocturne
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harrow
sack, devastate, spoil
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spoil, devastate, sack
harrow
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expiate
make amends for, absolve, appease
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appease, absolve, make amends for
expiate
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honorarium
complimentary fee, gratuity
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gratuity, complimentary fee
honorarium
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inoculate
immunize, inject, vaccinate
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vaccinate, inject, immunize
inoculate
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exalt
promote, praise, dignify, extol, glorify, laud
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glorify, extol, dignify, praise, promote, laud
exalt
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engender
cause to happen, cause an action, arouse, induce
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induce, arouse, cause an action, cause to happen
engender
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covet
desire strongly, crave, envy, lust after
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lust after, envy, crave, desire strongly
covet
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filibustered
adjourn, bar, block, prevent, prolong, impede
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impede, prolong, prevent, block, bar, adjourn
filibustered
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terrarium
an enclosure for keeping small land animals or to grow plants
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an enclosure for keeping small land animals or to grow plants
terrarium
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neoprene
wetsuit
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wetsuit
neoprene
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ravine
gap in earth's surface, canyon, chasm, crevasse
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crevasse, chasm, canyon, gap in earth's surface
ravine
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belfries, belfry
a bell tower, dome, minaret
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minaret, dome, a bell tower
belfries, belfry
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staid
restrained, set, decorous, dignified, solemn
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solemn, dignified, decorous, set, restrained
staid
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nimble
dexterous, smart, adept, adroit, bright, deft
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deft, bright, adroit, adept, smart, dexterous
nimble
