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18-19 Flashcards

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Couture

Future

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(That’s what we’ll be wearing, the couture of the future)

Fashion designs. Noun

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Castigate

Passed the gate

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To criticize harshly. Verb

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Doldrums

Doll drums

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(All covered with dust, the doll drums were in doldrums)

Depression. Noun

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Entomb

Room

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(Ahmed,you fool, you have entombed us in the burial room)

To place in a grave. Verb

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Draconian

Dracula

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(Count Dracula often behaved in a draconian manner)

Cruel. Adjective

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Expunge

Sponge

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(A sponge expunging a spill)

To erase. Verb

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Serpentine

Serpent teen

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(A serpent teen hot redding on a serpentine road)

Snakelike. Adjective

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Joust

Mouse

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(Jousting mouse)

To fight. Verb

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Revere

Paul revere

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(Paul Revere is revered)

To honor/respect. Verb

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Spurn

(Burn(

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(Robert got burned when he was spurned)

To reject. Verb

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Tyro

Tie rope

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(You could tell by the way he tied rope that he was tyro)

A novice. Noun

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Volition

Go fishin

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The act of making a choice. Noun

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Pillage

Village

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(The pirates pillage the village)

To take as spoils. Verb

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Misnomer

Miss homer

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(What a misnomer, our little miss homer struck out)

An incorrect name. Noun

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Guile

Mile

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(Billy used guile while running the mile)

Trickery. Noun

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Misanthropic

Miss anthropy

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(Miss anthropy was a misanthropic person)

Someone who hates people. Noun

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Myriad

Mirror add

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(Mirrors add a myriad of reflections)

A lot.

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Stupefy

Super fly

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(I am super fly)

To numb with amazement. Verb

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Queue

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A line. Noun

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Reminisce

Rim miss

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(He’s reminiscing about his rim miss)

To remember. Verb

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Surfeit

Surfers

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(There’s a surfeit of surfers)

Having too many. Noun

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Umbrage

Dumb bridge

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(He took umbrage when people say that it’s a dumb bridge)

To take offense.

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Vertigo

Where to go

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(The test pilot developed vertigo and didn’t know where to go)
A sense of dizziness. Noun

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