Vocabulary - Synonyms - definitions D-F Flashcards

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Money or goods exchanged when a women gets married

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Dowry

The bride’s dowry was large as her family was rich.

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doubt or questioning

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Dubious

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trying to avoid waste

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Economical

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something that can be safely eaten

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Edible

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being luxurious or tasteful

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Elegant

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remains of burning wood or coal

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Embers

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to be ranked highly

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Eminent

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to make an effort

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Endeavour

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something puzzling

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Enigma

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a letter of communication, usually biblical

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Epistle

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the same as something else or equal too

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Equivalent

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adjective: upright, vertical
Verb: to build

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Erect

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containing a mistake

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Erroneous

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to come to an end

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Expiration

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to remove the inner part

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Excavate

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noun: item on display in a museum etc.
verb: to display an item

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to clear of guilt

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to strip back and show off

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to stretch out, increase

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the outside of something

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no longer surviving

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to make something seem bigger or more important than it is

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having the skills or the means to do something

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the exact copy of something

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to be extremely hungry
Famished
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when something is interesting
Fascinating
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to be very tired
Fatigue
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an offence or crime
Felony
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extremely fierce
Ferocious
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being able to produce vegetation
Fertile
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changeable, inconsistent
Fickle
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very cruel or wicked
Fiendish
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riches, lots of money
Fortune
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weak and easy to break
Fragile
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a piece of something
fragment