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Hard Words Flashcards

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Impregnable

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unable to be defeated or overcome.

Impénétrable

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Betwixt

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Between

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Larceny

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Theft

Stealing

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Trenchant

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vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Apothecary

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a person who prepared and sold medicines and drugs

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Imbrue

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stain (something, especially one’s hands or sword)

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Prodigious

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remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

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Adjourn

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break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later

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Regale

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entertain or amuse (someone) with talk

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Scale

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each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

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Fowl

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Poultry

a gallinaceous bird kept for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen.

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Goad

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provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

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Omnipotent

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having great power and influence

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Imperious

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arrogant and domineering

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Gallant

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(of a person or their behaviour) brave; heroic

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Lament

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a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.

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Coupling

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a device for connecting parts of machinery.

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Menace

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a person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.

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Arid

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(of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation.

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Pilfer

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steal (things of little value

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Absolve

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Clear

(of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

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Impel

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drive, force, or urge (someone) to do something.

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23
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Disclosure

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Revelation

the action of making new or secret information known.

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24
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Dregs

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the most worthless part or parts of something

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Infirmity

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physical or mental weakness

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Venerate

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regard with great respect; revere

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Perspicuity

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something that can be seen through, i.e., to lucidity,

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Penitence

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the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentance.

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Candid

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truthful and straightforward; frank

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Dogged

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having or showing tenacity and grim persistence

31
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Sullen

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bad-tempered and sulky

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so

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Bawl

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shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly

34
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Shroud

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a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial.

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Disdain

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the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect

36
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Appendage

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a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important.

37
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Obstinacy

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the quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness.

38
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Adamantine

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unable to be broken.

39
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Rampage

A

(especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner.

40
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Allude

A

suggest or call attention to indirectly; hint at

41
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Studious

A

spending a lot of time studying or reading

42
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Trepidation

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a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen

43
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Damnatory

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conveying or causing censure or damnation.

44
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Censure

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Criticise

express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

45
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Ambush

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a surprise attack by people lying in wait in a concealed position.

46
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Mercenary

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Money-oriented

primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.

47
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Suborn

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bribe or otherwise induce (someone) to commit an unlawful act such as perjury.

48
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Perjury

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Lying under oath

49
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Retaliation

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Counterattack

the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge.

50
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Visage

A

a person’s face, with reference to the form or proportions of the features.

51
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Stipulate

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demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.

52
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Dismal

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causing a mood of gloom or depression

53
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Inveterate

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having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change

54
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Fawning

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displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious

55
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Abject

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(of a situation or condition) extremely unpleasant and degrading.

56
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Niggard

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a mean or ungenerous person; a miser

57
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Loiter

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stand or wait around without apparent purpose.

58
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Abyss

A

a wide or profound difference between people; a gulf.

a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

59
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Harbour

A

a place of refuge

60
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Extenuate

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Excuse

cause (an offence) to seem less serious.

61
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Engender

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cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).

62
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Smoulder

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show or feel barely suppressed anger, hatred, or another powerful emotion

63
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Ferocity

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Brutality

the state or quality of being ferocious

64
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Supercilious

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Haughty

behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.

65
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Implore

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Beg

beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something.

66
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Incursion

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an invasion or attack, especially a sudden or brief one.

67
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Yonder

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at some distance in the direction indicated; over there.

68
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Haggard

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Tired

looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering

69
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Evasion

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Avoiding

Dodging

70
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Rhapsody

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an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling.

71
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Inaptitude

A

lack of suitability or skill

72
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Miser

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a person who hoards wealth and spends as little money as possible.

73
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Stingy

A

Mean; ungenerous

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