english vocab Flashcards

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infinitesimal

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adjective, extremly small, tiny, the chances of him succeeding are infinitesimal

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contiguous

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adjective, sharing a common border, adjecent, the 48 contiguous states

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mincing

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adjective, moving in a dainty or delicate way, She took short, mincing steps.

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strident

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adjective, loud and harsh, his voice had become increasingly sharp, almost strident

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punctilious

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adjective, showing great attention to detail or correct behvoir, She’s very punctilious about grammar.

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corrugate

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verb, contract or cause to contract wrinkles, Micky’s brow corrugated in a frown

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Nebulous

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adjective, hazy, unclear, vauge, She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in the future, but nothing definite.

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conceit

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adjective, pride in oneslef, he had the conceit to imagine that he might win the prize

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ineffable

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adjective , too great or too extreme to be expressed or decribed, And we all went beyond this and found something ineffable… an experience of profound mystery

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adventitious

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adjective, Happening or carried on according to chance, good mistake, It was strange how you can run into people in such an adventitious way

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surmise

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verb, to suppose something is true without having evidence to support it, assume, infer, he could only surmise what had happened

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transitory

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adjective, not perminent, People come and go The people, on the other hand, are transitory

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