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informal words Flashcards

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Beckon

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invite or attract someone

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Apt

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perfectly appropriate

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Irrefutable

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impossible to deny

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Forge

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create something strong with large effort

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Hamper

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slow down progress

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Inept

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wrong, unable to do well

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Brittle

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hard but easy to crack

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Exacting

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requiring and demanding accuracy

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Morph

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change in shape; to become something new

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Baffles

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confused

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Profuse

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grow or produce in a large number

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Augment

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enlarge or improve

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Urbane

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sophisticated, confident and polite

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Rebound

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increase after a low point

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Nuance

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small detail, small difference in detail

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Pseudonym

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false name used in public

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Fastidious

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giving attention to detail

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Iull

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short period of calm or inactivity

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Erode

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slowly destroy by rain or wind

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Craze

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something popular for a short period of time

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Plausible

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possibly true, realistic

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Perpetuate

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to cause to continue

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Agile

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move quickly and lightly

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Oblong

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longer in one direction

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Oblivious

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unaware unconscious

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Arduous

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difficult and requiring a lot of effort

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Abstain

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to chose not to do something

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Ensue

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to happen as a result

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Dreary

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sad and boring or colorless

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Sheer

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only, nothing other than, outright, completely

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Predominant

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common. Most frequent

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Subsume

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contain or include

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Anomalous

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not normal, aberrant,

Backassward.

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Elude

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not to be caught

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Stall

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to delay to get more time

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Confer

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meet and discuss before deciding

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Ominous

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giving a feel that something bad will happen

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Refute

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to prove something to be false

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Innate

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existing from birth, not learned

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Intrinsic

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belonging to the most basic nature of something, impossible to remove

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Thrive

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to go strong and healthy

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Jagged

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uneven and sharp

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Proliferate

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to grow in number quickly

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Blatant disregard

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showing no regard

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Jolt

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setback or reverse, move abruptly, sharp movement

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Consensus

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agreement, unity, unison

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Dazed and speechless

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unable to think clearly

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Miniature

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small scale or reduced scale

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Treasure trove

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a collection or store of valuable or delightful things

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surreal

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unreal, bizarre, unusual

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Flagship product

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the best or most important thing owned or produced by aparticular orgz

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nitwit

urchins

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stupid person

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Superfluous

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more than it is needed

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Harness

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take control and use it

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Affluent

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wealthy

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Elicit

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to cause feelings to come out

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Pivotal

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extreme important in order to succeed

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Profound

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extremely strongly felt

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Ragged

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uneven edges, torn

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Meager

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not enough

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Implausible

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describing a statement that is not true

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Colossal

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extremely large

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Paradox

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a situation that seem impossible because it is made of two opposite things

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Viable

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possible to do

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Ingenuity

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quality of being clever or original.

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Potent

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with a very strong effect

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Brisk

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energetic and quick

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Apprehension, apprehensive-

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feeling that something bad will happen

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Novel

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interestingly new or different

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Interspersed

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to place among or in-between things

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Remnants

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a small piece that is left when most is gone

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Tenacious

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unchanging and stubborn.

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Waive

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to say officially that a requirement isn’t required

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Upheaval

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a sudden and large change.

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Irrevocable

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impossible to reverse

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Dormant

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inactive now but will be later

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Feature

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to break something esp.hard

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Obsolete

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old, not in use again

informal words (10 decks)

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