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ESL Essential Words12 Flashcards

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Chronological

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Arranged in the order of time

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Clandestine

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Secret. Undercover

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Cliche

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An expression that has become overly familiar or commonplace

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Coerce

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To restrain or dominate by force

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Coherent

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Logical. Consistent. Understandable

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Condone

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To excuse. Pardon. Overlook

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Connive

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To conspire. To cooperate secretly to perform a wrong act

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Corpulent

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Having a large Bucky body. Obese. Fat

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Covert

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Not openly shown. Secret. Clandestine

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Criterion

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A standard on which a judgment may be based. A measure

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Culpable

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Guilty. Able to be blamed

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Cursory

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Papist and superficially performed. Hasty

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Decadent

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Marked by decay or decline

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Devious

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Cunning. Deceptive. Roundabout

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Digress

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To turn aside from the main subject. Stray

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Dormant

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Inactive. Temporarily suspended

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Duress

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Forcible restraint. Coercion

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Egotist

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A person who talks too much about himself. A conceited person

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Elusive

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Tending to evade. Hard to understand or define

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Emulate

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To copy or imitate

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Eulogy

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A speech or writing of high praise

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Exacerbate

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To make more vent, bitter, or severe

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Exhort

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To incite by argument or advice, urge strongly

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Expedite

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To execute promptly. Speed up

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Fallacious

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Deceiving or misleading

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Fracas

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A noisy quarrel. Brawl

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Furtive

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Underhanded. Secret. Stealthy

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Garrulous

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Talkative.wordy

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Gesticulate

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To make gestures especially when speaking

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Heterogeneous

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Consisting of dissimilar ingredients. Mixed

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Imbibe

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To receive into the mind and retain. Drink

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Impasse

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No obvious escape. Deadlock

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Impeccable

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Free from fault or blame. Flawless

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