1-50 Flashcards
1
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- a dark brown drink made from ground coffee beans and boiled water
A
coffee
2
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- to form a mental picture of : use the imagination
A
imagine
3
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- an idea, plan, opinion or picture that is formed in your mind : something that you think of
A
thought
4
Q
- able or likely to cause injury
A
dangerous
5
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- to cross out or strike out with a line
- to stop doing or planning to do (something) : to decide that something (such as a game, performance, etc.) will not happen
A
cancel
6
Q
- a piece of cloth used for drying things
A
towel
7
Q
- an enclosed structure in which heat is produced (as for heating a house or melting metals)
A
furnace
8
Q
- clothes or linens that have been or are to be washed
- a place where laundering is done
A
laundry
9
Q
- to call for as necessary or desirable
A
exact
10
Q
- very important and needing immediate attention
A
urgent
11
Q
- a special or enjoyable important event, occasion, holiday and etc.
A
celebration
12
Q
- a wide street
- a path or driveway that leads to a house located off a main road
A
avenue
13
Q
- a word form used to indicate more than one
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plural
14
Q
- very shocking and upsetting
- very bad or unpleasant
A
terrible
15
Q
- to enclose on all sides
A
surround
16
Q
- to press together from the opposite sides of
A
squeeze
17
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- to put (as a thought) into a person’s mind
- to propose as an idea or possibility
A
suggest
18
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- to protect from danger, defend
- to try to keep (an opponent) from scoring
A
guard
19
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- something valuable (money, jewels, gold, or silver) that is hidden or kept in a safe place
- something that is very special, important, or valuable
- a person who is greatly loved or valued especially because of being very helpful
A
treasure
20
Q
- a unit of weight
A
ounce
21
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- to get or be given (something)
- to welcome (someone) in usually a formal way
A
receive
22
Q
- coming before the final round in a tournament
A
semifinal
23
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- a day of freedom from work and school; especially : a day of celebration or remembrance fixed by law
A
holiday
24
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- to add more light to (something)
- to make (something) more colorful or cheerful
A
brighten
25
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- one of the great divisions of land (as North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, or Antarctica) on the globe
A
continent
26
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- to give or form a general idea about the value, size, or cost of (something)
A
estimate
27
Q
- a sea animal that has a soft body and eight long arms
A
octopus
28
Q
- a product of a special kind
- something a person specializes in or has special knowledge of
A
specialty
29
Q
- a large musical instrument with a keyboard that you play by pressing black and white keys and that produces sound when small hammers inside the piano hit steel wires
A
piano
30
Q
- an ache or pain in the head
- a difficult or annoying situation or problem
A
an ache or pain in the head
: a difficult or annoying situation or problem
31
Q
- to look at (something) closely and carefully in order to learn more about it, to find problems, etc.
A
examine
32
Q
- a leafy garden plant with a short stem and a dense globular head of usually green leaves that is used as a vegetable
A
cabbage
33
Q
- a very hard usually colorless stone that is a form of carbon and is used especially in jewelry
- a shape that is formed by four equal straight lines and that has two opposite angles that are smaller than a right angle and two opposite angles that are larger than a right angle
A
diamond
34
Q
- very serious or formal in manner, behavior, or expression
- sad and serious
A
solemn
35
Q
- an object that is thrown, shot, or launched as a weapon
A
missile
36
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- physical activity that is done in order to become stronger and healthier
A
exercise
37
Q
- a member of a senate or the Senate
A
senator
38
Q
- easy to do or understand
- not complicated
A
straightforward
39
Q
- the ability to do something that you know is difficult or dangerous
A
courage
40
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- a show of approval or appreciation at a play, speech, sporting event, etc., in which people clap over and over
A
applause
41
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- having qualities of beauty
A
beautiful
42
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- the number of people who live in a place
A
population
43
Q
- to make (someone or something) stronger, more forceful, more effective, etc.
A
strengthen
44
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- a piece of art that is made by carving or molding clay, stone, metal, etc.
A
sculpture
45
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- a person who has written something; especially : a person who has written a book or who writes many books
A
author
46
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- to discuss an agreement or price in order to make it more appealing
A
bargain
47
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- no longer existing
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extinct
48
Q
- very great in size or amount
A
enormous
49
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- a unit of heat used to indicate the amount of energy that foods will produce in the human body
A
calories
50
Q
- a letter representing a consonant; especially : any letter of the English alphabet except a, e, i, o, and u
A
consonant
