New vocab Flashcards

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intuition

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ability to learn and understand something based on feelings instead of facts

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in the meantime

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the time while something else is happening

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refrain

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avoid or stop yourself from doing something

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blackout

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unconsciousness

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presumptuous

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a person who shows little respect to others, doing things they have no right to do, arrogant

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boundless excitement and energy

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no limit excitement and energy

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chill out

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relax!

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recoil

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move back because of fear or disgust

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reach out (to someone)

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connect with someone

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set in stone

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difficult or impossible to change

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virtue

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a good moral quality in a person

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white lie

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a lie that is told to be polite, stop someone from being upset by the truth

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consensual

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willing agreement of all the people involved

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ravage

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cause great damage to something ( often passive)

This area has been…..by drought

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contempt

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a feeling of disliking or having no respect to something or someone

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infidelity

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an act of having sex somebody not your husband, wife, sexual partner

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fidelity

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honest, lasting support, loyal (to a sexual partner)

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consent

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permission, agreement

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relinquish

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to give up something such as responsibility or claim

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ethical

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morally right

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teary

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likely to cry

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merit

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(advantage) the quality of being good and deserving praised

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demerit

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(disadvantage) or fault

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plea

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an urgent or emotional request

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petition
formal request (in a law court)
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evade
to avoid or escape from someone or something
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substantial
large in size, value, important
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decimation
reduce something severely, kill something in large numbers
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entity
something living apart from other, having independent existence (cultural...., legal....)
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recuperate
to become well again after illness (recovery)
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recuperate from the onus of work
relax after work
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hurtle
move fast (dangerously)
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momentous
very important because of effects on future events
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kin
family or relations (old-fashioned)
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squander
waste money, time, supplies for not using them to your advantage
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a heart of gold
a kind and generous character
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put on an act
to behave, speak in a false, or in a artificial way
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concerted
planned or done together for a shared purpose
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precipitate
cause something to happen
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decency
behaviour that is good, morally accepted
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juvenile delinquency
young committing crimes
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ethic
a system based on morality, accepted beliefs to control behaviour
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destitution
the state of not having home, food, possessions, money
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bolster
support or make something bigger, stronger
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incentive
something that encourage people to do something
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outnumber
to be greater in number than someone or sơmthing