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English Midterm Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Indelible

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Cannot be eliminated or erased.

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Arable

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Capable of producing crops or suitable for farming.

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Frugality

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Thriftiness or wisdom in avoiding unnecessary expenditure.

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Prosaic

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Commonplace or dull.

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Comportment

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Personal bearing or conduct.

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Taciturn

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A state of being reserved in conversation.

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Gallant

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Brave or chivalrous.

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Sordid

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Morally ignoble or vile.

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Oppressive

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Causing discomfort by being excessive or intense.

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Barrage

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Overwhelming quantity.

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Benign

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Gentle and kind.

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Gregarious

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Fond of the company of others; sociable.

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Jauntily

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Easy and spritely.

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Pallor

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Unusual paleness usually from fear or ill health.

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Aberrant

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Differing from the normal or accepted way.

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Butte

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An isolated hill rising abruptly above the surrounding land.

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Opaque

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Not transparent; light cannot pass through.

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Lope

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To move or bound with a long easy stride.

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Capacious

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Capable of holding much or spacious.

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Convalescence

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Period found in illness in which one gradually recovers.

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Prodigious

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Extraordinary in degree.

22
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Cordial

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Warm and friendly.

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Venerable

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Commanding respect because of great age.

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Resonance

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Intensification or prolongation of sound.

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Ceremonious

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Devoted to ceremony or ritual.

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Enmity

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Feeling of hostility.

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Reverie

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A state of dreamy meditation

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Exaltation

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A feeling of intense well-being.

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Infinitesimal

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Incredibly or immeasurably small.

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Fratricide

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The act of killing one’s brother.

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Funereal

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Mournful and gloomy.

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Encumbrance

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Something burdensome and useless.

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Provocative

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Tending to provoke; stimulating.

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Sanctity

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Holiness or saintliness.

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Insinuation

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A bad hint.

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Opulent

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Wealthy or rich.

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Modulate

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Soften or tone down.

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Barrack

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A building for housing or lodging soldiers.

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Frigid

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Very cold in temperature.

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Austere

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Severely simple; without ornament.

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Pantomime

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A gesture without speech.

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Vitality

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Physical strength or mental vigor.

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Incongruity

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Something that lacks harmony.

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Monotonous

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Characterizing a sound; continuing on one note.

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Impervious

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Not permitting penetration or passage.

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