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450-500 Flashcards

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Supersede

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Remplacer (especially something older or more old-fashioned)
Rapide ;remplace vite
“Issues of cost-containment are reality, but they should not supersede the requirement of justice to protect all patients from disease.”

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Supplicate

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Supplier (to ask for something in a humble way)
In this dance, they supplicate the diwata for a bountiful harvest.
Surricate

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Surfeit

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Excés ; glut (Rhetoric may produce a surfeit of judgments.)

Surfer

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Sumrise

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Présumer

Sumrise sun rise

We surmised that the ceremonial area was abandoned after a violent attack.

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sycophant

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Qui flatte, non sincére
1er ministre suffoque
The prime minister is surrounded by sycophants.

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Synchronous

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Syncronisé ; happening or done at the same time or speed:

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Table

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1: to suggest something for discussion: An amendment to the proposal was tabled by Mrs James
2: to delay discussion of a subject:The suggestion was tabled for discussion at a later date.

In a table

(opposite because US delay, UK now)

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Tacit

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understood without being expressed directly, sous entendu

tacit agreement/approval/support

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Taciturn

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Qui reste volontiers silencieux, renfermé

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Tangential

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only slightly relevant, going off topic

“What we considered the main problems in fact were remote and tangential to the central themes of the family members’ comments and stories.”

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Temperance

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moderation, self-control, esp. regarding alcohol or other desires or pleasures; total abstinence from alcohol

Tempéré

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Tenuous

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Ténu: trés mince et fin / slender; flimsy ; A tenuous connection, idea

Tenir pers faible

If the rights of property could not be enforced , respect for property could well have been more tenuous.

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Timely

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Opportun, en temps opportun, happening at the best possible moment

“It is thus timely to have a book that considers them in great detail in the process.”

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Timorous

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timide
Similar word
What more impressive knight could a timorous maiden wish for?

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Tirade

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broadside ; bitter, abusive criticism or verbal attack

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Torpor

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Torpeur: the state of not being active and having no energy or enthusiasm. sluggishness, lethargy, apathy

Taupe qui hiberne

Many animals survive cold frosty nights through torpor, a short-term temporary drop in body temperature.

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Torrid

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The manufacturing sector is going through torrid times. (difficult)

18
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Tractable

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Malléable / docible/ easy deal with

Tracteur gens dociles

The problem turned out to be less tractable than I had expected.

19
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Trifling

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Insignifiant a trifling man

Trefle insignifiant

20
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Trite

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Banal (Hackneyed)

Que des Truites lac

But the formulation of principles that capture the workings of this mechanism is anything but trite.

21
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Ubiquitous

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Omniprésent, everywhere

The state, cannot be physically ubiquitous by showing its physical presence in every sphere of the society.

22
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Undermine

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Saper / miner

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Underscore

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Souligner (emphasize)

24
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Unearth

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Déterrer

Creuser terre

Ex: A private detective has unearthed some fresh evidence.

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Unequivocal

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Clair, sans équivoque

The prime minister, he said, had the party’s unequivocal support.

26
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Unseemly

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Non convenable (seemly)

Seemly–seems

These passages imply that certain things would be unseemly if let out carelessly.

27
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Veracity

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truthfulness, accuracy; qui dit la vérité

His claim of rationality, morality, and veracity guarantees his authority to make assertions about immigration and the behavior of immigrants.

28
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Verbose

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Verbeux, dit des choses en trop de mots

The introduction is rather hard going, being extremely verbose.

29
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Vintage

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(adj, n) related to items of high quality from a previous era, old-fashioned, antique (adj); the wine of a particular year (noun)

30
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Virtual

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Virtuel or quasi

Ten years of incompetent government had brought about the virtual collapse of the country’s economy.

31
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Vituperate

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Blamer (berate) /fustiger

tupe inverse, with vite (hight rate)

32
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Warranted

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Justifié

33
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Wary

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Méfiant

War, attention war
Nvy, in the navy

34
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Whimsical

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unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying,erratic, unpredictable
Whim=caprice ou fantaisie

35
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Wily

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Rusé / astucieux (crafty, cunning)

Wily the renard

The recruiters needed to be both tough and wily to do their business.

36
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Zeal

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Ardeur, enthousiasme

sans zeal

In his zeal to get his work finished on time, he made a lot of mistakes.

37
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Zenith

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high point, culmination

Tolstoy was at the zenith of his achievement.

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