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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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
way out/exit
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elegiac
sad mournful
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emaciate
make thin or weak
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emend
make scholarly corrections
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emulate
to try to equal or surpass
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encumberance
burden, things that get in the way
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entreat
ask earnestly
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exigency
emergency, an urgent situation
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expedient
to be useful for a purpose
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extempore
without previous thought or preparation
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extol
praise highly
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gallivant
to go about from one place to another in search of please
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garish
ostensible, gaudy
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gesticulate
make gesture
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pantomime
signal, gesticulate
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hirsute
hairy and shaggy
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hoodwink
trick or mislead
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impertinent
rudeness
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imperturbable
calm, not capable of being excited
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incise
engrave
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indomitable
not easily subdued
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ingress
the act of entering
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languor
lack of vigor
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limpid
transparent, absolutely serene and untroubled
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malodourous
producing a bad odour
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malinger
fake illness in order to shirk a duty
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mendacity
dishonesty
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mordant
biting and caustic
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palliate
lessen the severity of
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palatial
magnificent
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penitent
showing or feeling regret
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pernicious
harmful or injurious
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perquisite
gratuity or tip
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piety
religiousness
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portent
omen, marvellous
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rapport
sympathetic relationship
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rarefy
to make less thin, dense
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rebuff
to treat somebody rudely
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machiavellian
cunning, unscrupulous especially in politics
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pernicious
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
being dishonest, cruel or unfair in order to get what you want
