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2000s Flashcards

1
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1) Knead

2) Need

A

1) To press and stretch dough

2) To require something

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1) Queue

2) Cue

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1) A line of people, cars, etc waiting for something

2) An action that is a signal to do something

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1) Quartz

2) Quarts

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1) Any of various types of hard mineral substance

2) a unit of measuring liquid equal to two pints

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1) Coral

2) Choral

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1) A red, pink or white hard substance formed on the bottom of the sea from the bones of tiny creatures

2) Composed for or sung by a choir

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1) Discrete

2) Discreet

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1) Separate, distinct

2) Careful or showing good judgment in what says or does, not too obvious

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1) Epoch

2) Epic

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1) A period of time in history especially marked by important events

2) a long poem about the deeds of great men and women

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1) Libel

2) Liable

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1) Publishing fake statements damaging to a person’s reputation

2) Responsible by law, answerable

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1) Mail

2) Male

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1) The official system of collecting, transporting and delivering letters and parcels

2) Of the sex that does not give birth to babies

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1) Banned

2) Band

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1) To forbid something officially

2) A group of people playing popular music

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1) Barred

2) Bard

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1) To fasten a door, gate with a metal or wooden bar

2) A poet

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1) Brooch

2) Broad

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1) A small piece of jewellery with a pin at the back that is fastened to a woman’s clothes

2) Very wide

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1) Collision

2) Collusion

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1) An accident that happens two vehicles hit each other

2) Agreement between people to do something illegal

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1) Fain

2) Feign

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1) Willingly or happily

2) To pretend that you have a particular feeling

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1) Hoard

2) Horde

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1) To collect that amounts of something and keep it in a safe, secret place

2) A large group of people

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1) Illusion

2) Delusion

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1) An idea or belief which is not true

2) A false belief about yourself or your situation

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1) Persecute

2) Prosecute

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1) To treat someone in a cruel or unfair manner

2) To officially charge someone with a crime in the court of law

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1) prescribe

2) Proscribe

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1) To say what medical treatment someone should have

2) To not allow something

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1) Respectfully

2) respectively

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1) In a way that shows you want to be polite or honour someone

2) Relating to or belonging to each of the separate people or things you have mentioned

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1) Complacent

2) Complaisant

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1) Self satisfied

2) Willing to please, affably agreeable or obliging

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1) Auger

2) Augur

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1) Tool with a screw point for boring in wood

2) Portend, serve as an omen

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1) Fain

2) Feign

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1) willingly or happily

2) To pretend you have a particular feeling

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1) Emigrate

2) Immigrate

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1) to leave one’s country

2) To settle in another country

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23
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1) Envy

2) Jealousy

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1) To wish for something that someone else has

2) Something that you wish to be or long for your own

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1) Invade

2) Attack

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1) To enter a country using military force in order to take control of it

2) Try to hurt or defeat using force

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1) Trifling

2) Trivial

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1) Unimportant or petty

2) Not important or serious

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1) Simulation

2) Dissimulation

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1) Imitation, replication

2) An act of hiding the real feelings or intentions with a pretension

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1) Venal

2) Venial

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1) Corruptible, money grabbing, likely to accept bribes

2) Not very serious therefore able to be forgotten

28
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1) Council

2) Counsel

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1) An assembly summoned for advice

2) Advice

29
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1) Distinct

2) Distinctive

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1) Separate, different

2) Distinguishing, characteristic

30
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1) Apposite

2) Opposite

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1) suitable and right for the occasion

2) Having a position on the other side of somebody

31
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1) Deprecate

2) Depreciate

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1) To express disapproval

2) Reduce the value

32
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1) Punctual

2) Punctilious

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1) Keeping at the appointed time

2) Attentive to formality, precise in behaviour

33
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1) Judicial

2) Judicious

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1) Pertaining to court of law

2) Wise

34
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1) Salutary

2) Salubrious

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1) having a good effect on someone or something

2) Health giving, clean and healthy

35
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1) Canvas

2) Canvass

A

1) A heavy closely woven cloth

2) Try to get political support or votes

36
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1) veracity

2) Voracity

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1) Truthfulness

2) Excessive eagerness

37
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1) Persecute

2) Prosecute

A

1) To treat someone in a cruel and unfair manner

2) To institute a legal suit

38
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1) Moat

2) Mote

A

1) a deep wide cannel that was dug around a castle and usually filled with water

2) a small particle of dust

39
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1) Loath

2) Loathe

A

1) Reluctant or indisposed

2) To dislike someone very much

40
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1) Ingenious

2) Ingenuous

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1) Clever and shrewd

2) Honest, sincere, trusting

41
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1) fain

2) Feign

A

1) Willingly or happily

2) To pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are ill

42
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1) Emigrate

2) Immigrate

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1) A person who leaves his country

2) a person who settles in another country

43
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1) Wreak

2) Wreck

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1) To cause something very harmful or damaging

2) Ruin, destruction

44
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1) Affluence

2) Effluence

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1) the state of having a lot of money

2) Flowing out (of light, electricity, water)

(The mist was an effluence from the swamp)

45
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1) Wretch

2) Retch

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1) A deplorable or despised person

2) to try to vomit

46
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1) Euphemistic

2) Euphuistic

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1) Mild or vague expression substituted for a harsher or more direct one

2) Using an affected style of writing English

47
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1) Amoral

2) Immoral

A

1) Without moral principles

(The behaviour of animals are amoral)

2) Not conforming to accepted morality

48
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1) imperial

2) imperious

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1) connected with an empire

2) Proud

49
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1) Degrade

2) denigrate

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1) Bring into dishonour or contempt

2) To criticise someone or something unfairly

50
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1) Temporal

2) Temporary

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1) Worldy

2) Lasting or intended for a short time

51
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1) precipitate

2) Precipitous

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1) Thrown down headlong

2) Sudden a great steep

(If the stock market goes down precipitously, it will be awful for the economy)

52
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1) Mitigate

2) Alleviate

A

1) To make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad

2) To make something bad less severe

53
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1) Persecute

2) Prosecute

A

1) Fo treat someone in a cruel manner

2) to officially charge someone with a crime

54
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1) Popular

2) Populace

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1) liked by many

2) The people who live in a country

55
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1) Compliment

2) Complement

A

1) A remark expressing admiration

2) Makes a good pair with something else

56
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1) Excite

2) Incite

A

1) To make someone feel very pleased

2) to encourage someone to do something violent

57
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1) Voracity

2) Veracity

A

1) Excessive eagerness

1) The quality of being true, honest, accurate

58
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1) Virtuous

2) Virtual

A

1) Having good moral qualities and behaviour

2) describes something which can be done or seen on a computer

59
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1) Exceptional

2) Exceptionable

A

1) Much greater than usual especially in a skill
2) Offensive or upsetting

60
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1) Persecute

2) Prosecute

A

1) Treat someone in a cruel way

2) Officially charged with a crime

61
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1) Luxuriant

2) Luxurious

A

1) growing thickly or strongly in a way that is attractive

2) very comfortable and expensive

62
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1) Mean

2) Mien

A

1) To express or represent something such as an idea

2) A person’s appearance especially in a typical way such expression on their face

63
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1) Observation

2) Observance

A

1) The act of watching someone or something closely

2) The practice of obeying a law or religious custom

64
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1) Naughty

2) Knotty

A

1) Behaving badly

2) complicated and difficult to solve

65
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1) Ghostly

2) Ghastly

A

1) Pale and transparent

2) Unpleasant and shocking

66
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1) Hew

2) Hue

A

1) To cut a large piece out of a way in a rough way

2) A colour

(In the Caribbean waters, there are fish of every hue)

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