Manhattan 2 Flashcards

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garish

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showy or too brightly colored:

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2
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lurid

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shocking because involving violence or sex:

too brightly coloured:

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augur / portend

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to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future:

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4
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risible

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so lacking in quality or usefulness that it deserves to be laughed at:

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5
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nefarious

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(especially of activities) morally bad:

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6
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incarcerate

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to put or keep someone in prison:

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teeming

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If a place is teeming, it is full of people:

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wrought

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made or done in a careful or decorative way:

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9
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taxonomy

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the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

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10
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orthography

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the accepted way of spelling and writing words

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11
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ape

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to copy something or someone:

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12
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malignity

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the quality of intending to cause harm

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voluminous

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A voluminous piece of writing is long and detailed:

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deft

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skilful, clever, or quick:

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15
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exhilarated

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very excited and happy:

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16
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undertone

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a quality of something that you realize exists although it is not expressed directly:
in a very quiet voice:

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infatuated

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having a very strong but not usually lasting feeling of love or attraction for someone or something:

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platonic

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A platonic relationship or emotion is loving but not sexual:

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19
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categorical

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unambiguously explicit and direct.

unequivocal

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20
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amend

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to change something, especially the words of a text:

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21
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Interpret

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to change what someone is saying into another language:
find meaning
to express

22
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tetchy

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easily made angry, unhappy, or upset:

23
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beguiling

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interesting or attractive, but perhaps not to be trusted:

24
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oviparous

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animals producing eggs

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vestments
the special clothes worn by priests during church ceremonies
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bijoux
jewellery
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verdigris
a blue-green layer that forms on copper, brass, or bronze
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sanguine
red in colour:
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azure
the bright blue colour of the sky on a clear day:
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suffuse
to spread through or over something completely:
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Pluralistic / pluralism
the existence of different types of people, who have different beliefs and opinions, within the same society:
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cleaved
to cut or break into two or more parts:
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tenable
reasonable, or possible to achieve or defend:
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Otiose / otiosity
serving no practical purpose or result.
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Unheralded
not acclaimed or widely recognized
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curio
a rare, unusual, or intriguing object.
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stigma
a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when this is unfair:
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aural
relating to hearing:
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ennobling
give (someone) a noble rank or title.
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Fetter
to keep someone within limits or stop them from making progress:
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imperative
extremely important or urgent:
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nonconformist
someone who lives and thinks in a way that is different from other people
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vortex
a dangerous or bad situation in which you become more and more involved and from which you cannot escape:
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amity
a good relationship:
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solace
to give help and comfort to someone when they are feeling sad or worried
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distension
the act of swelling,
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prudish
easily shocked by rude things, especially anything relating to sex:
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impoverished
very poor: | made weaker or worse in quality:
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refuge
(a place that gives) protection or shelter from danger, trouble, unhappiness, etc.:
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Arcadian
showing or relating to an image or idea of perfect countryside life: