Exercise 15 and 16 Flashcards by Krishi Bhatia | Brainscape

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Conundrum

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A puzzle, a dilemma

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Scalding

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Extremely hot

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Debacle

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A distaster

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Detrimental

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Causing harm or damage

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Myriad

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A very large number of something

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Naive

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Innocent, gullible

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Guileless

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Honest and innocent

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Bask

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To laze, to lie under the sun

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Discreet

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Cautious, low-key, careful

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Timid

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Fearful, nervous, shy

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Encomium

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A piece of writing/speech that is full of praise

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Prim

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Formal, neat

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Mundane

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Very ordinary, uninteresting

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Guffaw

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To laugh loudly

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Vagrant

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A person who moves from place to place because he/she doesn’t have a home

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Dishevelled

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Very messy, not neat

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Foible

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A minor weakness, a small fault

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Lacklustre

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Without energy, boring, dull

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Drawl

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To speak slowly and in a lazy manner

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Frugal

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Thrift, economical