Engl. 2 VOCABULARY LIST #2 (51-100) Flashcards
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Emigrant
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To leave ones country to live else where
1
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Confabulation
A
Talk
2
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Penitent
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Sorrow for sins
3
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Circumlocution
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Use of many words.
4
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Diminution
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the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
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Discreet
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judicious in one’s conduct or speech
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Irretrievable
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Impossible to regain
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Insipid
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Lacking taste or savor; tasteless
8
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Discretion
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Speaking in a way to avoid offense
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Filial
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Due from. Son or daughter
10
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Fortnight
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Two weeks
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Wistful
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characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
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Diatribe
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Verbal attack
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Whimsical
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Playful quaint
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Proclivity
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Do something regularly
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Efflorescent
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efflorescing; blossoming.
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Fetish
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Object worshiped for have magical powers
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Equivocal
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Subject to two or more interpretations
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Trenchant
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Invasive in expression or style.
