English Vocabs Flashcards

1
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Prevent something bad affecting you.

A

Stave off (NO ‘‘R’’)

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2
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Another word for “Force”

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Drive

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3
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Another Word for Kind-Hearted

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Sympathetic (t)

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4
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Another word for Zest

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Enthusiasm (si as m)

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5
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Words for describing temperature

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Nippy, Mild, Drizzling.

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6
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Trying to be too polite in a way that is annoying.

A

Oily smile

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7
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To remove something such as an illness {word}

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Eradicate.

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8
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Show something.

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Exhibits { good for writing }

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9
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{ADJ} Plain and Simple

  • very simple, with only the things that are absolutely necessary, especially because of severe limits on money or goods:
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Austere ( An Austere childhood)

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10
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Grim

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extremely bad, worrying, or without hope: (ADJ) —> look grim The future looks grim.

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11
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To say

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Utter

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12
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having little value or importance:

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{ Trivial } Sexual harassment in the workplace is NOT a trivial matter. (adj)

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13
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GO

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Emerged ( merged ), loom

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14
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produce and discharge (a substance).

A

Secrete”

mostly used in biology

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15
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an expression in your eyes that shows that you are amused or that you have a secret:

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A gleam in your eye

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16
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to have a lot of a particular quality or feeling:

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exude;
Sal exudes confidence.

17
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frequent

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prevalent

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