Word List 25 + Word List 26 Flashcards
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colander
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n. utensil with perforated bottom
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posterity
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n. decedents
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irremediable
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adj. incurable
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prurient
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adj. having or cause lustful thoughts and desires
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taut
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adj. tight, ready
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resplendent
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adj. dazzling, glorious; brilliant
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antagotism
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n. hostility
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thrifty
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adj. frugal
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cursive
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adj. to be flowing, running
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attribute
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n. essential quality
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lewd
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adj. to be lustful
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ornithologist
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n. researchers on birds
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savory
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adj. enjoyable
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vigilance
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n. watchfulness, alert
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haggle
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v. to argue about prices
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reek
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v. to emit strong odor
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vacuous
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adj. to be blank
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rave
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n. over praise
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antediluvian
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adj. to be antiquated
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drone
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n. idle person v. to talk dully
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stratify
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v. to separate into different classes
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scruple
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v. fret about, hesitate over
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paradigm
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n. model, paragon
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threadbare
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adj. to be old and worn
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querulous
adj. to be grudging
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querulous
adj. to be mourning
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talon
n. claw of birds
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diffuse
adj. to be long and boring
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incursion
n. an invasion
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imperial
adj. like an emperor
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bogus
adj. to be fake and counterfeit
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potent
adj. to be powerful
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endemic
adj. to be local and restricted to a single region
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painstaking
adj. to show hard work
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nutrient
n. nourishing substance
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inception
n. the start
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cession
n. yielding to others
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coqutte
n. flirt, show off
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prim
adj. to be very precise and formal
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chortle
v. to giggle or chuckle with delight
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totter
v. to move steadily
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flounder
v. to struggle and thrash about
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perimeter
n. outer boundary
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seep
v. to ooze
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divine
v. to perceive intuitively
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awry
adv. wrongly
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culvert
n. artificial channel for water
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podium
n. pedestal
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dilate
v. to distend
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unstinging
adj. to be generous
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glossary
n. brief explanation of words used in the text
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mirth
n. merriment, laughter
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entreat
v. plead
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lope
v. to gallop slowly
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shambles
n. wreckness
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symbiosis
n. to interdependent relationship
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fickle
adj. to be capricious
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wean
v. to give up a cherished activity
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cordon
n. extended line of prohibition
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vertigo
n. severe dizziness
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undulating
adj. move in a wave-like motion
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adept
adj. to be expert at
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amoral
adj. to be out of moral perspective
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disinclination
n. unwillingness
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patent
adj. to be open for the public to read
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forbearance
n. patience
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tepid
adj. to be lukewarm, to give off heat
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piebald
adj. to be spotted
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laconic
adj. to be brief and to the point
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acquiesce
n. the permission
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adage
n. wise saying
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rejoiner
n. a reply
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incur
v. bring upon oneself
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audit
n. examination of accounts
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slur
v. to speak indistinctly and elusive
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touchy
adj. to be sensitive
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confine
v. shut in
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enclave
n. territory enclosed within an alien land
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traduce
v. expose to slander
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titter
n. nervous laugh
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dilemma
n. problem
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boon
n. benefit
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decrepitude
n. state of collapse by old age
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solace
n. propitate
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sect
n. religion
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prolixity
n. tedious wordiness
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turpitude
n. evil
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sunder
v. separate, part
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multiplicity
adj. the state of being numerous
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consonance
n. harmony, agreement
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chastise
v. punish
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illimitale
adj. no limits
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extradition
n. surrender of another state being sent to the former country
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libretto
n. text of an opera
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collateral
n. security given for loan
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linchpin
n. combining part
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grisly
adj. ghastly
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revelry
n. merrymaking
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abeyance
n.suspended action
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verbiage
n. pompous array of words
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gauche
adj. clumsy
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refractory
adj. stubborn
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gambol
v. leap playfully
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inadventently
adj. unintentionally
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confidant
n. trusted friend
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purported
adj. legendary
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debacle
n. sudden downfall
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peripheral
adj. marginal
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resonant
adj. to be resounding
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coin
v. to fake
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profusion
n. overabundance
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lap
v. take food or drink with one's tongue
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inebriated
adj. drunk
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mire
v. to entangle
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deprecate
v. to belittle, express disproval of
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apothesis
n. god
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overt
adj. open to view
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ventriloquist
n. someone acting with throat
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exculpate
v. to sb. not guilty
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malefactor
n. criminal
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doff
v. to take off
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apostate
n. someone who had abandoned his faith
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versimilitude
n. appearance of truth
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disperse
v. scatter
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acrophobia
n. fear of heights
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luster
n. shine, gloss
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irrepressible
adj. out of control
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malign
v. to speak evil of
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haggard
adj. gaunt
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traumatic
adj. pertaining to a injury caused by violence
