Words I Forget More Flashcards
(58 cards)
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Matron
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A mature woman
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Adroit
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Clever, skillful
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Furtive
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Sly, cunning or deceitful, secret, stealth
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Hapless
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Unlucky, unfortunate
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Intrepid
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Courageous, brave
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Irate
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Angry, incensed
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Repudiate
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To reject, decline, disown, refuse to accept
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Tremulous
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Trembling, quivering
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Scurrilous
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Vulgar, coarse, using indecent language
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Acrimonious
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Caustic, bitter
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Concur
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To agree
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Inane
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Silly, foolish
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Pernicious
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Damaging, harmful, causing injury
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Stymie
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To hinder, impede
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Flout
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To disregard
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Virulent
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Harmful, full of hate
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Frustrate
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To foil, to counteract, to thwart
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Inclement
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Stormy, harsh, unfavorable
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Inert
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Powerless to move
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Inert
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Powerless to move
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Pertinent
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Appropriate, to the point
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Peruse
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To read over, to examine, to read carefully
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Premonition
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Forewarning
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Recoil
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To draw back
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Salient
Important, prominent
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Squeamish
Easily shocked, oversensitive
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Wan
Sickly pale
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Conjecture(n.)
Guess
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Inundate
To flood, to swamp
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Lax
Careless, negligent
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Lurid
Sensational
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Meticulous
Careful
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Obviate
To do away with, eliminate
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Rash(adj.)
Reckless, too hasty
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Sanguine
Hopeful, optimistic
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Expunge
To erase
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Fortuitous
Lucky, accidental
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Fractious
Quarrelsome
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Inhibition
Restraint
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Ostentatious
Showy
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Remuneration
Reward, pay
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Schim
Split
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Timorous
Fearful
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Truncated
Cut short
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Inchoate
In an early stage
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Incredulous
Skeptical
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Propitious
Favorable
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Subjugate
To conquer
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Surmise
To guess
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Surmise
To guess
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Surreptitious
Accomplished secretively, stealthy
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Viable
Workable
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Incisive
Keen, acute, clear, direct
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Inveigh
To attack verbally
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Raze
Destroy
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Scurry
To run quickly, hastily
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Stentorian
Loud
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Valor
Courage
