Words Flashcards
(49 cards)
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Bucolic
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Relating to Rural life
2
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Capitulate
A
Surrender or give up
3
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Catholic
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Universal
4
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Catharsis
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Purification that brings relief
5
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Circumspect
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Cautious
6
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Consonant
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Harmony
7
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Convivial
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Festive
8
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Covenant
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Agreement
9
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Delinate
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Properly demarcate
10
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Desultory
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Without plan
11
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Dissipate
A
Thin out
12
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Epigram
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Short satirical saying
13
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Exonerate
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Free from guilt
14
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Fetter
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To restrain
15
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Flout
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Disregard
16
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Impetuous
A
Impatient
17
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Indigent
A
Poor
18
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Injunction
A
Command
19
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Invective
A
Insulting
20
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Laconic
A
Using less words
21
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Marshal
A
Order
22
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Matriculation
A
Enroll
23
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Mortify
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Humiliate
24
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Pejorative
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Negative / Disparaging
25
Peremptory
Final / categorical
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Plaintive
Expressing sadness
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Ponderous
Massive,dull
28
Precept
Rule to live by
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Preempt
Seize by force
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Recant
To repudiate
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Solicitous
Eager / Attentive
32
Specious
Deceptively attractively
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Staunch
Firmly committed
34
Stratum
Layer
35
Structure
Structure
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Supercilious
Haughty/patronising
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Surfeit
Excess
38
Venal
Capable of being bribed
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Vicissitude
Upheaval
40
Volition
Choice/will
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Tantamount
Equivalent to
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Tautological
Redundant
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Temerity
Bold
44
Tenable
Defensible
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Tenuous
Extremely thin
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Torpor
Inactivity
47
Shanghai
Put ship in water by force
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Wanton
Malicious
49
Wistful
Deliberately
