Vocab 24 Flashcards

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Adjective: extremely stupid

E.G.
an …….. comment

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Asinine

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Adjective: friendly and making you feel happy and welcome:

a …….. atmosphere/host

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Convivial

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Adjective: wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people:

Examples:
an ……. child
an ……. mind
She could see ……. faces looking out from the windows next door.

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inquisitive

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adjective: friendly and pleasant:

The teacher is very ….. /has a …… manner.

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Genial

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Verb: to get great pleasure from something, especially because it provides physical comfort:

example
There’s nothing better after a hard day’s work than to …….. in a hot bath.

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Luxuriate

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Adjective: A ……. person or thing is the only person or thing in a place

examples:
On the hill, a …… figure was busy chopping down trees.
In the distance was a …… building.
He was a ….. child (= he enjoyed being alone).

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Solitary

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Adjective: at an angle of 90° to a horizontal line or surface:

E.g.
We scrambled up the nearly ….. side of the mountain.

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perpendicular

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