one word 1000-1050 Flashcards

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rhetoric

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the art of elegant speech of writing

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repose

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a condition of rest and feeling calm

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3
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reciprocate

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to give and receive mutually

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4
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retrace

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To do the same which is done just before

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5
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recant

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to disown ones belief

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retinue

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group of attendants and servants going with a person

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reveille

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a sound intended to wake up soldiers

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8
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ransom

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money paid to get a person freed from captivity

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9
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repartee

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quick,witty replies

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10
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refrain

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resist doing something

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11
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rationalist

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someone who emphasizes observable facts

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12
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rattle

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to make or cause to make a rapid succession of short, sharp knocking sound

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13
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remind

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to cause to remember someone or something

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14
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reminisce

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to talk or write about old times, past remembering etc

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15
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responsive

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react quickly and positively

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review

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a formal assessment of something with the intention of instituting change if necessary

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17
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revel

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take great pleasures

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18
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racism

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discriminatory or abusive behavior towards member of an another race

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19
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renegade

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one who forsakes religion

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rebut

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opposing arguments

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21
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rebel

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one who takes up arms againts the government

22
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samaritan

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a person who helps a stranger in a helpless person in difficulty

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scandal

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talk that bring bad reputation to somebody

24
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shrewd

A

விவேகமுள்ள

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sinecure

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a job that you are paid for even though it involves little or no work

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savages

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wild peoples belonging to an uncivilized, undeveloped tribe or group

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surveyor

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a person whose occupation is to survey lands or buildings

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spinster

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a woman who is not married, especially an older woman who is not likely to marry

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stationer

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a person who sells writing material

30
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sculptor

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a person who carves out figures

31
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scaffold

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a platform on which criminals are executed

32
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submerged

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put under the surface of water

33
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spiritualism

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relief that the only reality in the world is spirt

34
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secularism

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the belief that the religion must not be involved in the organization of society education etc

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shrew

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an ill tempered woman

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surreptitious

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one who done secretly

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sever

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to cut something into two pieces

38
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severe

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extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

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stoicism

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indifferent to pleasure or pain

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secular

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a government in which all religion honoured

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sporadic

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occurring at irregular interval of time

42
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sonnet

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a poem of fourteen lines

43
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stale

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a thing or food which is not good

44
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somniloquist

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one who talks while sleeping

45
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somnambulist

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one who walks while sleeping

46
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stickler

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a person who insist something

47
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sterilize

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to free anything from germs , make free from bacteria

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sterile

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incapable of reproducing, deficient in originally or creatively

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scullery

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a place of washing dishes adjoining the kitchen

50
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stub

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short remaining end of cigarette