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ESL Essential Words8 Flashcards

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Blunder

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N. a big mistake, usually caused by not taking car or thinking
V. +adv. or prep. To move in an awkward way

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Daze

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In a daze

Unable to think clearly

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Mourn

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V. To feel or express great sadness, especially because of someone’s death
N. a person at a funeral

Funeral: a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

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Subside

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V. If a condition subsides, it becomes less strong or extreme
V. If a building, land or water subsides, it goes down to a lower level

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Maim

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V. To injure a person so severely that a part of their body no longer work as it should

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Comprehend

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V. To understand something completely

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Commend

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To formally praise someone or something

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Exempt

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V. To excuse someone or something from a duty, pay,rent, etc.
Adj. with special permission not to do or pay something (exempt from xx)

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Vain

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Adj. unsuccessful or useless. Of no value
Adj. too interested in your own appearance or achievement
In vain: unsuccessful or uselessly

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Repetition

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N. when you do or say something again

N. something that happens in the same way as something which happened before

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Depict

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V. To represent or show something in a picture or story

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Mortal

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Adj. ( of living things, especially people) unable to continue living forever. Having to die
Immortal: living or last forever

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Novel

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New, strange, a long story with character and plot

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Occupant

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N. a person who lived or works in a room or buildinh

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Appoint

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V. To choose someone officially for a job or responsibility

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Quarter

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N. quarters

A room or house that has been provided, especially for set ants or soldier and their families, to live in

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Verse

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N. writing which is arranged in short lines with a regular rhythm. Poetry
N. One of the parts into which a poem or song is divvied

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Morality

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N.

Ethics and morality

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Roam

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V. To move about or travel, especially without a cleat idea of what you are going to do

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Attract

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V. Draw to oneself. Win the attention and liking of

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Commuter

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N. One who travels regularly, especially over a considerable distance, between home and work

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Confine

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V. To limit an activity, person or problem in some way

V. To keep someone closed in a place, often by force

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Idle

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Adj. not working or being used

An idle moment or period of time is one in which there is no work or avtivity

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Idol

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N. someone who is admired and respected very much

N. a picture or object that people pray to as part of their religion

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Jest

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N. something which is said or done in order to be funny
In jest
Intended as a joke and not said seriously

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Patriotic

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Adj. Loving one’s country. Showing love and loyal support of one’s country.

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Dispute

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An argument or disagreement, especially and official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a common border
Beyond dispute: certainly
In dispute: being doubted

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Valor

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N. great bravery

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Lunatic

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N. someone who behaved in a silly or dangerous way

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Vein

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N. a tube that carried blood to the heart from other paths of the body

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Uneventful

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Adj. described a time of situation in which nothing interesting or surprising happens

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Fertile

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Adj. describes land that can produce a large number of good quality crops

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Refer

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Refer to sb. Or st.
V. To talking or write about someone or something, especially in only a fre words
Refer sb. To sth.
To direct someone or something to. Different y place or person cot information, help or Action, often to a person o group with more knowledge or power

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Distress

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N. a feeling of extreme worry, sadness or pain

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Diminish

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V. To reduce or be reduced on size or importance

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Flee

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V. To escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear

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Vulnerable

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Adj. able yo be easily physically, emotionally, or mentally hurt, influenced or attacked.

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Signify

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V. To be a sign of something. To mean

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Mythology

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N. myths in general

N. a popular belief that is probably not yrue

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Colleague

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N. Associate. Fellow worker

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Torment

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M. Garage mental suffering and unhappiness, or great physical pain

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Provide

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V. To supply. To state as a condition. To prepare for or against some situation

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Loyalty

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N. Faithfulness to a person, government, idea, custom, or the like

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