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Valediction

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Act of saying goodbye or a formal speech in which someone says goodbye

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Conviction

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Officially finding someone guilty

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Physic

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Treating with medicine

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Physique

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Body appearance

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Fly into a rage

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To become suddenly or violently angry

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Senile

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Having or showing diseases or weaknesses of old age

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Bemuse

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Confused

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Ebullient

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Enthusiastic

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emollient

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Having the quality of soothing or softening the skin

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Desuetude

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Condition of abandonment or inaction

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Colossus

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Person or thing very large or gigantic

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Comatose

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INFORMAL
deeply asleep
गहरी नींद में बेसुध सोया हुआ
He had taken a sleeping pill and was comatose.He had taken a sleeping pill and was comatose.
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MEDICAL
deeply unconscious; in a coma
प्रगाढ़ रूप से बेहोश; लंबी और गहरी बेहोशी में; सम्‍मूर्छित

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Harbouring

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Keep in ones mind

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Scaffold

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a platform on which criminals were killed in past times by hanging

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Fritter away

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To squander or waste

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Ghettos

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Jewish quarters in a city, slum area of minority groups or group

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Ratify

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Making sth officially valid

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Sleuths

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Detectives

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Supersede

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To replace sth, esp older or old fashioned

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Acquaint

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To give some information about something

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Concussion

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Temporary unconsciousness or confusion caused by the blow on the head

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Stationery

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Writing or office items

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Stationary

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Motionless

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Profusion

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Abundance

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Profundity
Words showing deep reflection or insight
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Liaison
Communication between two or more people or group that work together A secret sexual relatiinship
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Kerb
Stone edge of the pavement
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Covet
An obsessive desire of something that belongs to somebody else, plummy
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Covert
Secret, hidden
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Reciprocity
Exchanging things with others for mutual benefits esp privileges granted by one country to another
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Bohemian
A socially unconventional person usually artistic
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Acerbitye
Sourness
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Peevish
Perverse
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Vexation
Annoyance, irritation
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Vent
Give free expression to esp a strong emotion
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Forbear
Refrain
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Moot
Subject to debate dispute or uncertainity
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bailiwick
one's sphere of operations or area of interest. "after the war, the Middle East remained his bailiwick"
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Meted out
To give or order a cruel punishment
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Get socked with sth
To suddenly receive sth that causes you troubles
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Get someone's wires crossed
To have a different understanding of the same situation
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To get sth out of your system
To do sth enough that you do not have to do it anymore
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Abject
Pathetic or miserable
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Cajole
To flatter someone to persuade them to do sth
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Dearth
Scarcity or lack of sth
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Debonair
Confident stylish and charming man, suave
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Scion
Young shoot or twig of a plant esp one cut for grafting or rooting Descendant of notable family
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Commodious
Spacious, roomy
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Consign
To hand over or assign
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Jest
Joke
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Jeopardy
Danger
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Subterfuge
Deceit or secret tactic
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Acumen
Shrewdness shown by keen insight
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Somber
Grave or gloomy in character
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Billfold
A wallet typically made of leather thin enough to be folded several times
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Guffaw
Loud and hearty laugh
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Risque
Slightly indecent and liable to shock esp by being sexually suggestive
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Farcical
Broadly or extravagantly humorous
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Fecund
Capable of producing offspring or vegetation
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Foible
Minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
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Gondolas
The gondola is a traditional, flat-bottomed Venetian rowing boat, well suited to the conditions of the Venetian lagoon
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Snub
to treat somebody rudely, for example by refusing to look at or speak to him/her Rebuff Spurn disdainfully
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Straddle
Sit or stand with one leg on either side of
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Botch
Carry out a task badly or carelessly
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Scotch
The people of scotland
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Bristle
Short stiff hair on an animal's skin or a mans face Be covered with or abundant in
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Bromide
Common statement that is intended to comfort
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Bucolic
Relating to the pleasant aspects of countrylife or countryside
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Cohort
A group
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Coiffure
Elaborate hairstyle
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Vitriolic
Harsh bitter severe malicious
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Bleak
Cold miserable weather
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Imminent
About to happen
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Clarion
A shrill narrow tubed war trumpet
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Apace
Swiftly quickly
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Probate
Official proving of will
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Yonder
In the place or direction shown
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Writhe
Twist or bend out of shape
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Yoke
A wooden beam used to join together a pair of animals like oxen
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Siege
A military tactic in which army police or people surrounds a town or building for a long time so that no one can go in or out
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Coolly
Showing a lack of excitement anxiety or excessive emotion
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Gluten
Group of protein found in wheat or related grains

English Vocab (4 decks)

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