history vocabulary Flashcards
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rally synonym
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reassemble, reunite, troops to continue fighing
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potlach
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NW tribes, a ritual to put away materials to show wealth
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to be indentured
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force to work by contract
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the austerity of the English church
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severity, strictness, seriousness
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pulpit
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the rised platform at church from which preacher delivers his sermons
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a recognized autonomous branch of a Christian church
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denomination
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the congregations of the church
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the pews
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escapism
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dreaming, tendency to seek distraction from unpleasant reality
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improbable
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doubtful, dubious, unlikely to happen, debatable
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the fanciful, fanciful story
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imaginative, unrealistic
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termagant
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overbearing woman, harsh-tempered woman
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noble
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lofty
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mocking
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derisive, making fun of somebody, scoffing, teasing
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henpecked
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nagging by
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the magical hues of the mountain
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color, tone / romantic literature/
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a keg
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small barrel e.g. for beer
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enchantment
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the feeling of great pleasure, delight
Such an enchanting smile.
You are enchanting me since the first moment I saw you.
She is simply enchanting.
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a person who hoards the money and wealth while spending almost nothing
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miser
penny-pincher
misarable
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a protective or decorative garment
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apron
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skirmish
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battle
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minutemen
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volunteers ready to fight in a minute
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being reluctant, refusing,
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balk et
The Congress balked at putting up the money.
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avail
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use or take advantage of
available - serving to purpose, assist, benefit
valoir Frenche be strong
valere - Latin be worth
He knows that work will avail him a little.
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tramp
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stump, crush,
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The congress ....... overthrowing existing royal governments.
endorse, approve, favor,
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disowned
refuse to maintain any connection
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amend
revise, change, modify, mend meaning add to legislation, Latin mend - defect, menda - fault, amendare - to correct,
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The declaration was ..... to ignore slavery.
amended
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endow
property
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support the idea
invoke the idea, REFER TO
to mention the idea in order to influence people,
invocation - to call upon, to appeal
invocation - petition to God,
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encroachment
CROC
invasion
intrusion, trespass,
en in croc hook
seize, fasten
CROC HOOK--> SEIZE, EN -IN CROACH-MENT--->INVASION
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make law
enact
en put in
the act establishes, sanction into law
enactment passing the law
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The British enacted taxes
make a tax law
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a sailing ship
a schooner
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delay, or prevent by obstructing them
impede / literary to shackle the feet/ ped foot
lat impedare in the way, delay movement of something, or progress of something.
impedience - resistance of electric circuit
impending
impedes
This will impede learning.
The underbrush will impede the progress of animals.
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potassium nitrite
saltpeter
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work under supervision to be trained
apprentice,
apprehendere, Latin grasp, take hold, grasp, French apprenti - someone learning
ADJ unskilled
apprehend - grasp with the mind, or sense;
ghend to seize or take
prae before
Italian grasp presa
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He was .... to a sailor.
ap--prentic--ed
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open rebellion agains the authorities/ soldiers, sailors/
mutiny
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withdraw the weapons or the military equipment
decommissioned
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quick, fast, acting in excessive urgency
hasty
| I'm asking you not to make a hasty decision.
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control, elegance,
poise
| She received me with incredible poise for one so young.
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an arrangement of flowers
a wreath ceremony
| A wreath lying ceremony is held each year.
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unable to be taken away
| the Creator gave them gifts, freedom, free to pursue happiness,
unalienable
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to give rise to
spawn
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twist together
intervene, to happen between two points in time
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yeoman
a man holding and cultivating a small estate
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speaking about something or to someone mocking way
scoff
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taper off, cool off
fizzle out
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mission
1. send to abroad
2.missio, Latin, the act of sending, a release
3. discharge from service, dismissal,
4 an organized effort to spread of religion
5commissioned - sending someone, man on a mission
6 dispatch a military aircraft for the operation
7. mission control expanded by 1962 when prolong the mission
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mission + add
admission- acceptable as evidence in a court; having a right to be admitted to a place
admissible
admit
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mission +co
commission
commit
compromise
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mission + de / di/
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demise
demission
demiss
demit
dissmiss
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mission, emit
emit
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mission + int
intermission
| intermit
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man
mass +mission
mess
miss
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manumission
manumit
mass
mess
message
misse en scene
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admissible synonyms
acceptable
bearable
tolerable
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admission - ad - mittere, admissio
let in, acceptance, approval, mittere past let go, send,
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admit synonyms AACDDD
acknowledge, accept, confess, disclose, declare, divulge,
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commission
instruction, a duty, given to a person
synonym work, job, task, project, employment,
a group of people official charged with some function
synonym committee, board, council, panel
give an order to produce, build a building, equipment
com with, mittere release, give away, send
order
the authority is given to another to buy and sell goods
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commit
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com with
mittere let go, send, throw, to release
committee to give in charge, entrust
synonym perpetrate, do, perform, enact,
dedicate, pledge, devote,
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compromise
Lat compromissus,
past compromittere
com together, promittere promise
settlement, trade-off, agreement,
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de
down
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demiss adj
submissive, humble, lowly
de low missus let down
de mittere, to send down
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demission
act of putting away, letting go, lay off, giving up
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demise
des put away, past desmetre, Fra, dismiss
| transference of land, property, sovereignity
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demit
run or flow down, mittere let go
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dismiss
dis apart
release from duty, court restrain,
mittere send, let go
remove from office, employment,
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dis
lack off, opposite off, apart away
| dishonest, disallow, discard
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mittere
send away, let go, throw,
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emit
produce, or discharge something,
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intermission
inter between, mittere, interruption, temporary pause
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intermit
intermittere, leave off, suspend, omit, neglect
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manumission
liberation from slavery, restrain, bondage
| man hand, + mittere
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manumit
send of one hand, set a slave free
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mess
missuss course of dinner, provision of food for one meal
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message
missus, sending away
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a mix of ideas
hodgepodge
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a person who is supposed to be able to see what the future holds through the supernatural ability
seer
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a work strongly influencing later developments
seminal
| synonym fundamental
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surrounded by; in the middle of;
amid
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curious
in-qui-sitive
| We were met by three inquisitive stares
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act in accordance with
abide
| I don't need to abide by the rules.
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belonging to the same era
contemporary, Latin tempus time, con with
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seclusion from the society
reclusive tendencies
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the present time furniture
the contemporary furniture
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cause to be, become
render, to express in words,
to portray - to describe or depict in a certain way
The strong winds could render some areas under the water.
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to express the strong disapproval
condemn
| He was condemned to hard labor.
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death penalty
condemn to death
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I condemned contemporary American society as too greedy.
I strongly disagree with the current American society as to be too greedy.
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self-rejection
abnegation
It is sad to witness the abnegation of human rights.
It is a part of the abnegation of learning and senseless worship of youth which destroyed our values.
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soak, wet
drench
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hold within
encompass
| The dark romantic writers encompassed this theme.
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the collection of poems
anthology
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to promise, to swear
vow
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achievement
feat
| The Eiffel Tower is a remarkable feat of engineering.
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difficult life
tormented life
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What is the name of the equipment used brick mason?
trowel
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personal servant
valet
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call for, invite
summoned
| They were summoned to the court.
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sadness, misery
sorrow
