WL13 Flashcards
(109 cards)
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abrupt
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sudden or unexpected
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absurd
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senseless; illogical
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acquaint
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to make more or less familiar
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aghast
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struck with overwhelming shock or amazement
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ajar
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neither entirely open nor entirely shut
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ally
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to unite formally
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ambivalent
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feeling uncertainty or fluctuation
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aptitude
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capability; ability
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assuage
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to relieve; ease
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ban
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to prohibit
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battier
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any natural bar or obstacle
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barter
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to exchange in trade
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battery
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any large group or series of related things
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bewilder
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to complex; perplex
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cache
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a hiding place
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chasm
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a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth’s surface; gorge
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combustible
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flammable
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compulsive
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compelling; compulsory
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con
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convict / deceive, trick
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concur
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to agree
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confound
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to perplex or amaze
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conspicuous
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visibly noticeable or obvious
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crest
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the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit
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crude
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unrefined or natural, / rude, offensive
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decimate
to destroy a great number or proportion of
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deity
a god or goddess
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depict
to represent by or as if by painting
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destiny
a fate
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dismantle
to deprive or strip of apparatus
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dormant
asleep; inactive
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eccentric
irregular; erratic
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eddy
a small whirlpool
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edifice
any large, complex system or organization
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enchant
to subject to magical influence; bewitch
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endorse
to approve, support, or sustain
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envious
full of, feeling, or expressing envy
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exalt
to raise in rank, honor, power, character, quality, etc.; elevate
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extinct
no longer in existence,
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fabricate
to make by art or skill and labor
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fragile
easily broken; liable to break; delicate
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gala
an occasion of special entertainment or a public festivity
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gargantuan
gigantic; enormous
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gaze
to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity
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grotesque
odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character
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habitual
of the nature of a habit
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harmony
agreement; accord
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heed
to give careful attention to
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implement
any article used in some activity
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inconsolable
not consolable; that cannot be comforted
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indisposed
to make ill
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infamous
having an extremely bad reputation
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interim
an intervening time; interval; meantime
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interrogate
to ask questions
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intuition
direct perception of truth, fact, etc.
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irk
to irritate, annoy, or exasperate
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ironic
containing or exemplifying irony
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irresponsible
not responsible
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jargon
the language, esp. the vocabulary, used by a particular profession, or group
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jeopardize
to put in jeopardy; hazard
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kinship
family relationship
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loquacious
talking or tending to talk much or freely
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malice
desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another
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meditate
to think deeply
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migrate
to go from one country, region, or place to another
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mollify
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify
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morbid
unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive
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necessitate
to make necessary or unavoidable
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nemesis
an opponent or rival that a person cannot best or overcome
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nomadic
itinerant, traveling, roaming, wandering
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novice
a person new to a field or activity; a beginner
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ornament
something that decorates or adorns; an embellishment
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parity
equality, as in amount, status, or character
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partake
to take or have a part or share along with others; participate
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pillar
an upright post used in building as a support or decoration
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pragmatic
dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical
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preamble
an introduction or preface
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probe
to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely
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progression
forward or onward movement
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promotion
the raising of a person to a higher rank or position
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purge
to make clean by clearing it of everything that is bad, not wanted et
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rabble
a noisy, disorderly crowd
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rancid
(of food, especially butter) tasting or smelling bad
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ransack
to search thoroughly and often roughly; to rob
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rational
able to think, reason and judge etc
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regretful
sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done
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rile
to irritate or vex
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roam
to walk about without any fixed plan or purpose
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sanction
to permit or agree to
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sanctuary
a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
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saturated
unable to hold or contain more
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shame
the humiliating feeling
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slovenly
untidy, as in dress or appearance
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smug
marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction
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solemn
serious and earnest
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squabble
to quarrel noisily, usually about something unimportant
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stare
(often withat) to look at with a fixed gaze
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stipulate
to specify something or to specify a condition as part of an agreement
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stow
to pack neatly and especially out of sight
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supercilious
contemptuous or disdainful
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torment
very great pain, suffering, worry etc
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triumph
a great victory or success
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uniformity
the condition of being uniform
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vague
not clear, distinct or definite
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velocity
speed, especially in a given direction
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verify
to confirm the truth or correctness of (something),
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veto
the power or right to refuse or forbid
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wander
to go, move, walk etc (about, in or on) from place to place with no definite destination in mind
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wane
to decrease gradually in size, amount, intensity, or degree; decline
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winsome
charming; captivating
