Reading2 Vocabulary4 Flashcards

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Alienated?

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-feeling separate or unwelcome

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2
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Bland?

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-not interesting, lacking of strong flavor

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Countless?

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-very many

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4
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Diminish?

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-to reduce in size or importance

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Dismiss?

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  • to decide that something is not worth considering

- entlassen

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Distinct?

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-separate; clearly different

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Distribute?

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-to spread over a large are

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Erosion?

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-the gradual weakening or wearing away of something

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9
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Icon?

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-a famous person or thing that represents something of importance

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10
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Incrementally?

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-happening in a series of small steps

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Inevitably?

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  • certainly; impossible to avoid or prevent

- zwangsläufig, unweigerlich

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Influx?

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  • the arrival of a large amount of things or people

- Zustrom, Zufluss

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Intricate?

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  • having a lot of small parts arranged in a very complicated way
  • kompliziert, verwickelt
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Profanity?

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  • offensive, or bad, language

- Fluch, Gotteslästerung

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Profound?

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-felt or experienced strongly

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16
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Relegate?

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  • to put someone or something at a lower rank (-degradieren)

- verweisen, verbannen

17
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Static?

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-not changing; remaining the same

18
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Unfounded?

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  • not based on facts; untrue

- unbegründet, grundlos

19
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Cultural leveling

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-culture that were once distinct become increasingly similar

20
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Proximity?

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-nearness in space or time

21
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Accused?

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  • charged(beschuldigt) with a crime

- angeklagt

22
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Flawed?

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  • an imperfection, damaged, defective

- > fehlerhaft

23
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Originated?

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  • to come or bring into being

- >entstehen

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Imprinted?

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  • to produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure

- bedrucken, prägen

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Intrinsic?

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  • relating to the essential nature of a thing

- >inner, wesentlich