beauty?! vocab Flashcards

1
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the ultimate/ definitive statement

A

the last word

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2
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valuable thing/possession

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asset

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3
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problem

A

setback

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4
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looked after by the state

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in care

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5
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baby-like

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infantile

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6
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to evoke

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to elicit

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7
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plain, ordinary looking

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homely

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8
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able to compete

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competitive

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9
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useful/ valuable thing

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resource

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10
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disturbing, worrying

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unsetteling

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11
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to focus on

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to home in on

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12
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primitive

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primeval

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13
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have babies

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reproduce

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14
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to asses

A

to rate

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15
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to quit

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to call it a day

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16
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ordinary, not particularly attractive

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plain

17
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feature

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attribute

18
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majority, greater part

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bulk

19
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lovely, very attractive

A

gorgeous

20
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inclination, leaning to do something

A

propensity

21
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infidelity

A

adultery

22
Q

quality, feature

A

attribute

23
Q

MBA

A

master of business administration

24
Q

high price, high value

A

a premium

25
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progressing unnoticed but harmful

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insidiously

26
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room in a hospital containing multiple people

A

a ward

27
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to chose a person to play in a film or play

A

to cast

28
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remote and observational

A

fly-on-the-wall

29
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a joke

A

a gag

30
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with a piece broken off

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chipped

31
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deformed ear

A

cauliflower ear

32
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under attack

A

beleaguered

33
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it was very well received

A

it went down a treat

34
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not clean,

A

ungroomed

35
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allure, tempt

A

draw on

36
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office, administrative job

A

white-collar