English vocab review Flashcards by Maia Gerlinger

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a foretaste

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“an appetizer” (a sample of something coming)

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to germinate

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to start to grow

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humdrum

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boring, routine

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to hurtle

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to rush

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to insinuate

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to suggest something without saying it

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interminable

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never-ending

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to interrogate

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to ask many questions

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to recompense

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to pay back, to give back in return

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to renovate

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to repair, to make new again

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sullen

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bad-tempered, gloomy

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to trickle

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to flow drop by drop

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trivial

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not important

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a truce

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an end to fighting

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vicious

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evil, wanting to hurt someone

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a résumé

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a sheet of paper that tells someone your experience so that they hire you

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an alliance

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a group people that are working together

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to bewilder

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to completely confuse

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a buffoon

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a clown, a fool

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controversial

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causing debate, strong feelings, or objections

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to dishearten

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to discourage

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fruitless

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with no result

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hostile

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very unfriendly

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inflammable

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easily set on fire

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inflict

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to cause something bad for someone

malignant

wanting to cause evil

available

ready for use

to cater to

to satisfy a need or demand

customary

usual, expected, routine

to dissuade

to persuade not to do something

entrepreneur

a person who starts a business

a firebrand

a piece of burning wood (can be used as a metaphor for a kind of person)

to hazard

to risk; to expose to danger

to hinder

to delay, make more difficult, or prevent

homicide

killing another person

indignant

angry about something unfair

indifference

lack of interest

indispensable

absolutely necessary

to lubricate

to make oily

mutual

shared or felt equally by two or more

to pelt

to throw a string of things

to plague

to infect; to annoy

poised

calm, ready to respond

a regime

a government in power (usually negative)

transparent

allowing light to pass through; easily understood

unscathed

unharmed