English(2) Flashcards
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Allotted
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Given out
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Amazing
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Astonishing and wondrous
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Amble
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Walk in and relaxed way
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Amiss
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Walk in a slow and relaxed way
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Amiss
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Wrong and not usual
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Anguished
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Painful and tormented
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Annoyance
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Irritation
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Anticipated
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Predicted
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Anticipation
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The act of expecting something to happen
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Antics
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A funny act
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Anxious
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Worried about the outcome
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Appalling
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Horrific
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Appreciating
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Understanding the importance
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Apprehended
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Arrested
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Approached
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Went towards
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Arrogance
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ide
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As the day drew on
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As time passed
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Ascended
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Climbed up
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Ascending
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Soaring upwards
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Ashen
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Pale and grey like ash
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Assume
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Take over
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Awe
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Fear and wonder
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Awe-inspiring
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So affecting
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Baring
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Uncovering
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Barren
Bare
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Basking
Enjoying the sun
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Bated
So anxious
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Bazzar
Marketplace
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Beckon
Call for someone
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Befallen
Happened
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Beforehand
Previously
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Bemused
Surprised
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Bemusement
Puzzled look
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Bereaved
Mourning
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Beseeching
Appealing
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Bestowed
Blessed with a gift
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Bewildered
Confused and at a loss
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Bizarre
Weird
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Blaring
Making very loud noises
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Blatantly
Boldly
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Bleak
Cheerless
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Blissful
Happy
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Blistering
Extremely severe
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Bounding
Jumping
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Budge
Move
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Cackle
Loud crackling call
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Calmed
Reduced a persons fears
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Calming
Making someone feel less anxious
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Camouflage
Remain unnoticed by merging with the background
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Cannibal
Living creature
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Casting
Throwing, Shedding
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Catologue
Detailed description
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Chaos
Complete disorder
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Charged
Given the reponsibility
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Chastised
Scolded
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Clasped
Hands pressed together in a tight grip
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Close shave
Near miss
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Conscientiously
Carefully
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Conservative
Tradition-bound
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Conserve
Save
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Constant
Continuous
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Contorted
Twisted out of the usual shape
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Contrary
Opposite
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Convicted
Found guilty by the court
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Convincing
Believable
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Corrugated
Having folds
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Corruption
Illegal acceptance
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Counterparts
Similar goods
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Courageous
Extremely brave
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Cowering
Cringing, moving away
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Coyly
Shyly
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Creativity
Cleverness of inventing things and thinking
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Crescendo
Sound that gradually becomes louder as ecitement mounts
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Cresting
Flying/gliding at the top
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Crouching
Stooping low
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Culprits
Guilty persons
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Cyan
Greenish-blue
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Dank
Damp
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Darkness descended
Grew dark
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Darting
Running quickly to and fro
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Dead give away
obvious sign that reveals the truth
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Deafening
Extremely loud
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Decay
Process of rotting
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Decaying
rotting
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Defiant
Rebellious
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Deforestation
The cutting down of forest to make land available
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Deft
Quick and neat in action
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Delectable
Tasty and delicious
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Delicate
Fragile and beautiful
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Delinquent
Underaged person who breaks the law
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Deposition
Statement made under oath
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Depressed
Dispirited, very sad
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Descended
Went down
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Deserted
Completely without people
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Despair
Helplessness
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Destruction
Serious damage to the point of being completely ruined
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Detected
Discovered
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Determination
Unwillingness to give up easily
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Devasted
Overwhelmed by sorrorw
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Dilapidated
Broken down
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Dire
Very serious
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Discarded
Thrown away because it is useless
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Discernible
Can be seen although with some difficulty
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Dismay
Unhappiness and regret
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Dismissing
Brushing aside
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Display
Show
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Disposition
Nature
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Distinct
Clear
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Distinctive
having a special quality that is easy to recognise
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Diverged
Divided
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Domesticated
Tamed
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Doted
Showned great lvoe and care
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Douse
Extinguish with water
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Downpour
Sudden rain
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Drab
Dull
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Dragging
PUlling
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Draped around
Wrapped around
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Dread
is horrified by fear
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Dreaded
Frightening
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Duvets
Thick blankets
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Easy-going
Accepting and easy to get along with
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Echoing
Repeatedly
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Eden
paradise
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Eerily
Strangely
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Elegant
Very beautiful
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Elongated
Stretched to make it longer
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Endured
Tolerated
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Energy conservation
Act of carefully saving electricity
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Engrossed
Caught up in something and unable to notice anything else
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Enormous
Very large
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Ensued
Resulted
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Enthralled
Engrossed
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Eternity
Forever
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Evidently
Clearly
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Exasperation
Frustration
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Excelling
Doing very well
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Executed
Carried out
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Exhausted
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