Old Word Set 1 Flashcards
1
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abysmal
A
super bad
2
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abyss
A
bottomless pit
3
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adversary
A
opponent
4
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ailment
A
minor illness
5
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amiable
A
pleasant, friendly
6
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annihilate
A
completely destroy
7
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arid
A
very dry/no rain
8
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autobiography
A
an account of a persons life by that person
9
Q
banter
A
playful and friendly remarks
10
Q
bondage
A
captivity, being enslaved
11
Q
bridle
A
straps on a horses head to control them
12
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candid
A
truthful and straightforward
13
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ceaseless
A
unending
14
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coarse
A
1) rough
2) rude
15
Q
confide
A
to tell someone a secret with the hope that they keep it
16
Q
cumbersome
A
clumsy
17
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din
A
loud, continuing noise
18
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exploit
A
to take advantage of
19
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flimsy
A
frail
20
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fraud
A
lie for financial gain
21
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frisky
A
playful and full of energy
22
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insipid
A
boring, lacking flavor
23
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jeer
A
to make rude or mocking remarks
24
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juvenile
A
young or immature
25
naive
innocent or lacking good judgement
26
obliterate
completely destroy
27
origin
beginning
28
perspire
sweat
29
receptacle
container
30
spite
desire to hurt, annoy, or offend someone
31
strewn
scattered about/spread things untidily over a surface
32
sullen
gloomy, sulky
33
tiresome
boring
34
tranquil
calm
35
treacherous
false or dangerous
36
vigor
strength
37
vile
very unpleasant, disgusting
38
xenophobia
fear of something foreign
