ESL Essential Words 1

Question 1

Abandon

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V. Desert; leave without planing to comeback, quit

Question 2

Keen

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Sharp, eager,intense, sensitive

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Jealous

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Afraid that one you love might prefer someone else

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Tact

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Ability to say right thing

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Oath

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A promise that something is true, a curse

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Vacant

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Empety

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Hardship

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Something that is hard to bear, difficulty

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Gallant

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Brave, showing respect to a woman

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Data

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Information

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Corpse

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A dead person

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Conceal

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Hide

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Dismal

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Dark and depressing

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Frigid

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Very cold

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Inhabit

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Live in

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Numb

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Without power of feeling, deadened

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Peril

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Danger

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Recline

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Lie down, stretch out, lean back

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Shriek

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Scream

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Sinister

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Evil, wicked, dishonest, frightening

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Tempt

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Try to get someone to do something, test, invite

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Wager

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Bet

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Typical

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Usual, of one kind

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Scarce

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Hard to get, rare

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Persuade

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Win over to do or believe, make willing

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Blend

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Mix together thoroughly, a mixture

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Devise

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Think out, plan,invent

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Wholesale

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In large quantity, less than retail in price

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Vapor

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Moisture in the air that can be seen, fog, mist

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Eliminate

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Get rid of, remove, omit

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Villain

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A very wicked person

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Utilize

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Make use of

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Humid

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Moist, damp

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Descend

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Go or come down from a higher place to a lower level

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Circulate

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Go around, go from place to place or person to person

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Vanish

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Disappear, disappear suddenly

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Rural

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In the country

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Burden

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What is carried, a load

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Assemble

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Gather together, bring together

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Evade

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Get away from by trickery cleverness

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Probe

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Search into, examine thoroughly, investigate

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Reform

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Make better, improve by removing faults