English Vocab Final Exam Flashcards
1
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Asylum
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A institution that takes care of children, elderly people. Also means a place of safety.
2
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Console
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To comfort, the keyboard of an organ, a control panel
3
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Dilate
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To expand upon, become larger
4
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Dross
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Refuse, waste products
5
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Dwindle
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To lessen, diminish
6
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Flippant
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Lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy
7
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Immunity
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Resistance to a disease, or an obligation
8
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Institute
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To establish, set up, organization that promotes learning
9
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Liability
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A debt, something disadvantageous
10
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Preposterous
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Ridiculous, outrageous
11
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Pugnacious
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Fond of fighting
12
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Rabid
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Furious, violently intense, mad with rabies
13
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Realm
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A kingdom, a region
14
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Rejuvenate
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To make young again, make like new
15
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Remunerate
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To reward, pay, reimburse
