collin_3 Flashcards
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subtlety
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actual taste of food
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overwhelm
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1.to have intense feeling 2.overflow 3.easily defeat 4.to kill actual taste of the food
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satiate
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fully satisfied but not for thirst SATE
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stinting
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greedy
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sublimate
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to express indirectly in order to make it socially acceptable
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stag
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male deer
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lucre
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money earned in a dishonest way
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fatuous
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very silly or stupid
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brash
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aggressive to take risk
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whimsical
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1.changeable 2.humorous
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pithy
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1.having soft spongy part in lemon 2.central point or theme
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crux
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gist
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succinct
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using few efficient words
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maverick
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non conformist, not following tradtitions
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facile
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1.effortless 2.requiring little effort 3.performing skills easily
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placate
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pacify or to give relief
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immutable
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unchangeable
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transmude
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completely change
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perpetrator
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criminal or offender
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axiom
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causing slightly anger
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onerous
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burdensome, irritating
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exonerate
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to free from blame
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crony
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intimate friend
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hovel
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poor house
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squat
1. to sit on heels 2.to capture private or public properties inorder to resit
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wrath
anger
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desolate
1.unhappy and isolated 2.deserted of the people
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doughty
very courageous or bold
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retrench
economise
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entrench
strengthen
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divulge
disclose
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declassify
publicly reveal
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infuse
1.thoroughly fill
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imbue
saturate or infuse
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transgression
going beyond the limit of morality
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sophistry
false reasoning
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sophist
1. a paid teacher of false reasoning 2.a teacher of false reasoning
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atonement
improvement or freedom from sin
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atone
amend for sins EXPIATE
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sedulous
giving sincere attention
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coruscate
flash or sparkle
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debilitate
weaken
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elusive
1. difficult to find 2.hard to catch
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meteoric
very fast or swift
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ineluctable
unavoidable
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docile
1.calm and peaceful 2.easily controlled or manageable
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secular insight
individual insight or vision
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provenance
origin
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preternatural
1. supernatural OCULT 2.beyond natural
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countenance
to give approval or approve
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discrepant
different
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petty
insignificant or little
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pliant
1.easy to bend 2.easily influenced by others
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candor
frankness with honesty
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edifying
teaching by correcting flaws
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grating
irritating
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testy
easily irritated or annoyed by others
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peevish
feeling or showing irritation
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eloquent
articulate
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enunciate
to express clearly
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felon
severe crime
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colossal
huge or large
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glutton
a person who eats more then needed
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glut
a large no or amount, verb,to be greatly enough
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cadaverous
sickly in color WAN, SALLOW
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aggravate
exacerbate
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mendicant
religious beggar
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allay
1.pacify 2.fully satisfied to allay thirst
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entail
cause
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asinine
stupid or very silly
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anodyne
1.pain killer 2.soothing or giving relief
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canard
false report, story or rumor
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incandescent
reflecting light or glowing
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iridescent
reflecting different color
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regicide
killing of king or queen or king and queen
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lenient
1.giving a lot of freedom 2.less harsh or less severe
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promulgate
publicly reveal or to reveal smth officially
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callous
unfeeling or stone hearted
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affliction
suffering
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ravenous
1.greatly hungry
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appetite
strong desire
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engrossing
holding your attention
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parietal
1.relating to wall of skull or cavity 2.the rules generally in school, college
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ostracized
to exclude from group or organisation
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coagulate
congeal, clot
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discernible
that can be understood or notice smth with effort
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discerning
having or showing good judgement
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ignominious
causing public shame
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credulous
easily believing GULLIBLE
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dupe
gull, verb, a person who is easily fooled, noun
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stave off
remove
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stickler
a person who insist
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elicit
find or receive
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ardent
having or showing intense feeling
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dour
1. silent, unhappy and unfriendly 2.unhappy or serious
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concierge
1. a gatekeeper or a watchman of the apartment 2.a man employed in a hotel whose job is to help guest
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runicanals
mysterious or hard to understand
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anachronistic
1.lacking in time order 2.outdated
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embellish
1.beautify 2.to make a story more interesting
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tenacious
1.continuing for a long time 2.very strong or bold 3.very determined to reach a destination
