1-100 Flashcards
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Ramification
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A complex or unwelcome consequence
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Spiral
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A continuous twist or action
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Iron Out
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Completely end sth by solving issues
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Aced out
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To defeat others in a competition or do better than others
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Pagan
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Who holds religious beliefs different from other main world religions
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Fast
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Firm
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Layer After Layer
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Disclosing
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Incinerated
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Burnt
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Irksome
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Irritating
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Splurge
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Spend money freely
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Cynic
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Who questions whether something will happen or it is worthy
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Dash
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In hurry or a glimpse
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Heretic
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Who had dissenting opinions and beliefs
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Crusading
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Lead our take part in religious political or social campaign
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Wacky
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Funny or amusing in an odd way
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Burgeon
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Grow or flourish rapidly
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Aggrandize
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Increase in power status or wealth, to enhance sth
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Heckle
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Interrupt a public speaker with derisive or aggressive comments
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Circumvent
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Find a way around an obstacle
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Circumspect
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Wary ans unwilling to take risks
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Circumscribe
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Restrict sth within limits
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Concord
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Agreement or harmony between ppl or groups
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Pathos
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Evoking sadness or pity
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Refrain
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To hold back
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Analogue
Relating to a variable physical quantity like voltage, spatial position, etc
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Curt
Rude and short reply
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Cusp
Pointed end where two curves meet
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Nimbly
Quickly
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Exacerbate
To make sth worse
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Archaic
Ancient
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Horde
Large group of people
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Prosaic
Dull, common, unimaginative
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Sagacious
Wise
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Smugness
An excessive feeling of self satisfaction
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Blitz
Sudden intensive military attack
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Stark
Severe, harsh, bare In appearance
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Topple
Remove a govt or person from power
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Contrive
To create through intelligence or invention
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Pensive
In deep or melancholic mood, to be lost in thoughts
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Convulsive
Having convulsions, involuntary muscle movements
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Convoluted
Complex or difficult
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Creche
Nursery where babies and young children are cared for during the working day
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Hutch
Box or cage with a wire mesh front, esp, for rabbits and other small domesticated animals
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Exonerated
say officially that somebody was not responsible for something bad that happened, free
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Gregarious
Sociable
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Abdicating
Renounce the throne.
*Renounce' means stopping to do something, or it can also mean refusing to claim something, while, 'denounce' means attacking something/someone officially.
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Ephemeral
Momentary, lasting for very short period of time
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Inept
Clumsy, having or showing no skill
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Indelible
that cannot be removed or washed out
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Racket
loud noise
शोरग़ुल, हल्ला
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Rake
Device used to remove dead leaves
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Put on
Wear
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Put out
Extinguish
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Put away
Keep aside or store away
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Cut over
From old to new, transition
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Cut back
Reduce sth
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Puny
Inferior in size or strength
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Accost
to go up and talk to a stranger in a way that is rude or frightening
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Delude
to make somebody believe something that is not true
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Taxiing
used about an aircraft) to move slowly along the ground before or after flying
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Emend
make corrections and revisions to (a text).
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Amend
to change something slightly in order to make it better
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Taken to
to start to like someone or something, to get addicted
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Cortege
line of cars or people moving along slowly at a funeral (= ceremony for a dead person)
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Cache
a hidden store of things such as weapons
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Caucus
a meeting of the members or leaders of a political party to choose candidates or to decide policy; the members or leaders of a political party as a group
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Clique
small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them
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Anorexia
mental illness causing somebody to control the amount of food they eat in an extreme way that leads to dangerous weight loss, usually because they have an intense fear of getting fat and believe they are fat when they are not
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Acrophobia
Fear of height
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Algophobia
Fear of pain
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Infirmary
special room in a school, prison, etc. for people who are ill
the college infirmary
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Lair
a place where a wild animal sleeps or hides
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Termagant
an offensive word for a woman who is thought to be very strict or trying in an unpleasant way to tell people what to do
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Scullery
small room next to the kitchen in an old house, originally used for washing dishes, etc.
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Scourge
usually singular] scourge (of somebody/something) (formal) a person or thing that causes trouble, difficulty or mental pain
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Deprecate
deprecate something (formal) to feel and express strong disapproval of something
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Devious
behaving in a dishonest or indirect way, or tricking people, in order to get something
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Welter
welter of something a large and confusing amount of something
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Elude
elude somebody/something to manage to avoid or escape from somebody/something, especially in a clever way
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Robust
Tough strong healthy
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Overt
done in an open way and not secretly
There was little overt support for the project
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Equivocate
talk about something in a way that is deliberately not clear in order to avoid or hide the truth
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Scamper
adv./prep. (especially of children or small animals) to move quickly with short light steps
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Dossier
a collection of documents that contain information about a person, an event or a subjectSYNONYM file
to assemble/compile a dossier
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Portfolio
thin flat case used for carrying documents, drawings, etc.
(Usually of artists)
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Philatelist
person who collects or studies stamps
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Cartographer
a person who draws or makes maps
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Woe
the troubles and problems that somebody has
financial woes
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Majesty
Having or showing impressive beauty
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Apprehension
uncountable, countable] worry or fear that something unpleasant may happen
the act of capturing or arresting somebody, usually by the police
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Renegade
person who opposes and lives outside a group or society that they used to belong to
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Tyrannical
using power or authority over people in an unfair and cruel way
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Accent
a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from; how well somebody pronounces a particular language
the emphasis that you should give to part of a word when saying
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Accent
a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from; how well somebody pronounces a particular language
the emphasis that you should give to part of a word when saying
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Highwayman
Robber
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Docility
the fact of being quiet and easy to control,
