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S1 Final Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Acquiesce

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Accept something without protest

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Abrogate

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Repeal, get rid of

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Adulation

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Flattery, excessive admiration

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Affectation

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Something that is artificial and designed to impress

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Altercation

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Public argument or disagreement

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Altruistic

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Unselfish

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Ameliorate

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Make something better

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Anomaly

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Something that deviates from what is normal / expected

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Arduous

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Difficult, requires effort, tiring

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Auspicious

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Predicting future success

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Banal

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Lacking in originality, boring

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Bane

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Cause of great distress or annoyance

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Beleaguered

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To lay siege to

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Bellicose

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Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight

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Choleric

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Bad tempered

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Clandestine

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Kept secret

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Cogitation

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Thinking deeply about something

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Consummate

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Make a relationship complete by having sex

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Contemptuous

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Showing contempt, scornful

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Convivial

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Friendly, lively, joyful

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Culpable

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Guilty, deserving blame

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Debacle

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A failure, fiasco

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Defray

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To cover money to pay a cost or expense

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Desecrate

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Treat a sacred place or thing with disrespect, violate

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Didactic

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In The manner of a teacher, intended to teach, educational, moral instruction

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Digress

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Leave the main subject

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Duplicity

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Deceitful, dishonest

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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad, appealing (steeping in water with socks on bad)

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Enervate

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Cause something to feel drained of energy, weakened

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation

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