Midterm prep Flashcards

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Egret

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a large white bird with long legs that is a type of heron;

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Heron

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A large bird with long legs

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  1. Samuel Johnson
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was an English writer. He was a poet and playwright, among other things, but he is most famous for writing A Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755.

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Scruffy

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old and dirty; messy; a scruffy denim jacket; უსუფთაო, ჭუჭყიანი, მოუწესრიგებელი;

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Adage

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a well-known phrase that say something about life and human experience; e.g. He remembered the old adage “Look before you leap”.

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  1. flip side
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the opposite, less good, or less popular side of something; რაიმე მოსაზრების და ა.შ. მეორე / უარყოფითი მხარე;

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Roving

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Traveling from place to place

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Pseudo

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pretended and and not real

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Rapport

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A good understanding of someone in an ability to communicate well with them

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Self preservation

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Behavior based on the characteristics or feelings that warm people or animals to protect them themselves

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Infuse with

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To fill someone or something with an emotion or quality

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Rigidly

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strictly

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unpick

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to remove the stitches from a line of sewing

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13
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Posh

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expensive

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choosy

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picky

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haggle

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To attempt to decide on a price or conditions that acceptable to the person selling the goods and the person buy

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16
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anachronistic

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existing out of its time in history

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funky

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You should describe a salad music usually for dancing with strong Wiz rhythm based on jazz

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render

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cause something to be in a particular state

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obsolete

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Replaced by something newer or better or more fashionable

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state of the art

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very modern

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outstrip

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to become larger than something else

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fringe

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the outer or less important part of an area, group, or activity

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fad

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very popular for a short period of time

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naff

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not stylish or fashionable

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sheepish

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embarrassed because you know that you have done something wrong or silly

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flash in the pan

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Something that happened only once or for a short time, it was not repeated

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die hard

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takes a long time to disappear

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doom

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make someone certain to fail be destroyed

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quirky

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unusual in a attractive and interesting way

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gimmick

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something that is not of real value to attract people’s attention temporarily

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diminutive

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very smalli

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intangible

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impossible to touch

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fractionally

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by a very small amount

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marginally

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slightly

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niche

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a job that is very suitable for someone

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circumlocution

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An indirect way of seeing something, especially something unpleasant

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veganuary

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vegan january

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mainstream

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considered ordinary or normal and accepted or used my most people

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skeunomorphism

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the design concept of making items represented resemble their real-world counterparts

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cogwheel

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A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change speed or direction of transmitted motion

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floppy

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a diskette

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fussy

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Having too much decoration and too many small details in a way that is not stylish

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indie

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Pop music that is produced by small companies that are not owned by large company

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baffling

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confusing

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abating

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becoming less

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alleged

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claimed to be true

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hostility`

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Showing opposition

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endearing

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Make someone like

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vanity

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Being too interested in your own appearance

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ubiquitous

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seen/ done/found everywhere

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plausible

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believable

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mundane

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boring

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allegedly

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Usually something illegal is said to have been done, but not has been proved

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round up

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summary

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