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English Vocabulary C1 Flashcards

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1
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Prolific

A

Productive

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to taint

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To pollute, spoil, corrupt

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To shun

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to avoid, to reject

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to weigh in on

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to comment

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Dramshop

A

bars, taverns

commercial place that sells alcoholic beverages (examples include bars)

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Breeches

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pants/trouses

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Dimity

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cotton cloth

light, strong, cotton cloth, often with a pattern of stripes :

*Her outfit was completed with a neat, white, dimity apron.
*There were blue dimity curtains over the two windows.

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Dickey

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the boot of the car

the covered space at the back of a car, where you can put luggage, etc.

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Nimble

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Quick movement

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Lanky

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Tall and thin

Often moves awkwardly as a result

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Stucco

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Plaster

used for covering walls and ceilings

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Dingy

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Dirty, smutty, grimy

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Heaped

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contain as much as possible

(of a spoon or plate)

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Latter

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1) near or towards the end of something
2) the second of two people, things, or groups previously mentioned

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Pitched-black

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extremely black

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Raggedness

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bad quality, badly organized

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Receptacle

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a storage, a container used for storing stuff

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Coarseness

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roughness (of skin) , rudeness (quality)

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Remnant

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A small piece or amount of something that is left from a larger original piece or amount,
A leftover (for example)

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Hostelry

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a bar or pub, inn

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21
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Pendent

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hanging from or over smth

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Pendant

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jewellery

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Solely

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only

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Divest

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deprive

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25
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Perpetually

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Never ending

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Endure

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to suffer smth difficult, unpleasant

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27
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Induce

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to persuade someone do smth

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28
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Tittle-tattle

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gossip

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29
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Omit

A

to leave out, drop

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30
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Serf

A

bondsman, slave, servant

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31
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Sporadic

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occasional

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32
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Solicitude

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concern, care

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33
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Edifice

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building

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Amid

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in the middle of, among

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Medley

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assortment

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36
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Dilapidated

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run down, shabby, tumbledown

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Emporium

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shop, store

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Insignia

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symbol, emblem

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39
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Apropos

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with regard to, with reference to, regarding

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40
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Enrich

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to improve the quality of something by adding something else

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41
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Umbrageous

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shadowed

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42
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Sultry

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hot a damp weather, humid

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43
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Laden

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If someone or something is laden with a lot of heavy things, they are holding or carrying them.

44
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Betake itself

A

to return

45
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Peruse

A

to read carefully in a detailed way

46
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Jot smth down

A

to make a note

47
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Plunge

A

dive, sink

48
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Contrived

A

forced, bring about, manage

49
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Gaucherie

A

is a tactless or awkward act

50
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Interlocutor

A

someone who takes a part in a conversation or dialogue

51
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Discourse

A

conversation, talk, to speak, expatiate

52
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Evince

A

to show, to demonstrate

53
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To don

A

to put on (the clothes)

54
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Protrude

A

stick out, stand out

55
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Postilion

A

someone who guides the horse, mounted on the horse

56
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Ply

A

layer, thickness, strand, sheet, leaf

57
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Opulence

A

richness, luxury, magnificence

58
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Hither and thither

A

this way and that

59
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Budge

A

move

60
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Comeliness

A

1)the quality of being attractive or pleasing in appearance
2) The quality of being seemly or proper in behavior

61
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Amenity

A

convenience, service, enjoyment

62
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Pertinent

A

relevant

63
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Blunder

A

mistake

64
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Perplexity

A

confusion, puzzlement

65
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Incite

A

encourage

66
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Prefatory

A

introductory

67
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Circumstantiality

A

fullness of detail

68
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Loquacious

Taciturn (antonym)

A

talkative, garrulous

69
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obsequious

A

ready or prompt to help or obey like a servant or slave, servile,

70
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fulsome

A

expressing a lot of admiration or praise for someone, often too much, in a way that does not sound sincere

71
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yearning

A

a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily, desire, wish

72
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mere

A

1) used to emphasize that something is not large or important (as trifling, petty)
*it cost a mere 20 dollars

2)used to emphasize how strongly someone feels about something or how extreme a situation is
*the mere idea/possibility/prospect of something

73
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solace

A

comfort, consolation

74
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recumbent

A

lying down or leaning back so you are almost lying down

75
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poring over

A

read very carefully, peruse

76
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subtle

A

fine, precise, ultra-fine

77
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hitherto

A

so far, until now

78
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Untenanted

A

(of property) not occupied by a tenant or tenants

79
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Impediment

A

Obstacle, barrier, hindrance

80
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Fastidious

A

scrupulous

81
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wearisome

A

exhausting, tiring

82
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wearisome

A

exhausting, tiring

83
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apprehensive

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anxious, worried, alarmed

84
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consort

A

a partner, to agree with, to go around

85
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Cringing

A

низкопоклонство

86
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Negligence

A

carelessness

87
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urchins

A

a mischievous and often poor and raggedly clothed youngster. street urchins

88
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Sundry

A

various, assorted

89
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embroidered

A

to decorate cloth or clothing with patterns or pictures consisting of stitches that are sewn directly onto the material

90
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abode

A

home

91
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arbour

A

a sheltered place in a garden formed by trees and bushes that are grown to partly surround it

92
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to connote

A

imply, suggest

93
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ingratiating

A

to gain favor or favorable

94
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Inmost

A

deepest

95
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Obrok (russian)

A

a yearly tax formerly paid by a Russian peasant engaged in trade

96
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Inlaid

A

set into a surface in a decorative design

97
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lopsided

A

asymmetrical

98
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Titbit

A

delicacy

99
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Slovenly

A

scruffy, untidy

100
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indispensable

A

absolutely necessary : essential

101
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beguile

A

entertain, charm, attract, enchant

102
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leisure

A

free time, freedom from the demands of work or duty

103
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idiosyncrasy

A

a strange or unusual habit, way of behaving, or feature that someone or something has

104
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regimen

A

diet

105
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jostle

A

to knock or push roughly against someone in order to move past them or get more space when you are in a crowd of people:

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