A New Era Blooms Flashcards

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tide

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Noun
the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day:

Syn:
flow, current;
flood
spate
stream
tendency
torrent
trend
undercurrent
wave
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plagued

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Verb
to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time:

Syn:
annoy, disturb;
afflict
bedevil
beleaguer
bother
haunt
hound
infest
torment
trouble
worry
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left(Past participle of leave)

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Verb
to go away from someone or something, for a short time or permanently:

Syn:
disappear
escape
flee
fly
go
move
quit
retire
start
take off
withdraw
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wake

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verb
to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping:

Syn:
aftermath
wave

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quiet

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Verb
making very little noise:

Syn:
calmness, silence;
calm
peace
relaxation
serenity
stillness
tranquility
make silent, calm;
allay
appease
assuage
hush
mollify
muffle
muzzle
pacify
please
relax
satisfy
soften
soothe
squelch
subdue
simple, unobtrusive;
modest
restrained
sober
subdued
unassuming
unpretentious
calm, peaceful;
gentle
mild
placid
private
secluded
sedate
serene
shy
smooth
stable
tranquil
adj.without or with little sound;
muted
peaceful
reticent
silent
soft
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unobtrusive

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ADJ
not noticeable; seeming to fit in well with the things around:

Syn:
adj.keeping a low profile;
inconspicuous
low-key
restrained
self-effacing
subdued
unassuming
unpretentious

Anto:
bold
confident

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suburb

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Noun
an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live:

Syn:
neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city;
countryside
environs
hinterland
outpost
outskirts
suburbia
village

Anto:
center

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edge

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Noun
the outer or furthest point of something:

=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/edge?q=edge+

Syn:
border, outline;
boundary
brink
corner
end
fringe
line
lip
margin
mouth
outskirt
peak
perimeter
point
rim
shore
side
threshold
tip
verge

noun advantage;
dominance
lead
superiority

verb border, trim;

defeat narrowly;
creep
ease
inch

verb sharpen;

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trim

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Verb
to cut something

Syn:
verb cut shorter;
clip
curtail
cut
cut back
cut down
mow
pare
prune
shave
shear
shorten
whittle down
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manatee

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/images/thumb/manate_noun_002_22228.jpg?version=5.0.170

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bob

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Verb
to move up and down quickly and gently, especially on the surface of water:

Syn:
bounce up and down;

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bounce

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Verb

to (cause to) move up or away after hitting a surface:

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bay

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Noun

a part of the coast where the land curves in so that the sea is surrounded by land on three sides:

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coast

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Noun
the land next to or close to the sea:

Syn:
(noun) border by water;
bank
beach
coastline
seaboard
shore
shoreline
(verb) glide along without much effort;
cruise
drift
sail
skate
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curve

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Noun
a line that bends continuously and has no straight parts:

Syn:
bending in a shape or course;
bend
buckle
bulge
coil
crumple
curl
loop
skew
spiral
swerve
twist
veer
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border

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Noun
a line that has been agreed to divide one country from another:

Syn:
bound on; be on the edge;
abut
adjoin
encircle
flank
neighbor
surround
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bend

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Verb
to (cause to) curve:

Syn:
verbform or cause a curve;
bow
buckle
crouch
curl
flex
incline
lean
stoop
tilt
twist
veer
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corpse

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Noun
a dead body, usually of a person

Syn:
dead body;
body
cadaver
carcass
remains
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coroner

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Noun

an official who examines the reasons for a person’s death, especially if it was violent or unexpected

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truck

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/truck

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rescue

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Verb
to help someone or something out of a dangerous, harmful, or unpleasant situation:

Syn:
save from danger;
extricate
free
keep
liberate
preserve
protect
recapture
recover
release
retrieve
salvage
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autopsy

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Noun

the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:

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necropsy

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Noun

an autopsy performed on an animal

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perform

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Verb
to do an action or piece of work:

Syn:
verb carry out, accomplish;
achieve
act
behave
complete
do
execute
finish
function
implement
meet
observe
operate
take
work
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accomplish
Verb | to finish something successfully or to achieve something:
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carry out
Verb | to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do:
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commission
Noun a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the problem exists: ``` Syn: noun group working together toward goal; board committee delegation representative ```
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carcass
Noun the body of a dead animal, especially a large one that is soon to be cut up as meat or eaten by wild animals: ``` Syn: noun dead body; cadaver corpse hulk remains skeleton ```
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tough
ADJ strong; not easily broken or made weaker: ``` Syn: adj. obstinate, rough; desperate fierce hard hard-nosed harsh narrow resolute severe stern stiff strict terrible ```
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obstinate
ADJ | used to describe a problem, situation, or thing that is difficult to deal with, remove, change, or defeat:
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tattoo
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tattoo?q=tattoos
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ankle
https://www.cfac.net/2020/04/17/what-to-do-if-you-have-weak-ankles/
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creeping
ADJ | happening, developing, or moving slowly or gradually:
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thigh
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/thigh
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grapple
Verb to fight, especially in order to win something: ``` syn: verbgrab, wrestle; confront contend cope deal with ```
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wrestle
verb struggle physically or mentally with something ``` syn: contend grapple scuffle strive tangle tussle ```
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struggle
Verb to try to do something ``` syn: attempt battle clash combat conflict contest effort encounter endeavor skirmish strife trial work ```
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suffocate
Verb to (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen: ``` syn: verb choke; asphyxiate drown smother stifle strangle ```
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choke
verb If you choke, or if something chokes you, you stop breathing because something is blocking your throat: smother, block ``` syn: clog congest drown fill gag gasp kill stifle strangle suffocate ```
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smother
Verb to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe: ``` syn: choke douse envelop overwhelm quash quell snuff squelch stifle strangle suffocate suppress surround ```
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aquaculture
Noun the raising of water animals such as fish for food, or the growing of plants in water for food: syn: as in) tank farming;=https://solpac.en.made-in-china.com/product/PNhJGAUdbSkV/China-PVC-Canvas-Fish-Tank-Farming-Round-Fish-Pond-Tank-Tarpaulin.html; hydroponics tray agriculture
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antidote
Noun a chemical, especially a drug, that limits the effects of a poison: ``` syn: counteracting agent; corrective countermeasure cure remedy ```
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counteract
Noun to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect: ``` syn: do opposing action; cancel out correct counterbalance halt negate neutralize offset prevent rectify redress resist thwart ```
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keep (sb/sth) out
Verb | to not go in a place, or to stop someone or something from going into a place:
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disfigured
Verb to spoil something ``` syn: make ugly; deform distort maim mangle mar mutilate scar ```
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get rid of sth
verb to remove or throw away something unwanted: ``` syn: discard; dispose of dump eliminate exterminate kill remove ```
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discard
verb | to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it:
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decipher
verb to discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way: ``` Syn: verb figure out, understand; analyze break down decode deduce elucidate interpret solve translate unravel ```
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suspect
Verb to think or believe something to be true or probable: ``` syn: distrust; guess; assume believe consider doubt presume speculate think wonder ```
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distrust
Verb the feeling of not trusting someone or something: ``` syn: be suspicious, skeptical of; disbelieve discredit mistrust ```
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suspicious
ADJ making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong: ``` syn: distrustful; apprehensive careful cautious doubtful incredulous jealous leery mistrustful skeptical wary watchful ```
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skeptical
ADJ doubting that something is true or useful: ``` syn: disbelieving, leery; doubtful dubious incredulous mistrustful suspicious unconvinced ```
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leery
Verb not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible: ``` Syn: suspicious; careful cautious distrustful dubious skeptical uncertain unsure wary ```
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illegal
ADJ not allowed by law: ``` syn: against the law; banned criminal illegitimate illicit irregular outlawed prohibited smuggled unauthorized unconstitutional unlawful unlicensed unwarranted wrongful ```
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unprecedented
ADJ never having happened or existed in the past: ``` syn: exceptional, original; bizarre extraordinary fantastic miraculous new remarkable singular uncommon unheard-of unique unparalleled unrivaled unusual ```
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ciguatoxins
Noun A seafood toxin that is acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms called dinoflagellates or fish that have consumed other fish that have become toxic.
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expand
verb to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way: ``` syn: extend, augment; bolster broaden develop enlarge grow increase open spread swell widen ```
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extend
Verb to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer: ``` syn: make larger, longer; boost broaden continue develop enhance enlarge expand go on increase last lengthen open prolong spread stretch take widen ```
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augment
verb to increase the size or value of something by adding something to it: ``` syn: make greater; improve; add to amplify boost build up develop enhance enlarge expand heighten inflate intensify multiply reinforce strengthen ```
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Devastating
Noun causing a lot of damage or destruction: ``` syn: causing devastation; calamitous destructive disastrous overwhelming annihilating desolating ```
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destruction
Noun the act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed: ``` syn: demolition, devastation; annihilation carnage elimination eradication extermination extinction loss massacre murder ruin slaughter ```
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demolition
Noun the act of destroying something such as a building: syn: destruction; annihilation explosion
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in the meantime
ในระหว่างนี้
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struggle
verb to try to do something ``` syn: hard try; fight to win; attempt battle clash combat conflict contest effort encounter endeavor skirmish strife trial work ```
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unleash
Verb to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled: ``` syn: let loose; discharge free release vent ```
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ingest
verb to eat or drink something: ``` syn: verb) swallow; absorb consume devour drink eat inhale ```
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anemones
ดอกไม้ทะเล
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graze
Noun damage to the body Verb If an object grazes something, it touches its surface lightly when it passes it: ``` syn: touch; kiss ricochet rub scrape scratch skim skip ```
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accumulate
verb to collect a large number of things over a long period of time: ``` syn: gather or amass something; accrue acquire add to assemble collect compile concentrate expand gain grow hoard increase pile up rack up swell ```
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brevetoxin
สารพิษจาก Karenia
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seizure
Noun the action of taking something by force or with legal authority: ``` syn: convulsive attack; breakdown convulsion illness stroke ```
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convulse
verb to (cause to) shake violently with sudden uncontrolled movements: syn: disturb; shake up torment
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Disturb
verb to interrupt what someone is doing: ``` syn: bother, upset; agitate alarm amaze annoy arouse astound complicate confuse depress dishearten disrupt distract excite frighten gall interrupt irk irritate outrage perplex perturb plague provoke puzzle rattle shake startle trouble unnerve unsettle vex worry ```
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bother
Verb to make the effort to do something: ``` syn: harass, annoy; give trouble; aggravate alarm bore disgust dismay disturb embarrass exacerbate hinder hurt irk irritate nag perplex perturb plague scare torment trouble upset worry ```
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paralyze
verb to cause a person or animal to lose the ability to move or feel part of the body, or to cause someone or something to be unable to act or operate correctly: ``` syn: immobilize; demolish destroy disable freeze halt incapacitate knock out stun weaken ```
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immobilize
verb | to stop something or someone from moving:
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respiratory
ADJ | relating to breathing:
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drowning
Noun death caused by being underwater and not being able to breathe, or a case when this happens: ``` syn: submerge in liquid; submerge and die; douse drench engulf flood go down immerse inundate sink soak suffocate swamp wipe out ```
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headed
ADJ going in a particular direction: syn: in transit; en route
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subdued
If a noise is subdued, it is not loud: | If a colour or light is subdued, it is not very bright:
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inundate
verb to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all: ``` syn: drown, overwhelm; deluge engulf flood overflow overrun submerge swamp ```
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specimen
Noun | something shown or examined as an example; a typical example: