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My Family and Other Animals Vocab Flashcards

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Progeny

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Offspring

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Sojourn

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Short trip

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Anecdote

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Short story with message

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Prone

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Likely to experience something

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Apathetic

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Indifferent

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Decrepit

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Old and broken down

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Meticulous

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Detailed

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Diminutive

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Extremely small

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Disheveled

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Messy

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Ornate

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Intricately decorated

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Envelop

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To enclose or surround

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Truculently

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Defiantly

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Precarious

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Uncertain, depending on chance

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Vociferous

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Loud and clamorous

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Tinge

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Trace of color

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Luminous

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Emanating light

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Earnest

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Sincere

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Commiseration

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Compassion or sympathy

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Discord

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Lack of harmony

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Peevish

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Bad-tempered

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Implacable

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Relentless or unstoppable

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Emulate

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To copy or mimic

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Bemused

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Puzzled or bewildered

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Pompous

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Self important

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Unorthodox

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Nontraditional

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Coy

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Purposefully shy

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Pretentious

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Excessive

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Lugubrious

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Sad or dismal

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Fervour

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Strong passion

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Supercilious

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Arrogant

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Agog

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Entranced or amazed

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Disconcerting

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Causing unease

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Raucous

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Loud and wild

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Sheepish

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Timid

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Cordial

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Kind and warm

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Tedious

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Long and boring

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Interminable

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Never-ending

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Covertly

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Secretly

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Incredulous

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Unbelievable

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Assiduous

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Diligent or persistent

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Ominous

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Foreboding

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Surreptitious

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Something kept secret

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Alleviate

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To make a bad condition less severe

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Callous

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Harsh

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Dessicate

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To remove moisture

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Rapt

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Totally enchanted

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Prodigious

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Large amount

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Adamant

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Insistent

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Eccentric

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Something strange or weird

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Malevolent

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Wanting to do evil

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Cunning

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Crafty or deceitful

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Protrude

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To bulge

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Dastardly

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Wickedly

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Ineffective

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Not having desired effect

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Impertinent

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Disrespectful

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Intricate

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Detailed and complicated

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Tenacity

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Determination

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Inveigle

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To persuade using deception or flattery

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Formidable

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Fear-inspiring

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Copious

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Large quantity

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Larder

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Chilled pantry

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Patronize

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To compliment condensendingly

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Distraught

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Very upset

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Degenerate

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Corrupt

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Conviction

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Strong opinion

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Invariably

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Always present

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Belittle

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To make something seem unimportant

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Unctuous

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Excessively flattering

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Portly

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Circularly large

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Besmirch

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To damage someone’s reputation

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Spawn

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Collection of offspring

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Candid

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Truthful or sincere

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Languid

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Weak or tired

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Impeccable

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Perfect or faultless

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Glibly

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Spoken fluently but insincerely

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Trifle

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Something with little importance

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Vain

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Producing no result

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Prudent

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Cautious or wise

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Garb

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Clothing of a certain kind

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Incessant

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Continuing without pause or interruption

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Fanatical

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Obsessively concerned with something

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Diffident

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Modest or humble

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Immaculate

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Perfectly clean and tidy

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Celestial

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Relating to heaven or the sky

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Emanate

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To radiate

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Query

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Question

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Monotonous

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Dull or repetitious

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Gingerly

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Cautiously

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Morbid

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Relating to death

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Ardent

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Enthusiastic or passionate

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Imbecile

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Idiotic or stupid

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Vehement

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Passionate or intense

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Ruffian

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Person involved in a crime

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Cad

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Dishonest person

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Rudiment

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Fundamental

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Reticent

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Shy or quiet

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