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Daily Language Flashcards

1
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Squeamish

A

Sick

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Decoy

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Lure, trick

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Fidget

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Nervous anxious movements

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Corny

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Overused, cliche, low effort

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5
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To skulk

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To hide cowardly

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To skulk

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To hide cowardly

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Hover

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Nervously waiting for someone’s attention

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Asynchronous

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Not happening at the same time
Eg: emails, texts because these events happen at irregular intervals

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Arbitrary

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When something is described as arbitrary it means random, based on a whim, happenstance

Love is arbitrary

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Inhibitions

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A feeling that makes one self conscious or unable to act in a relaxed way
I have to let go of my inhibition

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11
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Rear its ugly head

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Something bad starts to appear

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Endeavor

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Attempt to achieve a goal

Goodluck in your future endeavors

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13
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Amicable

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Friendly

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14
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Stand idly

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Stand lazily without doing anything

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Fluff

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Unimportant thing

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16
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Liberating

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Freeing

17
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Obnoxious

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Annoying showoff

18
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Revamp

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Renovate, update

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Dialed in

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She’s dialed in would mean she’s redirected her focus onto her main priorities

20
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Rein in

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To control to limit
You have to rein it in
Stop doing something
Control yourself

21
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Seeing someone in their element

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I have never seen you in your element

22
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In hindsight

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In retrospect
Realizing something after it occured

23
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Commendable

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Deserving praise

24
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Lethargic

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Feeling lack of energy and energy
Sluggishness
Inertia
Inactivity

25
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Lethargic

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Feeling lack of energy and energy
Sluggishness
Inertia
Inactivity

26
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Life raft

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An inflatable boat or device from drowning

27
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Inane

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Silly stupid

28
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Uproot your life

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I was so determined to uproot my life. (Move out of country to another place)

29
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To tick someone

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To anger someone
He really ticked me off

30
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Hefty

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Large, heavy
Hefty donations

31
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Ineffable

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Inexplicable
Can’t be explained
Indescribable

32
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Ineffable

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Inexplicable
Can’t be explained
Indescribable

33
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Crass

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Insensitive
Stupid
That’s crass

34
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Atone

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To make amends for wrongdoings

35
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Insinuate

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Imply/suggest something bad
What are you insinuating about me

36
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Frenzy

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Showing too much excitement or wild behavior

I hope I wasn’t frenzy last night

37
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Baffled

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Confused

38
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Baffled

A

Confused

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