List 1 Flashcards by Milan Sani | Brainscape

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afoot

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in progress

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abound

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to be present in great quantity

abundance

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airtight

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perfect without weakness

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amity

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friendship

amnesty

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apprehend

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to catch and take into custody
to understand

school

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arbiter

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one who settles a dispute

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avert

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to avoid

avert your eyes

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bid

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to make an offer

to order or command

biddie

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brace

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to support

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breadth

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how broad something is

breast

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byway

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side road.

not the highway

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candid

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honest open outspoken

like someone who takes a candid photo

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censure

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to criticize harshly to blame

c in criticize

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chronic

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constant

chronic pain

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complacent

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self satisfied smug

compliments

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confectioner

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maker of candy

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connoisseur

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expert

fancy

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contour

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curve shape

contour lines

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cordial

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polite friendly

cordially invited

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consequential

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important

resulting

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criterion

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factor or quality used to judge something

criteria

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cumulative

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including everything from the beginning

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dabble

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to take a mild interest in something

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decode

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to translate a code into understandable language

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deflate

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to remove air from something

to erase

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demote

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to lower in rank

promote

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dignity

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honor

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directory

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a book of name addresses etc

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discipline

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ability to practice regularly

to punish

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discourse

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speech conversation

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discriminate

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to notice differences

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dishearten

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to discourage

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dismay

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sadness

disappointment

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disrepute

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having a bad reputation

rep

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distant

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unfriendly

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document

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to support with evidence

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dynamics

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the study of motion (physics)

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eccentric

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strange

unusual in an interesting way

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egoist

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one who pays to much attention to themselves

ego

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embrace

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to hug

to accept

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emotive

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emotional

emo

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endow

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to give a talent or quality to someone

to give money to something (institution)

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enlighten

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to inform to make clear

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entity

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object, thing

living being

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equilibrium

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balance

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evade

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to escape from
to avoid

void, case

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exhibitionist

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one who enjoys to show off

has a lot of exhibitions

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extravagance

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wasteful spending

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fabricate

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to create

to lie

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far fetched

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unbelievable

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flourish

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to grow to be successful

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forethought

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thinking beforehand

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fragment

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n. a broken piece

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fraudulent

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fake

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glutton

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one who eats too much

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grandiose

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magnificent

showy

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gregarious

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sociable , friendly

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grove

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small forest or field of trees

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guzzle

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to drink quickly

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habitable

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fit to be lived in

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hangar

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shelter for planes

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haze

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fog, mist

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hibernation

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in animals, the state of sleeping through the winter

inactivity

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hurl

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to throw forcefully

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hypothesis

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assumption, possible explanation

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amass

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to collect a lot of

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belittle

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to criticize