English words Flashcards

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abase

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humiliate/degrade

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ablution

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washing

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addle

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to become rotten/to become confused

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adduce

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to offer as example

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affable

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polite and friendly

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agog

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eager and excited

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alacrity

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eager and cheerful

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ambience

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surroundings

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amble

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leisurely walk

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ancillary

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helping/subordinate

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annuity

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a fixed sum paid every year

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anoint

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to smear oil

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13
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apiary

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bees keeping place

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appraise

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assess

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apprise

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give notice

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bereave

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to leave in a sad lonely place

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bereft

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rob

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cajole

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to use flattery or deceit to persuade

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comely

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attractive

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connive

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to pretend not to look

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corroboration

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additional strengthening evidence

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countenance

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to favour or approve

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dessicant

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substance used to absorb moisture

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diffidence

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shyness

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egress

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way out/exit

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elegiac

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sad mournful

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emaciate

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make thin or weak

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emend

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make scholarly corrections

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emulate

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to try to equal or surpass

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encumberance

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burden, things that get in the way

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entreat

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ask earnestly

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exigency

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emergency, an urgent situation

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expedient

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to be useful for a purpose

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extempore

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without previous thought or preparation

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extol

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praise highly

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gallivant

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to go about from one place to another in search of please

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garish

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ostensible, gaudy

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gesticulate

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make gesture

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pantomime

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signal, gesticulate

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hirsute

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hairy and shaggy

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hoodwink

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trick or mislead

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impertinent

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rudeness

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imperturbable

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calm, not capable of being excited

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incise

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engrave

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indomitable

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not easily subdued

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ingress

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the act of entering

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languor

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lack of vigor

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limpid

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transparent, absolutely serene and untroubled

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malodourous

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producing a bad odour

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malinger

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fake illness in order to shirk a duty

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mendacity

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dishonesty

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mordant

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biting and caustic

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palliate

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lessen the severity of

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palatial

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magnificent

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penitent

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showing or feeling regret

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pernicious

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harmful or injurious

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perquisite

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gratuity or tip

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piety

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religiousness

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portent

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omen, marvellous

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rapport

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sympathetic relationship

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rarefy

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to make less thin, dense

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rebuff

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to treat somebody rudely

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machiavellian

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cunning, unscrupulous especially in politics

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pernicious

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having a very harmful or evil effect on somebody/something, in a way that is slow and not easily noticeable

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unscrupulous

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being dishonest, cruel or unfair in order to get what you want