House Of Cards Flashcards
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Latched on
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Attach to
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Vital
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Important
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Keystone
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Most important stone, used figurate to mean the most part of anything
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Pettiness
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Quality of being completely unimportant.
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Lassitude
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Mental / physical weariness l.
If you are feeling lassitude, you are weary and just can’t be bothered.
A feeling of lack of interest or energy.
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Hubris
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Excessive pride or Self confidence
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Livid
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Very angry
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Allegiance.
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Never again will we allow ourselves put in the same position.
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Exalted
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Held in high regard.
In a state of extreme happiness.
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Devastated
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Highly damaging / destructive.
Cause destruction or overwhelm.
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Precious
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Time is precious.
Powerful people don’t have the luxury of foreplay.
High worth or cost.
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intrigue
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Secret plot.
Also means fascinate/ arouse interest
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Prick
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Make small holes in the surface of something.
Pricked the ballon like kids do to amuse themselves.
Also can mean penis/ dick or a stupid man
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Stumped
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Perplexed.
Noun - stump of a tree.
Verb / other meaning as well.
To be unable to solve a problem because it’s too difficult
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Ram
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Drive into with force.
The thrives fled the scene and rammed into the police vehicle.
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Do not give a hoot
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Emphasizing that you do not care about it at all.
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Dismantling
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Deconstructing/
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Formidable
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extremely impressive in strength or excellence
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Damped his mood by telling him, we just gave him a great gift.
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Relinquishing
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Give up an and abandoning a struggle or task.
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Anonymity
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State of being unknown.
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Titbit
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Small / tiny
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Divulge
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Make known to the public the information that was previously known by small group of people/ meant to be a secret
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Deep throat
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An informant who divulges damaging information under cover of anonymity
25
Incendiary
Capable of catching fire.
Inflame / causes to excite -
Make feelings stronger or stir them up.
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Monstrosity
Something hideous that you can hardly stand to look at.
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Medieval
Relaying to Middle Ages.
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Tranquility
State of peace and quiet.
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Introspection
The act of looking inside.
Thinking about your own thoughts and actions.
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Dungeon
Dark cell.
Has other meaning look it up
31
Inadmissible
Not allowed or permitted.
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Vulgar
Lack of sophistication / or taste
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Vulgar
Making an explicit and offensive reference to sex / bodily functions
34
Fuss
An excited state of agitation.
An angry disturbance.
35
Cut me a little slack here
Ease up on me
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I’m a little under the weather I don’t wanna get you sick
Slightly unwell
37
Commission
This is passing a responsibility to someone else
38
Integrity
Personal quality of fairness
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I’m taking you to task for it
In criticism someone
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Cough it up
Informal
give something reluctantly, especially money or information that is due or required.
41
Sphincter
42
Bog down
Be stuck and unable to progress
43
Height of a person is a stature
44
High level of respect
Stature
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Stature
Formal rule of law
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Easement
Law. Privilege of using something that is not your own.
- easing
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Set the wheels in motion
Begin something
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Bone of contention
Subject or issue over which there is continuing disagreement.
49
Sponge off
Take sth from someone by taking advantage of their generosity.
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Drive a wedge between two people
Cause disagreement / hostility
51
Sarcasm
Using the words that mean the opposite of what you really wanna say.
Insult
Show irritation
Or to be funny.
52
Witch hunt
Searching out for persecution of someone accused of
53
Swinging for the fences
Baseball hit the hard to score a home-run.
Make a big effort to do something that is very impressive and important but difficult to achieve.
54
Spastic
Affected by muscle spasm.
Involuntary contraction of muscle that is harmless but can be painful.
55
Ambush
To attack by surprise from an hidden position.
56
Defies
Refuse to obey
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Repeatedly asking someone to do something. Badgering
He badgered her into going.
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Conjecture
Opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
59
Twinkies
60
Castrated
61
Queasy
Cause nausea
62
Sentimental value
Something that you have emotional attachment to
63
Messengering
Send by messenger
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Revere
Feel deep respective and admiration for sth/ someone.
She remained one of the most revered citizen.
Highly regarded / respected and honor
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Etymology
Study of the history of a word.
The origin and meaning and how it has changed over time.
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Riveting
Refers to things that really draw you in like a book you read in one sitting.
Or a music you turn up to hear every lyrics.
Things are capable of arousing and holding your attention.
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Magnificent
Largely impressive
Inspires awe in people who see them.
Awe - feeling of fear mixed with respect and wonder
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Pull the stunt
Do something foolish or dangerous.
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Uphill battle
Very difficult struggle
70
Breathing down my neck
Watching very closely/ and checking everything I do
71
Dentures
A section of false teeth.
72
Collude
When you collude with someone you secretly plot together to do something bad
73
Known someone down a peg
To make (someone) feel less important or proud
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Oxymoron
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
Words / phrase that contradicts itself.
75
Don’t look a gift horse in the mount
The saying means don’t criticize a gift even if you don’t like it.
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Invigorates
Invigorate means to give strength or energy to something or someone
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Refreshing
Invigorates
Invigorate means to give strength or energy to something or someone
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Illusion
Something that’s isn’t real may look real but can be fake
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Felicity
Felicity is a state of happiness or the quality of joy. Sitting on the roof with a telescope and iced tea on a clear, starry night is one way to find perfect felicity — a happy place
80
I have a sense, you have been disseminating some misinformation.
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Crystal clear
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Badger
Bother
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Swerve
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Rub this in or sth.
Rub it in
to talk to someone about something that you know they want to forget because they feel bad about it:
85
Violent
Physical & emotional intensity
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Sublime
worthy of adoration or reverenc
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Delighted
Greatly pleased
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Revolt
Rise up against an authority in an act of rebellion.
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Make waves
Create significant impression
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Suck it up
Informal.
Accept the hardship
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Cleave
Split
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Wilderness
Neglect/ abandon area.
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Abide
Accept
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Exile
Expel expulsion
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In good graces
Liked or thought highly of by someone in authority
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Villain
A character that is evil
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Cogent
Clear logical and convincing
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Blow over
Fade
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I seize the moment when the opportunity struck.
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Trot out
Provide an explanation or piece of information that has been used many time before - informal
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Terrifying
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Ordeal
Painful or horrific experience
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Clumsy
Awkward
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Hollow
Not solid
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Chalk up
Achieve something noteworthy
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Colossal
Extremely large
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Ringer
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Uppity
Arrogant / self important
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Get under the skin
Irritate or upset someone
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Provoke
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Spearhead
Led
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Convene
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Stump
Run , stand , or compete - first office
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Turkey shoot
This is a situation in war where one side has overwhelming advantage.
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Crucified
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Vacillate
Waver back and forth, unable to decide
117
Chickened out
Afraid to do sth
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Slang - crutch
Helper / supporter
119
Slang - crutch
Helper / supporter
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Cockscrew
121
Haze
This is a fog, mist caused by particles in the air.
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Fend off
Defend yourself against.
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Exemplifies
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Bogart
Selfishly keep something
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Raft
Buoyant structure used as a boat
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Dole out
Distribute equally
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Folksy
Sociable and friendly
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Despise
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Where do you get the gall
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Accolade
Gift or honor
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Twiddle
Turn in a twisting or spinning motion
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Atone
Make something right.
Go make up for doing something.
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Blip
134
Stoke
Excited & euphoric
135
The seat next to the driver
Shotgun
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Torpedo
Missile / bombshell fired underwater.
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Embroil
Drag someone into a mess
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Antagonize
Provoke hostility
139
Pitch in
Help with something
140
Provost
Senior of administrative officer in college
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Trot
To move/ to be trotted around, to be moved around
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Grapple for
Fight especially in order to win something
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Take a toll
Cause adverse effect/ cause damage
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Indelibly
Can’t be removed or erased.
145
Renegades a person who deserts or betrays the organization
Renegades
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Blatant lie
Very obvious and offensive
147
Scold
Berate
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That’s was not part of the bargain
That is not what we agreed
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Resolve
Firm determination to do something.
Rebellion from all fronts, I must not lose my resolve, I will march forward even I have to do so alone.
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Lobbying
Lobbying is any attempt by individuals or private interest groups to influence the decisions of government.
151
Glimmer of good fortune
I don’t want promises, just talk to Russo, it’ll give him a glimmer of hope/ good fortune.
Read 1000 books.
152
Scandalous
Sth that is shocking and maybe a little embarrassing or even offensive.
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Indelicate
Offensive and rude
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Solace
Comfort
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Duel
Pre. Arranged fight that involve deadly weapons.
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Affront
An action that causes offense.
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Sliver lining
An advantage that comes from an difficult situation
158
Fell off the wagon
To start to drink after all period when you had none.
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Tie up the loose ends
Complete parts that needed to be finished.
160
Off my rocker
Insane or not thinking properly
161
Viable
Ability to grow and function properly.
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Strong arm him
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Amenable
open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled.
164
Alienate
Make someone feel isolated.
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Adamant
Refusing to be persuaded.
Opposite.
Amenable
166
I sensed a good deal of reluctance. He needed a few days to reconsider.
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Mull over
Time to thinking clearly about something
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Obnoxious
Extremely unpleasant.
169
Someone can be abrasive
She can be a bit tough. Sharply disagreeable,
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Gravitas
Seriousness and importance of manner.
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Prop someone up
to lift and give support to something by putting something under it
172
Prying
Excessive getting interested in other persons private life. Too inquisitive.
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Blindsided caught unprepared
Misjudged
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Booze
Alcohol
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He was better at giving advice than following it.
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Kills both birds with one stone.
177
Harass
Aggressive pressure or intimidation
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You got enough in your plate right now.
179
Break break, bacon
180
Simultaneous
181
Deflected
Change of direction.
182
Inclined to say no or wants to be wooed to say yes.
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Savvy
shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgments.
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Point blank
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Stomping through the woods today
186
Theory without evidence
Speculate
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I have a distaste for hypothetical just like you have a distaste for speculation,
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Ambush
Surprise attack
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Voracious
Insatiable.
Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
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Shackle myself to people I don’t know
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Farce
it's used to describe something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous.
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Vocation
Particular occupation
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Envelop
Verb. Second syllable stress/
Surround with something
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Hiatus
a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.
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Pound the pavement walk in the street in an effort to accomplish something
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Revel in the
get great pleasure from/ enjoy.
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Lure
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Blabbing
Secret - reveal secret
199
Karma
Destiny - fate
200
Cry foul to the ref
protest strongly about a real or imagined wrong or injustice.
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Incompetent
Unskilled
202
Mediocre
Incompetent / not very good
203
Combative
Ready and eager to fight.
204
Pragmatic
dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
"a pragmatic approach to business ethics"
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indentured servitude
Indentured. Formal contract.
206
Servitude
Being a slave to someone more powerful
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Stale
The food no longer fresh or pleasant to eat.
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Smear
Damage the reputation of someone
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Forsaken
Abandon / desert
210
Get out if your jam
Get out of a bad situation
211
Ripped up
212
Confines
Bounded scope
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Be a fly on the wall
Unnoticeable observer of a particular situation.
214
Concierge
Hotel employee who assists guest
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Over the edge
into a mental or emotional state that makes someone completely lose control
216
Drive into the ground
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Under the gun
Under a lot pressure
218
Askew
Not a straight / level position
219
We have you in the ropes
On the verge of defeat or collapse/ helpless
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Take the plunge
Make a decision to do something especially after thinking about it for long time.
221
Hysterectomy
Procedure to remove the uterus.
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Wild goose chase
Foolish and hopeless pursuit of something unattainable
223
Slings and arrows
Unpleasant things that happen to you, and that are not your fault.
224
Turbulence
225
Stodgy
Dull and out of style/ even hard to digest.
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Ulterior motive
Concealed meaning / intention of doing something.
227
Step it up a notch
Increase the effort or intensity exerted in a situation
228
Knee jerk reactionn
Irrational , impatient
229
Savor these moments
When you savor something you enjoyed it to the fullest.
230
At my discretion
done if, how, when, etc., someone chooses to do it.
231
Re-evaluate
Re examine
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Slop
233
Endorse
234
Severance
Dismissed from employment. Fired. Discharged.
An action of ending a connection or relationship
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Wither
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Withers
Become dry and shriveled.
Wrinkled and contracted . Droop
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Bellman also known bellhop
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Photogenic.
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Sodomize
Have anul intercourse with someone
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Slinging
Throwing
241
Junkets
242
Preposterous
contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
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Circumstantial
Full details or specific about something
244
Implicate
To connect / involve in something
245
Incriminate
Make someone appear guilty of wrongdoing
246
Disheveled
Extremely disorderly.
247
Junkets
Pleasure trip often paid by someone else.
248
Proxy
A person authorized to act for another
249
Insulate
250
Bankrolling
Support someone financially.
251
Hands are tied
Unable to act freely because sth is preventing it / law / rule
252
Condone
Allows / accept
253
Far fetched
Unlikely/ unconvincing and implausible
254
Speculate
Theory without evidence.
255
Recant
Take back
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Tizzy
State of nervous excitement/ agitation
257
Clench
Press or squeeze tightly.
Clenching fist.
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Flinch
Make a quick nervous movement in reaction to fear/ or surprise
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Hesitant
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Brute
Savagely violent person /animal.
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Pull a rabbit out of the hat
to find or obtain a sudden solution to a problem
262
Prerogative
An exclusive privilege or right
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Infiltrate
Enter or gain access to
264
Mercenaries
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Walk on eggshells
Be very cautious
266
Derisive
Expressing contempt or ridicule,
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Unsubstantiated
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Combat
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Combative
Eager to fight / contend
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Put your neck in the noose
to deliberately do something which will put you in danger or in a difficult situation.
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Slurp
Sucking your food noisily into your mouth.
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I’m in a Pickle
I’m a mess/ difficult situation
273
Whisk
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Lambaste
Criticize harshly
275
Pervert
People with sexual behaviours that are considered unacceptable
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Maniac
Psycho
277
Humming
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Riveting rivet - faster that holds sth closed/ down.
Riveting - keeps you glued to your seat or and grabs your attention
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Dead in the water
you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.
280
Slander
Action or crime of making false statements.
281
Heartstrings
Your deepest feelings of love and compassion.
282
Confer
Discuss / exchange opinions
283
Goad
Provoke
284
Concoction
a mixture of various ingredients or elements.
285
Concoction
Elaborate story especially fabrication.
286
Disguise
287
Hand in glove
Work together
288
Phytoplankton and a whale
Symbiotic relationship
289
Sneak / snuck
290
Abate
291
Disservice
Harmful action
292
Dismantles
Take into pieces
293
Disingenuous
Not truthful
294
Registration
295
Court someone
Date, or be involved with romantically, typically with the intention of marrying.
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He won’t budge
297
Medieval
Something so backwards that it can be practically be from the Middle Ages.
Character from medieval like cruelty.
298
Inscribe
299
Extend an olive branch
Offer to make peace or reconcile.
300
Grind to a halt
Gradually slow down or loss momentum and then stop altogether.
301
Furlough
suspension or discharge of a worker or workers on account of economic conditions or shortage of work,
302
Cobbled together
To do something very quickly and not very carefully.
303
Deaf ears
Fail to be heard
304
Hubcaps
A part of a wheel covering
305
Endowed
Provided or equipped with
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Revolt
Rise up against the authority
307
Imminent
About to happen
308
Traction
The support and interest needed for something to make progress or succeed.
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Drag someone down
310
Appeal
Not as inlaw.
I should have thought about this before, appeal to the heart and not the brain.
Arouse sympathetic response.
311
Conviction
Can also mean, a firmly held believe, or opinion.
I admire your convictions
312
You become immune to flattery.
If it did it won’t deserve as a compliment in the first place.
Something that won’t soften my resolve.
313
Loafers
314
I’m gonna stick to my guns on this one.
315
To vote yes without a moment hesitation.
316
Contributed an awful lot to your campaign
317
He was insulted
318
Assaulting the target
319
Accolade
Mark of acknowledgment
320
Recliner has a cup of holder
321
Dignify
Make it see worthy or impressive.
I’m not gonna dignify that with an answer.
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Enigma
Puzzling
323
Spinsters
Unmarried woman
324
Elegant
Pleasingly grateful, stylish in appearance, or manner.
325
Scrutinized
Critical observation.
326
Nitpicking
Finding and pointing minor faults
327
Loosen his grip
328
Why the sudden change of heart
329
I’m here as long as necessary.
330
Enactment
Process of making the law.
331
Brawl
Fight/ quarrel in a rough or noisy way.
332
Sweep under the rag
333
Off the bitten path
Isolated place.
334
The directions were great, easy as pie.
335
Vilify
Spread negative information about.
336
Frenzy
337
Could raise eyebrows
Suspicion
338
Illustrious
Been lustrous.
For example. When someone has had successful work history, you may say their career is illustrious.
Well known, respected admired for past achievements.
339
Lustrous
It’s brilliant in a shiny sense.
340
Tout
Praise, boat , brag about something
341
Proclaim
Declares
342
Don’t inflate your status
You are nothing but errand boy
343
Delegates
Representatives
344
Behest
Persons orders or command.
We are here behest of our mutual friend 4
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Bypass him
346
Dodging
347
Revive
Restore
348
Back channel
Method of communication or discussion that is not direct or made public.
349
Ascribe
Attribute
350
Faint - barely perceptible.
Faintest shift
351
Trepidation
Fear or anxiety about something.
352
Hyperbolic
Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
353
Where are your allegiances to x or Y.
Silence, they were two mistake, they were two mistake, both of them mine.
354
Accusations/
355
Sacred
Hallowed. Connected to God
356
Scalp a ticket. Sell a ticket often for profit.
357
Indifferent
Have no particular interest
358
Rattled
Make feel nervous
359
Precludes
Prevent from happening
360
Parry
Block or evade a movement.
361
Worthy his salt
Competent at his job. Good at his job.
362
Be on the ropes
Be in serious trouble/ likely to fail.
363
Hook
Device, also in boxing , hard swinging hit made by bent elbow.
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Attribution
365
Carrot and the stick
Carrot - reward / stick - punishment.
366
Sidetracked
367
Conduit
Artificial channel in which water is conveyed.
368
Concoct
Fabricate
369
Lock horns
Engage in conflict.
370
Mound
A rounded mass projecting above a surface.
371
Colluding
Conspire
372
Duke it out
To fight
373
Strong arm
Force / violence
374
Devolve grow worse
Pass on or delegate
375
Nuptial
Wedding
376
in someone's good graces,"
You regard them with favor
377
Self assertion
Confidence that you have in speaking firmly about your opinion and demanding the rights that you believe you should have.
378
Brash
Self assertive in a rude noisy and overbearing way. Overbearing tending to overwhelm.
379
Notch in the belt
Remarkable Success or achievement.
380
Conjure up
Present to the mind, imagine
381
Broth
Soup with meat and vegetables
382
Accomplice
383
Abet
Encourage . Abetting a crime.
384
Sabotage
Deliberate destroy or damage
385
Being taken
Very interested or attracted to.
386
Hard to swallow
Difficult to believe or accept.
387
Toy ing
Play with
388
Bend over backwards
Try very hard to do something good or helpful
389
Discredit everything I say. Say not to be true/ correct.
390
I held my end of the bargain.
391
You are on the verge of making an irreversible mistake Mr president.
392
Adrift
Left to float not being tied it anchored
393
Pony up
Pay money for
394
Thwacking
Hit something making a short loud sound.
395
Prosecution - criminal matters or plaintiff in civil matters
Defendant . The accused
396
Prospects
Possibility if something good might happen in the future.
397
Feline
Cat / member of cat family.
398
Take your offer under advisement
399
Mezzanine
a low story between two others in a building, typically between the ground and first floors.
400
Sapping
Drain / deplete something over time.
401
Sumptuous
Splendid & expensive looking
402
Meddling
Getting involved in something despite that fact that your participation is completely unwanted.
403
Scramble
Move quickly in a disorganized fashion like people running to get out of rain.
404
Wave the wand
Make a bad/difficult situation better even though it’s impossible.
405
Punching bag. As idiom
A person who is criticized or punished as a way of other people to express angry feelings.
406
Lashed out
407
Desolate
Feels deserted lonely
For a place, there nothing there.
408
Buzzing
409
Serial Monogamists
410
Blanket
Broad
411
Galvanize
Stimulate or incite someone into action.
412
Blatant , condone, egregious - outstanding bad, shocking
413
Spell out
Explain in detail
414
Bereaved
In deep sorrow for losing their loved one.
415
Gossip mongering
Promoting/ spreading
416
Im gonna turn in
I’m gonna go to bed
417
Upward mobility has ceiling with the underwood’s.
418
Intertwined
419
Invariably
in every case or on every occasion; always.
420
Sticking up
Informal word.
Stands for rob.
421
Flack
Publicist
422
Fictitious
Not real/ true
423
Vehemently
Do with energy and passion
424
Worked up
Upset/ angry
425
Overtures
Can mean. A suggestion designed to get a reaction.
Can also mean a piece of music played before a an opera.
426
Contingency
An event you not sure it will happen or not.
427
Bow out
To give up something
428
Loathed
Intense dislike
429
Libelous
Harmful and often untrue
430
Not bat an eye / eyelash.
Not showing a sign of surprise or worry when something unexpected happen.
431
Desperate men are capable of anything
432
Thank you for that unsolicited advice
433
We can’t make an allegation we can’t back up.
434
Inclination
Leaning towards
435
I’ll steal you back in a heartbeat
436
The story just broke.
437
Give out
Run out. Completely used up.
438
Presuming guilt before innocence
I’m a lawyer, I presume nothing the public does not a law degree.
439
Your advisement has been is noted
440
Lose steam - reduce intensity of something
441
I don’t peddle my goods for who pays the highest retainer.
Peddle try to sell.
Retainer a fee paid in advance.
442
Case in point
An instance or example that illustrates what is being discussed.
443
You can’t have it both ways
You can’t have your have your cake and eat it.
444
Awestruck
To be awestruck is to be full of complete wonder, amazement, or dread for something.
445
Liberty
Freedoms of choice / freedom
446
Demolish
447
Matching orders
Instruction for superior officer.
448
Proactive can appear defensive
449
Delegate, contract, compromises, authority over him.
450
Throttle
Device controlling flow of power / fuel into an engine.
We are flying full throttle into a hurricane and you are talking about office politics instead of focusing so we don’t get ripped apart.
451
Despair
Complete loss or absence of hope
452
Plastered
Given a lot of space on the page and made very noticeable
453
Allude
Suggest
454
Noncommittal
Not showing or revealing commitment to define an opinion or course of action
455
Be at liberty to do something
Be allowed to do something.
456
Grasping at straws
Trying to find someway to succeed when nothing you choose is likely to work
457
Intractable
458
You seem more concerned than you are letting on
459
Whirring
460
Jack of all trades
461
Anything and everything you ask of me
462
Inkling
A slight knowledge or suspicion; hint
463
Volunteer them, as a gesture of cooperation, don’t her poring golf everyone of my comings and going.
464
Ostensibly
Ostensibly is an adverb you use to talk about something that looks one way, but underneath there's the hint of a different motivation for that action.
465
You really gonna toss yourself off the cliff for frank.
I have zero allegiance for the underwood’s
466
Supremely disappointed
467
Phenomenal
Extraordinary
468
Orchestrated deception
469
Before I have proof to substantiate that
470
The buck stops with me
you have to take responsibility for something and will not try to pass the responsibility on to someone else
471
Keep the watch as token of good faith
472
Prerogative
Exclusive right or privilege
473
Emancipation
474
Prestigious
475
Devastated
Destroyed
476
Achilles eel
specific weakness or vulnerability that might lead to failure
477
Resolute
Purposeful and determined person, someone who wants to do something defy much and don’t let anything in his way.
478
Not full time damage control, I’m trying to be productive.
You are telling me go undermine the president.
Will that be too bad, will you not stand to benefit, wouldn’t the country.
479
Speculate
480
Of one’s own accord
voluntarily or without outside intervention.
481
Pop out of the woodwork
Appear suddenly usually because one has seen the opportunity to take advantage of.
482
Inexcusable
Too bad to be justified or tolerated
483
Beside himself
Over one with worry or anger, distraught
484
Amplified that perception
485
Oblique
In a slanting position or direction.
Figuratively, indirect or purposefully misleading
486
Don’t let things get under your skin
487
Naive, I’m the one who pulled you from under the cover, you were hiding, you and your bills, and you tell yourself whatever you want.
488
Disconcerting
Making one feel unsettled
489
Wither on the vine
fail to be implemented or dealt with because of neglect or inaction.
490
Reverence
Deep respect for someone or something.
491
Deride
Express contempt or ridicule
492
Ruthless pragmatism.
Three of us, we are cut from the same cloth.
493
Predicament
494
Lying through his teeth
To tell someone something that you know is completely false
495
Contention
Heated disagreement.
496
You can teach an old liberal an old trick.
497
Throw the towel
Stop trying something because you realized you can’t not succeed.
498
Whip votes
Exert pressure on the member by a leader to vote the way leadership wants.
Whip can figuratively mean, to pushing someone / enforce discipline on the party of others.
499
Hubris is giving you delusions grandeur
Grandeur
500
Downer
A drug that reduces excitability and calms the person.
501
Surefire
Certain to be successful
502
Resonate
Be received or understood.
503
Squeaks by
Informal
Succeed something by a very narrow margin
504
I’ll file the dice / I’ll take the chances.
505
I wrecked them I can repair them
506
Despair
A complete loss or absence of hope
507
A shadow of the doubt
508
Scruples
Is kind like having conscience. Morals / scruples make you act a certain way you think is right
509
Elicits fear /
510
Fall on one’s sword
to resign from one's position as a result of failure, wrongdoing, etc
511
I’ll sing for my super me. I don’t expect it for free.
512
Leap
Jump
513
You want me to leap off a cliff and hope for a soft landing beneath.
Power vs money he said. He was half right, power if better than money as long as it lasts, but it never lasts.
514
Relinquish
Voluntarily cease to keep or claim. Give up
515
Embroil
Involve deeply in an argument, conflict or difficult situation.
516
Retribution
Punished inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
517
Beacon
Lighthouse or any other signal of guidance.
518
I can never fill your show sir.
to take the place and assume the obligations of another person.
519
Inconclusive
Not leading to a firm conclusion.
520
Uphill battle
Requires a great deal of determination and strength
521
Rumblings
Loud low sounds of confines noise.
522
Devoted
523
Hinges on that
524
Not pull any punches
Speak in an honest way without trying to be kind
525
Dilettante
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge.
526
Linking arms
Collaborate with someone
527
Allegiance
528
Ingrate
Ungrateful person
529
Go bat for
To promote the interest or cause of an advocate
530
Matriculate
Be enrolled at a college or university
531
Husky
532
Preempt
Take action to prevent something from happening
533
Quell
To thorough overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity.
534
Grandstanding
Derogatory.
Showing off.
535
County lines
The boundary between two country
536
Take the gloves off
Be ready to act in uncompromising or ruthless way
537
Fill me in.
538
To in
Kill/ tire someone
539
Give someone a run for his money
Not to let someone to win easily.
540
Singing for my super
Work hard for one’s pay or reward
541
Eclipse
Obscure, darken.
542
Eclipses
Overshadow, be greater in significant than , dominate.
543
Maim
Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfigure or mutilation.
544
Burn through
I’m not like other lawyers you burn through.
Use quickly.
545
Stomp
Walk with heavy steps
546
Throw tantrums
lose their temper in a noisy and uncontrolled way.
547
Thorn on your side
Annoy you.
When someone is a thorn in your side.
A continuous problem to annoy you.
548
Light touch vs tough love
549
You recently taken up surfing
550
Crawling with something
Covered with full if something.
It’s crisping with artist out there. She might find something she likes.
551
Intrigued
Arouse curiosity / interest/ fascinate.
552
Waive
Refrain from applying
553
Stop
Refrain
554
Acclimate
To adapt someone to the new climate, environment,situation or altitude.
555
Woo
You are being charming to make them love you.
556
Deferential
Show or express respect or high regard due a superior or elder.
557
Coming off as patronizing.
apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending.
558
Overshadow
Appear much more prominent or important
559
Antagonize
Make them hostile and unfriendly.
Provoke someone to act angrily.
560
Crooked
Bent, twisted out of place or out of place.
561
Cower
Is to shrink in fear.
562
Clamor
Shout loud and insistently.
563
Was trying to spare you little feelings,
Where is your happy meter now.
564
Deference
Humble submission and respect.
565
Hardhead
Stubborn
566
Shrewd
If you are shrewd in your spending, you can make a small salary go a long way. Use the adjective shrewd to describe a person or thing that is smart or clever in a practical sort of way.
567
Savvy
Shrewdness and practical knowledge, the ability to make good judgments
568
Irrevocable
Not being able to be reversed, changed or recovered. Final.
Irrevocable step.
569
Radical
Something considered extremist or very different from what has come before it. Call it radical.
570
Egotistical, self-centered, egomaniac
Arising from exaggerated sense of self importance.
571
unscrupulous
Having or showing no moral principles/ not honest or fair.
572
Moratorium
Temporary suspension of an activity or law.
573
Shifting under our feet
Situation that constantly changing and can be unpredictable and challenging
574
Slugfest
Tough and challenging contest.
575
Detainment
Arrested
576
Decorum
Proper and polite behavior
577
Reprimand
578
Tarnish
Stain, tainted, spoilt
579
Scrub the stink out of this office
Also run, help me convince him.
580
Obscene
Offensive to moral principles.
581
Palatable
Acceptable to the taste and mind
582
Indulge
You enjoy it take part in something just because you want to.
583
Recklessly bold
Foolhardy
584
Torment
Make suffer emotionally or mentally
585
Roll over
586
Lean
Incline your body against it. Lean on a wall.
Rely for moral support - lean on your friends during the period of distress.
Thin - lean.
587
Collude
Conspire.
Secretly plan/ plot together to do something bad.
588
In contention
Having a good chance of success.
589
Atrophy
590
Set in stone
Definite
591
Revere
Feel deep respect or admiration for
592
Depose
Move from office suddenly and forcefully.
593
Depose
Law.
Testing or give evidence under oath.
594
Disposed
Have a preference for, inclined.
595
Partake
Eat or drink
596
Tyrant
Cruel and tyrant leader.
597
Atrophy
Can be used to describe things that go dull due to lack of use.
Decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse.
598
Outlook
Describe your believe about the future.
599
Perversion
the alteration of something from its original course, meaning, or state to a distortion or corruption of what was first intended.
600
Orchestra
A group of people that plays classical music.
601
Conductor
Guide for orchestra or train conductor in judge of managing passengers onboard.
602
Delectable
Delicious
603
Delight
It’s a source of joy,
Delight is to cause pleasure.
604
Delight
Someone or something that causes happiness.
605
Vehement
Showing strong feeling, forceful, passionate and intense.
606
Clemency
Lenience, mercy.
The clemency your gesture demonstrates.
607
Regret exposing , to non traditional sexual attitudes.
608
It’s far from ideal, the is no ideal other than repealing
Repealing - revoke, annulment.
609
Ancillary
Subordinate, subsidiary , auxiliary , supplementary.
610
Everything hinges on this.
He is adamant
611
I don’t want the deal to fall apart anymore than you do.
612
Applauded
Praise by clapping or showing approval.
613
Topple
Overbalance, become unsteady and fall slowly.
614
Barbaric
Savagely cruel, exceedingly brutal.
615
Endearing
Arousing the feeling of affection and admiration.
616
Endearing
Lovable especially in a childlike or naive way.
Adorable.
617
Charisma
A personal interestingness and attractiveness that enables you to influence others.
618
Paranoia
Unjustified suspicion and mistrust of other people or their actions.
I’m finding it more and more difficult to tolerate your paranoia.
I could say the same with your lies.
619
Imminent
About to happen.
620
Is this some sort of apology or you just want to get something off your chest.
621
Moral epiphany
Sudden and striking realization.
Epiphany.
622
Pucker
Wrinkled
Puckered face.
623
Trifecta
Horse racing bet where the bettor predicts which horses finish first, second and theirs in correct order.
The meaning has broadened to mean three desirable things for example ending hunger, curing cancer and putting an end to war.
624
Budging
Change an opinion / stance.
625
Scald
To burn with or as if with hot liquid or steam.
To subject to the action of boiling water.
To bring to the temperature just below the boiling point.
626
It’s my fault you have no contingency, I’m surprised and dare I say disappointed.
627
She gets in my nerves.
628
Salacious
Characterized by excess or improper emphasis on sexual matters.
I have no interest in salaciousness.
629
Intransigent
Refuse or unwilling to change one’s view or opinion on something.
630
Sabotage
631
We always anticipate a certain level of graft.
Anticipate/ expect.
Graft - bribery or corruption.
632
Egregious
Outstandingly bad and shocking.
633
Hobble
Walk in an awkward way due to injury.
634
You singled me out today on purpose.
If I invite into the meetings there won’t be any kid gloves
Treat someone with kid gloves - treat them gently and carefully.
635
Amateurish
Unskilled or inept.
In ept - not showing no skill.
636
Baton
Stick handled from one runner to the next in a running race.
637
Skeptical
Doubtful
638
Don’t forget to layer up during the winter.
639
Hastily
Quickly
640
Scribble away
To write down very quickly especially using the hand
641
Crashing your party
Come / attend the party uninvited.
642
Solicit
Ask or try to obtain .
That’s not a way to solicit our support, I am not soliciting, I am demanding.
643
Resolute
Someone who purposeful and determined , wants something do much that he don’t let anything come in the way.
644
Prerogative
An exclusive privilege or right.
645
Why are you up all in my business.
646
Overreacting
Acting more emotional than can be justified.
647
Gavel
Court gavel
648
Meek
Quit, gentle and easily imposed on/ submissive.
Imposed on - force to be accepted or put in place.
649
Hands are tied
Unable to act freely because something takes prevents them.
650
Reckless abandon
In a very wild and reckless way
651
Dissent
Publicly disagree with an official opinion or decision.
652
To object
To show disapproval or disagreement
653
Appealing
Make a serious or urgent request.
654
Cynical
Believing that people are motivated purely by self interest. Distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
I’m not appealing to the cynical side.
It pales in comparison to what we are trying to achieve.
655
Sticking to your guns and give them sometime.
It could turn or dissipate.
656
Dissipate
Disappear or cause to disappear.
657
Rampant
Wild or out of control.
Children might run rampant in the shopping mall.
658
The odds are stacked against you,
659
Heed
Pay attention to , take notice of.
660
Crisis
Difficult situation trouble or danger..
Maybe we should wait before we consider this a crisis.
661
You are blowing this out of proportion.
662
How long how you gonna hang that over my head.
I’d like you want me fire you.,
You couldn’t and you know, at least not now.
663
May I offer you some advise sir.
664
Tangentially
In a way that relates slightly to the matter.
It doesn’t tangentially relate to the issue at hand.
665
Prologue
Introduction to the literary work.
666
Vignette
Brief but powerful scene. / short stories.
667
That’s a turn handshake you have.
668
A few I can live with that.
I’m okay with it.
669
Stewards
One employee in a large household to manage domestic concerns.
Shitehouse stewards.
670
Immense
Large in size or intensity
671
Take the wind out of sail
To cause someone to loose confidence or energy.
672
Bird chirps
673
Foment
Stir up public opinion.
674
Shedding tears
675
Devolve
Get worse instead of better.
You can’t let the situation devolve to something nobody can control.
676
Objective
Our goal.
677
Debris
678
You are certain
Yes I am.
679
I want to give my condolences in person.
Chauffeurs - handles other people’s cars.
680
If you had one ounce of decency.
681
Covert
Secret or hidden
Conducting covert operations.
682
Devised
Designed
683
Cessation
A temporary or final ceasing - as of action.
684
Severed
Having been cut off or sliced off.
685
Reprisal
Act of retaliation.
686
Thrilled
Very excited , filled with the pleasure
687
Reservation
Unstated doubts that prevent you from accepting something wholeheartedly.
688
Fortified
Strengthened and protected.
689
Squat
Can also mean to occupy illegally.
690
Formative
Something that made you who you are.
Describes something that made you who you are.
691
Cleft lip & cleft palate
692
Cozy up somebody
To act in a friendly way towards someone.
693
At the verge
At the edge of doing something.
694
Negligence
The act of abandoning something.
695
Bludgeon
Beat repeatedly with a bludgeon or heavy object.
We bludgeon his reputation
696
Silver spoon in her mouth.
Easy life
697
It’s a pity how much ruthless pragmatism is weighed down by family values.
698
Brood
A group of animals
Brood of chickens.
699
Brood over
Think deeply about something that makes one unhappy.
700
Horrendous
Extremely unpleasant, horrifying and terrible.
701
You are not padding the resume but you are fabricating it.
702
Indefensible
Not defensible.
703
Misconstrue
Interpret wrongly
704
Confront
705
Germophobe
Fear of germs
706
Shriek
707
Be up to neck in work
Be very involved in a situation or to have too much of the thing stated.
708
Disgruntled
Angry and dissatisfied
709
Crescent
Shape
710
Anguish
Severe physical or emotional pain or distress.
711
Agonize
When you worry excessive about something you agonize about it.
712
Crib
A young one’s bed.
713
Fall iff the wagon
Return to drinking
714
Admonish
Warm and reprimand someone firmly.
715
Aspersions
To attack one’s reputation or integrity of someone or something
To cast aspersions on his character is proof of desperation.
716
Charlatan
One who pretends to have knowledge
717
Deranged
Crazy, insane
718
Slay
Kill in a violent way
719
He tried to slay the dragon he missed the mark now he has to face the fire.
720
Accentuate
It’s gonna accentuate all take wrong places.
Make prominent / noticeable.
721
She never relented on the face of adversity
722
Whack
723
Stables
Horse facilities.
Seize to amaze
724
Dissuade
Opposite of persuade
725
Be over backwards
Try very hard to do something
726
Correlated
Having a mutual relationship/ connection in which one things affects the other.
727
Avery
Turn away
728
Incapacitated
Lacking in or deprived of strength or power.
729
Disarray
Confused and disorganized
730
Battling
We can keep fighting with you on this
731
Strip away the entire department
To remove.
To gradually reduce something important or something that existed for a long time.
732
Fathom
Understand the difficult situation after much thought.
Smear us.
Destroy someone’s reputation.
733
Ruffled
To make someone loose their composure.
To upset someone.
734
Clamor
Make a demand loudly.
The crowd clamored to see the president.
735
Decoy
Used to lure
736
Ploy
Clever plan that you use to get what you want
737
Off the hook
No loger in a difficult situation or trouble
738
Hone in
Moving forward or focus attention
739
Deafening
So loud that make it impossible to hear.
740
Contenders
Folks vying for a positions.
741
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
742
Pry it off
Use a lever to get something off something else.
743
Suspicious
744
Bites the dust
Fail or comes to an end
745
Despise
Look down on someone with disrespect
746
Disillusion
Make something realize that their belief isn’t not true.
747
Ex parte
Legal.
On or from one side or party only.
748
Optometrist
Testing eyes and correcting them with glasses and contact lens.
749
Billigerent
Eager to fight. Hostile and aggressive.
750
Relentless
Never ceasing.
When you are relentless about something you mean business, you ain’t stopping until you get it done.
751
Acrimonious
Anger and bitter.
Acrimonious dispute about the wages.
752
Dissent
Differ in opinion.
Withhold assent or approval.
Assent.
To agree or approve.
753
Faction
A small organized dissenting group that is within a large one.
Factional - dissentious
754
Despair
Complete loss or absence of hope
755
Dreary
Depressing an lifeless in a rainy day way.
Dreary
I finished work and there was nothing on TV, and the rain wouldn’t stop: What a dreary day.
756
Groomy
757
Bleak
758
Stratospheric
Extremely high.
759
Covet
Desire and envy.
Covert
- secretly.
Overt - openly.
760
Stoop so low
Lower your moral standards.
761
Redeem
To compensate/ make up for the bad aspect of.
Recover/ regain your possession in exchange of a payment.
762
Prevail
To become dominant , to succeed , to successfully persuade someone of something.
763
On someone’s heel
In close pursuit, immediately behind
764
Indelicate
Lack of propriety
765
Eloped
Run away secretly to get married. Especially without parent consent.
766
Fiasco
A complete failure.
767
Partinent
Relevant
768
Its all hands on deck
A situation that requires everyone to work hard in order to achieve a goal
769
Grapevine
Gossip
770
Deplorable
Very poor condition
771
Bigotry
Bigot
When a person is intolerant of other people’s idea/ race / religions.
772
Conversely
On the opposite or on the other hand
773
Vilified
Spread nasty stories about someone
774
Have an axe to grind
Have a private reason for doing it being involved in something.
775
Total
Can mean damage beyond repair
776
Elemental
Basic / primary / essential
777
Obliterate
Annihilate
778
Combatant
A person engaged in fighting during the war.
He is an enemy combatant
779
Pummel
Strike repeatedly with a fist.
780
Deterred
Hindered
781
Virtually
Nearly or almost.
I came virtually bankrupt.
782
Consolidate
Bring together
783
Provincial
Country person.
Of or concerning a province.
784
Thwart
Prevent someone from achieving something
785
Enormously grateful
786
Alimony
Spousal mantainance
787
Phone it in
With low enthusiasm and effort.
788
She called it
Make correct and accurate predictions/ guess.
789
Confidant
A person you share secret with
790
Conflagration
Fire especially large disastrous fire
791
Kindling
Small combustible sticks used for starting fire.
792
Use what is in front and still make it work
Otherwise it’s a failure of imagination.
793
Begets
Give rise to.
794
Violence cannot beget apathy.
795
Clobbered
Hit hard
796
Resonance
Deep voice or powerful ladting effects.
797
Concede
798
Disarray
Confused and disorganized
799
Twilight
A condition of decline following successes.
800
Sully
To attack someone’s good name and try to ruin his reputation.
801
Defer
To comply with another his opinion or wishes.
Put things first a later date.
802
Entrenched
Often refers to views people hold very strongly.
803
They are more entrenched than ever.
804
Evangelical
Someone who is extremely enthusiastic about something.
805
Onerous
Very difficult to deal with.
806
Prop up the status quo.
807
Disgruntled
unhappy, annoyed, and disappointed about something.
Dissatisfied
808
Elusive
Skillful at evading capture
809
Measly
So small that is ridiculous
810
Clandestine
Something that is done in secret.
811
Defiant
Resisting authority
812
Insubordination
813
In distinct
Not clear or sharply defined
814
Chatter
Talk socially.
815
Mountain oysters
Bull testicles
816
Contigent
Determined by conditions or circumstances that follow.
817
Contigent
Subject to change.
818
Proverbial
Widely known or spoken of.
819
The proverbial walk in the woods it’s not for me.
820
Fingers crossed
Hope for good luck
821
Impasse / deadlock
A situation in which no profess is possible because of disagreements.
822
Unhinged
Insane
823
Not easy to accept defeat
824
Rote
Learning a fact by reading it.
825
Tenacious
Not easily letting go or giving up.
826
Famished
Extremely angry
827
Discord
Disagreement
828
Haphazard
Lacking any obvious principles of organization
829
Scoffs
830
He scoffs
The car chirps
831
Lauded
Highly praised and admired.
832
Immoral : unsavory
You make strong alliances with unsavory people.
It’s all becomes clear way too late.
833
Renege
Go back on your word.
834
Having failed from favor or of power or honor.
Disgraced
835
Scrutinize
Examine
836
Infamous
Non for bad reputation.
837
Ambivalent
Having mixed feeling about something.
838
Sometimes things happen without us knowing why.
839
Turn on a dime
Change direction instantly
840
Censure
Express severe disapproval especially in a formal setting.
841
She doesn’t suffer fools
Have little patience with people who you think are stupid of have stupid ideas.
842
Unscathed
Not suffering an injury
843
Plead ignorance
844
Unprecedented ethical violations.
But I don’t regret it.
845
Plausible deniability
846
Versatile
Able to adapt to many different functions
847
Circumstance
The facts about your life.
848
Circumstantial evidence
Does not have evident to back up the details
849
When you allude to something, you don’t talk or mention it specifically.
Alluding that the cop is seating behind you may make your friends not talk about the plans to rob a bank.
850
Dreading
Fear of something bad happening.
851
Indecipherable
Not be able to be read or understood.
852
Party to it and benefit by it
853
Tenacious
854
I’ll prepared and ignorant
855
When you bring yourself down before anybody else, you control how that happens.
856
Crepuscular
Like twilight, dark
857
Adapt to things
Versatile
858
Haphazard
Random / disorganized
859
Miscreant
A person who lies / behaves badly or breaks the law.
