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Day 8 Flashcards

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Depict

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To represent by or as if by painting; portray

To represent or characterise in words; describe

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Cultivate

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Prepare and use land for crops

To nurture and cause growth either literally or figuratively

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Captivate

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Attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm; enchant

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Delude

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Make someone believe something that is not true ; mislead; fool; trick

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Parch

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Make or become dry through intense heat

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Initiate

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Cause a process or action to begin

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Relieve

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To ease pain, distress, anxiety, need etc

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Embitter

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To make bitter; cause to feel bitterness

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Provoke

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To anger, enrage or vex

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Muddle

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Bring into a confused state

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Restore

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To bring back into existence or use

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Accommodate

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Fit in with the wishes or needs of

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Denounce

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Declare to be wrong or evil

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Define

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To state a meaning

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Antagonise

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To make hostile or unfriendly

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Refute

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To prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge

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Retain

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To keep possession of

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Esteem

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Respect and admiration

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Defer

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Put off an action or event to a later time; postpone

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Equivocate

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To use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth ; be ambiguous

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Condescend

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Show that one feels superior; be patronising

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Encroach

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Intrude on a persons territory, rights, personal life etc

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Stunt

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Prevent from growing or developing properly

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Indulge

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Excessive

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Garnish

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Decorate or embellish something (especially food)

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Divert

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Cause someone or something to change course

Distract someone from something

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Accentuate

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Make more noticeable or prominent

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Prescribe

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To lay down rules; direct; dictate

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Dominate

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To rule over; govern; control

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Quell

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To suppress; put an end to; extinguish

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Foreshawdow

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To show or indicate beforehand

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Vacillate

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To waver in mind or opinion; indecisive

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Inundate

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To overwhelm

To flood; cover with water

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Squelch

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Crush down; squash

To put down, suppress or silence as with a crushing retort or argument

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Publicise

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Make something widely known; announce; reveal

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Nullify

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Invalidate

Make of no use or value; cancel out

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Excavate

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Make (a hole or channel) by digging

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Terminate

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To put an end to

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Sermonise

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Compose or deliver a sermon (talk on a religious or moral subject based on the bible)

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Glorify

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To honor with praise, admiration or worship; extol

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Expurgate

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To amend by removing words, passages deemed offensive or objectionable; censorship

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Dissolve

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To melt from solid to liquid state

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Decry

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Publicly denounce

43
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Mollify

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Appease the anger or anxiety of someone; to calm, placate

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Mystify

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Utterly bewilder or perplex someone; confuse

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Beautify

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Improve the appearance of; enhance

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Improvise

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A speech without notes

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Squander

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Waste someone thing especially money or time in a reckless/ foolish manner; waste, misuse, throw away

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Perplex

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Make someone feel completely baffled

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Exaggerate

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Overstate; overstress; overemphasise

50
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Uplift

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Elevate someone morally or spiritually

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Daunt

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Make someone feel intimidated or apprehensive; discourage

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Exalt

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Think or speak very highly of someone or something ; extol, praise, acclaim

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Ally

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Combine or unite a resource or commodity with another for mutual benefit; merge

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Agitate

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Make someone troubled or nervous; upset

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Persevere

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To continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no indication of success; persist

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Awaken

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Rouse from sleep or a feeling

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Meddle

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Interfere in something that is not ones concern; intrude; pry

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Invigorate

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Give strength or energy to

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Replicate

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Make an exact copy or; reproduce; duplicate

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Repeal

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To withdraw formally or officially ; revoke

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Rescind

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To invalidate by a later action or higher authority; revoke; repeal

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Relinquish

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Give up; renounce

To let go; release

63
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Prod

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Poke with a finger or pointed object

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Tout

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Attempt to sell something, typically by direct approach

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Venerate

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Of great repspect

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Bungle

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Carry out a task clumsily or incompetently; mishandle; mess up

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Disjoint

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To separate or disconnect the joints or joining of

To put out of order; derange

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Revive

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To bring back to life

To activate

69
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Polarise

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To divide into sharply opposing factions, political groups

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Condense

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To make more sense or more concentrated

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Encumbrance

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A burden; obstacle

72
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forbearance

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Patient; self control; restraint and tolerance

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Spontaneity

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The state of being spontaneous; impulsive

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Resource

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A source of supply that can be readily drawn upon when needed

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embellishment

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Characterised by ornaments and decorations; lavish

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Absolutist

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A political theory that absolute power shod be vested in one or more rulers; unrestricted power in government

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Founder

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The owner or operator of a foundry

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Protest

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Protests statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something; objection

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Arbitration

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The use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute; negotiation

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Fidelity

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Faithfulness to a person, cause, or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support

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Query

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A question; doubt

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Levy

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Impose a tax, fee or fine

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Disputation

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Debate or argument

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Meager

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Of something provided or available (lacking in quantity or quality)

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Flaunt

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Showy; ostentatiously

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Laud

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To praise; applaud

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Eulogy

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A laudatory speech or written tribute

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Respite

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A short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

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Redouble

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Make or become much greater or more numerous

90
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Manifest

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Clear or obvious to the eye or mind; evident

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Prediction

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A forecast; prophecy

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Serendipity

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An accidental but fortunate occurrence

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Amicability

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Friendly and pleasant manner

94
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Hesitation

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Uncertain of a decision; delay

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Harangue

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A lengthy and aggressive speech

96
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Intrigue

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Arouse the curiosity or interest of

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Restraint

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A measure or condition that keeps someone under control

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Remedy

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A medicine or treatment for a disease or injury

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Flank

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The side of an animal or person between the ribs and hip

The side of anything

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