english vocab Flashcards
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Meglomanic
A
power hungry
2
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Sublime
A
so beautiful it’s intimidating
3
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Hapless
A
unfortunate
4
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Wynomic
A
so beautiful it’s annoying
5
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Didactic
A
intended to teach
6
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Gallantry
A
courageous
7
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Wholesome
A
cute
8
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Ambiguous
A
uncertain
9
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Caricature
A
represents group
10
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Nihilism
A
hater of everything
11
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Hubris
A
big ego
12
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Arbitrary
A
odd
13
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Futile
A
pointless
14
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Parsimonious
A
stingy
15
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Imperious
A
arrogant
16
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Paternal
A
fatherly
17
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Allegory
A
societal comment
18
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Misanthropic
A
hater
19
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Quixotic
A
unrealistic
20
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Emphatically
A
forceful way
21
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Incredulously
A
indicates disbelief
22
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Cultivate
A
to grow
23
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Indifference
A
no interest/ sympathy
24
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Appeal
A
heartfelt request
25
Morale
confidence/ discipline of a group
26
Analogous
comparable
27
Conversely
however
28
Emasculating
removes masculinity
29
Tempestuous
strong conflicting emotions
30
Gallantry
courageous behaviour
31
Dissonant
clashes/ lacks harmony
32
Laments
mourns
33
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Lexis
language
35
Colloquial Lang
slang
36
Formal register
formal lang
37
Taboo lang
swear words/ offensive words
38
Lexical feild
word group
39
Connotation
hints of something else
40
Passive voice
focuses on action not actor
41
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Active voice
focuses on actor not action
43
Simple/complex sentences
easy/ hard sentences
44
1st person
I
45
2nd person
You
46
3rd person
he/she/it/they
47
Prosodic features
pitch/ volume/ speed
48
Politeness strategies
hedging/ softeners/ indirect speech
49
Adjacency pairs
back and forth convo
50
Directive
DO IT sentences
51
Assertive
express needs politely
52
Fillers
erm/ummm
53
Back channeling
showing engagement
