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1500 Essential (300-600) Flashcards

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dubious

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feeling doubt

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dud

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no use person smth that fails

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dulcet

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melodious harmonious

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dupe

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cheat make a fool of

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duplicity

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deliberate deception

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duress

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threats to compel smb

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dwarf

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person or smb much below the usual size

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dynamo

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a generator something that produces electric current

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earthenware

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dishes made of baked clay

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ebullience

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exuberance outburst of feeling

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ebullient

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overflowing with enthusiasm showing excitement

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ecumenical

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representing the whole Christian world

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edacious

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voracious devouring

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eddy

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circular or spiral movement (e.g.. of wind)

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edible

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fit to be eaten/not poisonous

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effete

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infertile worn out weak

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efficacy

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production of a desired result

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effluvia

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outflow in a stream of particles a noxious odor or vapor

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effrontery

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boldness impudence arrogance

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egress

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way out exit

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elaborate

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worked out with much care in great detail

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elegy

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a lament a melancholy composition

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elicit

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draw out

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eloquence

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fluent speaking skillful use of language

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emaciate

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make thin and weak

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embellish

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make beautiful

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embezzle

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use in a wrong way for one’s own benefit

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emote

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stir up excite

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empirical

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relying on experiment

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encapsulate

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enclose in capsule

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encomium

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warm or glowing praise eulogy panegyric

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encumbrance

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burden things that get on the way of

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endearing

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making dear or liked

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endemic

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epidemic

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endorse

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write one’s name on the back of

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enduring

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lasting

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enervate

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weaken deprive of strength attenuate

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engender

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cause produce give rise to

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engrave

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impress deeply

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engrossing

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taken up all the time or attention writing in large or formal

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engulf

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swallow up

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enigma

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smth that is puzzling

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enmity

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hatred being an enemy

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ensign

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flag/badge

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entangle

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put into difficulties

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enthral

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please greatly/enslave (fig)

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entice

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tempt or persuade

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entreat

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ask earnestly

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enunciate

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pronounce (words)/express a theory

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enzyme

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catalyst

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epicurean

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devoted to pleasure (sensuous enjoyment)

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epistle

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letter

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epithet

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adjective

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epitome

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brief summary representative example a typical model

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equable

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steady regular

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equanimity

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calmness of temperament

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equilibrium

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state of being balanced

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equipoise

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equal distribution of weight equilibrium

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equivocal

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having a double or doubtful meaning suspicious

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equivocate

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try to deceive by equivocal language

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eradicate

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get rid of pull up by the roots

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erratic

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irregular in behaviour or opinion

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erudite

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learned scholarly

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eschew

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avoid

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esoteric

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abstruse intended only for a small circle of

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espouse

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marry give one’s support to

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eulogy

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formal praise panegyric

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euphoria

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elation state of pleasant excitement

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euthanasia

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easy and painless death

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evasive

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tending to evade

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evince

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to show clearly to indicate

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evoke

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call up bring out

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excoriation

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severe criticism

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exculpate

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to clear from a charge of guilt

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exhaustive

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complete thorough

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exigency

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emergency an urgent situation

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exoneration

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set smb clear free (e.g.. from blame)

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exorbitant

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much too high or great

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expatiate

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to roam wander freely

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expedient

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likely to be useful for a purpose

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expiation

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ending expiring

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exploit

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brilliant achievement develop use selfishly

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expostulate

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argue earnestly to dissuade correct or protest

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expurgate

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to remove obscenity purify censor

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exscind

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to cut out cut away

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extant

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still in existence

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extempore

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without previous thought or preparation

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extenuate

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reduce the strength of lessen seriousness partially excuse

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extinct

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no longer active

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extinguish

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end the existence of/wipe or put out

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extirpate

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to destroy exterminate cut out exscind

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extol

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praise highly

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extort

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obtain by threats violence

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extralegal

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outside the law

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extricable

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that can be freed

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extrovert

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cheerful person

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exuberance

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state of growing vigorously being full of life

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facetious

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humorous funny jocular

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facile

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easily done

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fallacious

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based on error

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falter

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waver/move in an uncertain manner

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fatuous

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without sense foolish self-satisfaction

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fawn

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young deer try to win smb’s favor

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feckless

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lacking purpose or vitality ineffective careless

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fecund

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fertile

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feint

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pretend

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felicitous

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apt suitably expressed well chosen apropos

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felon

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person guilty of murder

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ferment

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substance become excited

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ferocity

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savage cruelty

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ferret

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discover by searching search

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fervid

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showing earnest feeling

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fervor

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warmth of feelings earnestness

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fetid

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stinking

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fetter

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to shackle put in chains

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feud

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bitter quarrel over a long period of time

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fidelity

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loyalty accuracy

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fidget

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move restlessly make nervous

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figurehead

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carved image on the prow of a ship

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finesse

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delicate way of dealing with a situation

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finical

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too fussy about food clothing etc.

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finicky

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finical

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fission

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splitting or division (esp. of cells)

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fixate

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stare at

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flak

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criticism/anti-aircraft guns

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flamboyant

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brightly colored florid

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flaunting

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show off complacently

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flax

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pale yellow (hair) a plant

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fledged

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able to fly trained experienced

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fleet

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number of ships quick-moving

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flinch

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draw move back wince

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flop

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fail/move/fall clumsily

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florid

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very much ornamented naturally red (e.g.. of face)

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flout

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reject mock to go against (as in going against tradition)

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fluke

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lucky stroke

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fluster

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make nervous or confused

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foible

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defect of character (a person is wrongly proud)

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foil

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prevent from carrying out contrast

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foment

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put smth warm (to lessen the pain)

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foolproof

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incapable of failure or error

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foppish

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like a man who pays too much attention to his clothes

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forage

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food for horses and cattle

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forbear

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refrain from be patient ancestor

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forbearance

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patience willingness to wait

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ford

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shallow place in a river (to cross)

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forestall

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prevent by taking action in advance preempt

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forfeit

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suffer the loss of smth

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forge

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workshop for the shaping of metal to shape metal lead

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forgery

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counterfeit

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forswear

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renounce disallow repudiate

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foster

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nurture care for

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fracas

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noisy quarrel

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fragile

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easily injured broken or destroyed

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fragrant

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sweet-smelling

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frantic

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wildly excited with joy pain anxiety

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frenetic

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frantic frenzied

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fret

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worry irritation wear away

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fringe

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edge ornamental border part of hair over the forehead

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froward

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intractable not willing to yield or comply stubborn

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frugal

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careful economical

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fulmination

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bitter protest

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fulsome

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disgusting offensive due to excessiveness

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gainsay

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to deny to oppose

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garble

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make unfair selection from facts

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garment

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article of clothing

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garner

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to gather and save to store up

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garrulity

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talkativeness

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garrulous

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too talkative

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gaucherie

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socially awkward tactless behavior

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germane

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relevant pertinent to

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gist

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the point general sense

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glean

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gather facts in small quantities

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glib

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ready and smooth but not sincere

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glimmer

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weak/unsteady light

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gloat

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over look at with selfish delight

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glut

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supply to much fill to excess

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gnaw

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waste away bite steadily

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goad

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smth urging a person to action

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gorge

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eat greedily/narrow opening with a stream

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gossamer

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soft light delicate material

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gouge

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tool for cutting grooves in wood

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grandiloquent

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using pompous words

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grave

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serious requiring consideration

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graze

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touch or scrape lightly in passing

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gregarious

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living in societies liking the company

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grievous

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causing grief or pain serious dire grave

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grovel

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crawl humble oneself

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guile

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deceit cunning

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gullible

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easily gulled

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gush

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burst out suddenly/talk ardently

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gust

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outburst of feeling sudden rain wind fire etc.

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hack

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cut roughly hired horse

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halcyon

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calm and peaceful

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hallow

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to make holy consecrate

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harangue

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a long passionate speech

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harbinger

A

smth or smb that foretells the coming of

197
Q

harrow

A

to distress create stress or torment

198
Q

haughty

A

arrogant conceited

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Q

heed

A

attention/give notice to

200
Q

heinous

A

odious (of crime)

201
Q

heresy

A

belief contrary to what is generally accepted

202
Q

hermetic

A

sealed by fusion

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Q

heterogeneous

A

made up of different kinds

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Q

hew

A

make by hard work cut (by striking)

205
Q

highbrow

A

(person) with superior tastes

206
Q

hirsute

A

hairy shaggy

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Q

hoax

A

mischievous trick played on smb for a joke

208
Q

hoi

A

polloi the masses the rabble

209
Q

hollow

A

not soled with hole

210
Q

holster

A

leather case for a pistol

211
Q

homiletics

A

act of preaching

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Q

hone

A

stone used for sharpening tools

213
Q

hoodwink

A

trick mislead

214
Q

hospitable

A

liking to give hospitality

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Q

hubris

A

arrogant pride

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Q

hush

A

make or become silent

217
Q

husk

A

worthless outside part of anything

218
Q

hypocrisy

A

falsely making oneself appear to be good

219
Q

iconoclast

A

person who attacks popular beliefs

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Q

idiosyncrasy

A

personal mannerism

221
Q

idolatry

A

excessive admiration of

222
Q

idyll

A

a carefree episode or experience

223
Q

ignoble

A

dishonorable common undignified

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Q

ignominious

A

shameful dishonorable undignified disgraceful

225
Q

illicit

A

unlawful forbidden

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imbroglio

A

complicated and embarrassing situation

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immaculate

A

pure faultless

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imminent

A

likely to come or happen soon

229
Q

immutable

A

that cannot be changed

230
Q

impair

A

worsen diminish in value

231
Q

impassive

A

unmoved feeling no sign of passion

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Q

impecunious

A

having little or no money

233
Q

impede

A

hinder get in the way of

234
Q

impediment

A

smth that hinders (e.g. stammer)

235
Q

impending

A

imminent being about to happen expected

236
Q

imperative

A

urgent essential

237
Q

imperious

A

commanding haughty arrogant

238
Q

impermeable

A

that cannot be permeated

239
Q

imperturbable

A

calm not capable of being excited

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Q

impervious

A

not allowing to pass through (of materials)

241
Q

imperviousness

A

haughty arrogant commanding

242
Q

impetuous

A

having sudden energy impulsive thrusting ahead forceful

243
Q

impiety

A

lack of reverence or dutifulness

244
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implacable

A

incapable of being placated unpleasable

245
Q

implicate

A

show that smb has a share

246
Q

implicit

A

implied though not plainly expressed

247
Q

implosion

A

collapse bursting inward

248
Q

importune

A

beg urgently solicit (of a prostitute)

249
Q

imprecation

A

an invocation of evil a curse

250
Q

impromptu

A

without preparation

251
Q

impudent

A

rash indiscreet

252
Q

impugned

A

challenged to be doubted

253
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impute

A

to attribute to a cause or source ascribe

254
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inadvertent

A

not paying proper attention

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inane

A

silly senseless

256
Q

inasmuch

A

since because

257
Q

incense

A

make angry

258
Q

incessant

A

often repeated continual

259
Q

inchoate

A

not yet fully formed rudimentary elementary

260
Q

incipient

A

beginning

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Q

incise

A

engrave make a cut in

262
Q

incite

A

stir up rouse

263
Q

inclined

A

directing the mind in a certain direction

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Q

incongruous

A

out of place not in harmony or agreement

265
Q

incorrigibility

A

cannot be cured or corrected

266
Q

incredulous

A

skeptical unwilling to believe

267
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inculcate

A

fix firmly by repetition

268
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incumbents

A

official duties

269
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incursion

A

a raid a sudden attack

270
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indefatigability

A

not easily exhaustible tirelessness

271
Q

indelible

A

that cannot be rubbed out

272
Q

indigence

A

poverty

273
Q

indigenous

A

native

274
Q

indistinct

A

not easily heard seen clearly marked

275
Q

indolence

A

laziness

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indomitable

A

not easily discouraged or subdued

277
Q

indulge

A

gratify give way to satisfy allow oneself

278
Q

indulgent

A

inclined to indulge

279
Q

ineffable

A

to great to be described in words

280
Q

ineluctable

A

certain inevitable

281
Q

inept

A

unskillful said or done at the wrong time

282
Q

ineptitude

A

quality of being unskillful

283
Q

inferno

A

hell

284
Q

infuriate

A

fill with fury or rage

285
Q

infuse

A

put pour fill

286
Q

ingenuous

A

naive young artless frank honest sincere

287
Q

ingest

A

take in by swallowing

288
Q

inimical

A

harmful or friendly

289
Q

inimitable

A

defying imitation unmatchable

290
Q

innocuous

A

causing no harm

291
Q

inscrutable

A

incapable of being discovered or understood

292
Q

insensible

A

unconscious unresponsive unaffected

293
Q

insinuate

A

suggest unpleasantly make a way for smth gently

294
Q

insipid

A

without taste or flavor

295
Q

insouciant

A

unconcerned carefree

296
Q

insularity

A

narrow-mindedness isolated

297
Q

insurrection

A

rising of people to open resistance to

298
Q

interdict

A

prohibit forbid

299
Q

interim

A

as an installment

300
Q

intersperse

A

place here and there

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