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Part 1 Flashcards

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sulk

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You are silent and bad tempered for a while because you are annoyed about something.

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weepy

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Someone who is weepy is sad and likely to cry easily.

I suddenly felt very weepy.

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gridlock

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  1. a traffic jam, as at an intersection, in which no vehicle can move in any direction
  2. any obstructed condition or impasse
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commemorate

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to have a ceremony or build a monument to honor a person or an event.

A monument was erected in 1901 to commemorate the Russians who fell.

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conceive

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1.To conceive is to get pregnant, to coming up with a plan or to imagine something.

While I sympathized in concept, the very nature of his capabilities were so awesome to me, I couldn’t conceive the ramifications of broadening them.

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ramification

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The ramifications of a decision, plan, or event are all its consequences and effects, especially ones which are not obvious at first.

The book analyses the social and political ramifications of AIDS for the gay community.

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brevity

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the quality of being brief
the quality of being concise; terseness

Owing to the brevity of the speeches, we finished early.

The bonus of this homely soup is the brevity of its cooking time.

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earmark

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noun. ..The definition of an earmark is a characteristic, an allocation of money in legislation, or a mark on the ear of an animal.
verb. .. is defined as to mark or to set aside something for a specific group.

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pet project

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promising project

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override

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reject

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head over heel

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I’m head over heels with Indian cuisine!

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pundit

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someone who is an expert or authority in a specific field

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futile

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something that won’t succeed or is unimportant

=unproductive=useless=inefficient

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inside the Beltway

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“Inside the Beltway” is a phrase that we use to talk about Washington insiders. If we label something as “inside the Beltway,” it means that it may be disconnected from reality and only relevant to people working in the
field of politics. That means it has nothing to do with the lives of ordinary people.

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appealing

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adj. something that is attractive or inviting

verb. asking for something you want or need

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legitimate

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The definition of legitimate is within the rules, correct or accepted as proper. It also refers to a person whose parents are married when he or she is born.

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talking head

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someone who has little to say but talks a lot (often used for those on television slang)

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rub the wrong way

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It comes from petting a cat. If you rub a cat one way, it will like it, but if you rub it the wrong way, it will get annoyed.

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tangy

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having a tang, or pleasantly sharp flavor

The clear broth held a tangy, rich flavor, like spiced butter.

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crack my knuckle

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or sip your coffee….

you rub me the wrong way!

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tang

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a strong taste or odor or sound

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set aside

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If you set something aside for a special use or purpose, you keep it available for that use or purpose.

Some doctors advise setting aside a certain hour each day for worry…

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filibuster

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noun…Filibusters are defined as actions, such as long speeches, that stop a legislative assembly from progressing.

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jabber

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verb. ..defined as to talk quickly and to babble nonsense

noun. .. excited, fast and often nonsensical talk

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spin one’s wheel

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to waste time; to remain in a neutral position, neither advancing nor falling back.
I’m just spinning my wheels in this job. I need more training to get ahead. The whole project was just spinning its wheels until spring.

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compromise

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to negotiate a solution between two sides with different goals and view points

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cynic

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a pessimist

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pipedream

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an unrealistic unattainable goal

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judicial

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[dʒuˈdɪʃəl]

30
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bypass

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To bypass is to provide an alternative way around, or to get around something.

Congress can bypass the presidential veto.
If you take a shortcut to avoid traffic, this is an example of a time when you bypass traffic.

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get around

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If you get around a rule or law, you find a way of doing something that the rule or law is intended to prevent, without actually breaking it.

Although tobacco ads are prohibited, companies get around the ban by sponsoring music shows.

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protocol

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  1. an original draft or record of a document, negotiation, etc.
  2. in science and medicine, a formal set of rules and procedures to be followed during a particular research experiment, course of treatment, etc.
  3. a set of rules governing the communication and the transfer of data between machines, as in a computer system
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rotunda

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A rotunda is a round building or room, especially one with a round bowl-shaped roof.

A: “Did you hear about Jeff? He went on a rotunda tour with his Senator!”
B: “I’m so jealous; I’ve wanted to do that for years!”

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blabber

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to talk foolishly or incoherently

35
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unseat

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to remove from office, deprive of rank, etc.

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incumbent

[ɪnˈkʌmbənt]

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Incumbent is defined as the person who is already in an elected office.

adj…
1.lying, resting, or pressing with its weight on something else
2.currently in office
In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.

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side-splitting

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Something that is side-splitting is very funny and makes you laugh a lot.

38
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get across

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She didn’t speak English, so it was difficult to get across my meaning.

39
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get by

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to survive; to manage

I didn’t like living in Canada, but I got by

40
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get down

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to party; to dance

Are you in the mood to get down today?

41
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get off

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to finish; to dismount

Get off your horse before you talk to me.

42
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get in

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to arrive

I got in from Tokyo yesterday.

43
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trample

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to step on harshly or repeatedly

44
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epiphany

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sudden realization

45
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migraine

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painful headache

46
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backshift

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(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.

47
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front

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If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality.

Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home…

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filibuster

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obstruct deliberately by delaying; of legislation

Senator Seymour has threatened a filibuster to block the bill.

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plagiarism

[ˈpledʒəˌrɪzəm]

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Plagiarism is the act of copying or stealing someone else’s words or ideas and passing them off as your own work.

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hike

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noun. ..A hike is a sudden or large increase in prices, rates, taxes, or quantities.
verb. ..To hike prices, rates, taxes, or quantities means to increase them suddenly or by a large amount.

His economic plan, with its tax hikes and spending cuts, will slow the economy.

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naught

[nɔt]

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nothing

All our good planning came to naught.

If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful, you can say that your efforts come to naught.

52
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smell like

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to appear to be

They would filibuster any legislation that even smells like a tax hike.
Usually it is not a positive indication.

A: “What do you think of the President’s new spending proposal?”
B: “I’m not so sure; it smells more like a political move than an actual plan.”

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tactic

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Tactics are the methods that you choose to use in order to achieve what you want in a particular situation.

54
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daub

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When you daub a substance such as mud or paint on something, you spread it on that thing in a rough or careless way.

The make-up woman daubed mock blood on Jeremy…

55
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unto

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Unto was used to indicate that something was done or given to someone.

I will do unto others what they did to me.

56
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prosthetic

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Prosthetic parts of the body are artificial ones used to replace natural ones.

prosthetic leg

57
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to mock at

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to make a joke about

58
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setback

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A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress that you have made.

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to take … to heart

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He won’t take such trifles to heart.

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trifle

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A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance.

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to look up to

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If you look up to someone, especially someone older than you, you respect and admire them.

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to pick oneself up

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When you pick yourself up after you have fallen or been knocked down, you stand up rather slowly.

Anthony picked himself up and set off along the track.

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impoverish

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Something that impoverishes a person or a country makes them poor.

We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.

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eradicate

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To eradicate something means to get rid of it completely.

If tedious tasks could be eradicated, the world would be a much better place.

65
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tedious

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If you describe something such as a job, task, or situation as tedious, you mean it is boring and rather frustrating.

Such lists are long and tedious to read.

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hemorrhage

[ˈhɛmərɪdʒ]

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serious bleeding inside a person’s body

67
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indigenous

[ɪnˈdɪdʒənəs]

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Indigenous people or things belong to the country in which they are found, rather than coming there or being brought there from another country.

68
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surge

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If something surges, it increases suddenly and greatly, after being steady or developing only slowly.

The Freedom Party’s electoral support surged from just under 10 per cent to nearly 17 per cent..

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infectious

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A disease that is infectious can be caught by being near a person who has it.

These viruses affect children and are highly infectious.

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ward off

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To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you.

Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera([ˈkɑ:lərə]霍亂).

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to be on alert against

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be careful about

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