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English Vocab Flashcards

1
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Dawdle

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Waste time; be slow

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Havoc

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Widespread destruction; great confusing or disorder

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3
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Diligence

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Careful and persistent work or effort

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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts or feeling readily

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Idolatrous

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Worshiping idols; treating someone or something as an idol

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Polygot

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Knowing or using several languages; having the text translated into languages

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Oleander

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A poisonous evergreen Old World shrub that is widely grown in warm countries

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Abreast

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Side by side and facing the same way

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Gable

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The part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof

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Serpentine

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Of or like a serpent or snake; complex, cunning, or teacherous

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Goitre

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A swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland

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Bestrew

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Cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects

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Caleche

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A light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood

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Alacrity

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Brisk and cheerful readiness

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Prodigious

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Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

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Aphorism

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A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation

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Analogy

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A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

18
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Anaphora

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Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences

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Anecdote

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A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature

20
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Antithesis

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opposition; contrast; the direct opposite

21
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Waste time; be slow

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Dawdle

22
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Widespread destruction; great confusing or disorder

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Havoc

23
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R

Careful and persistent work or effort

A

Diligence

24
Q

R

Not revealing one’s thoughts or feeling readily

A

Reticent

25
Q

R

Worshiping idols; treating someone or something as an idol

A

Idolatrous

26
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R

Knowing or using several languages; having the text translated into languages

A

Polygot

27
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R

A poisonous evergreen Old World shrub that is widely grown in warm countries

A

Oleander

28
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R

Side by side and facing the same way

A

Abreast

29
Q

R

The part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof

A

Gable

30
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R

Of or like a serpent or snake; complex, cunning, or teacherous

A

Serpentine

31
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R

A swelling of the neck resulting from enlargement of the thyroid gland

A

Goitre

32
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R

Cover or partly cover (a surface) with scattered objects

A

Bestrew

33
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R

A light low-wheeled carriage with a removable folding hood

A

Caleche

34
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Brisk and cheerful readiness

A

Alacrity

35
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Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree

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Prodigious

36
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A terse saying embodying a general truth or astute observation

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Aphorism

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A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based

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Analogy

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Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences

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Anaphora

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A short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature

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Anecdote

40
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opposition; contrast; the direct opposite

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Antithesis

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