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Verb Flashcards

1
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Rekindle passion/love

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To cause strong, positive feelings for someone or something again

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Fast-paced / slow-paced

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Moving or developing quickly / slowly

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3
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Woke

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Aware. Especially of social problems such as racism and inequality

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4
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Fondly

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With affection

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5
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Evocative

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Making you remember or imagine something pleasant

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Unputdownable

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A book which so interesting you can’t stop reading it

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7
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Hangry

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Angry because you’re hangry

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Gripping

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Extremely interesting holds your attention

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Facetious

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Treating a serious topic in an inappropriately humourous way

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Unabashedly

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Without embarrassment / shame unapologetically

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Illuminating

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Providing clarity. Informative

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12
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Edifying

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Instructional / informative. Improving the mind

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13
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Trifling

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Unimportant / trivial

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14
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Uproarious

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Extremely funny

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15
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Straightforward

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Easy to understand / not complicated

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16
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Extol virtues

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To praise the positive aspects / features of someone or something

17
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Clished

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Overused, lacking originality

18
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Bamboozie

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To trick someone by confusing them

19
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Sizeable

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Large, considerable amount. (Often money)

20
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Long-winded

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Tool long. Using too many words

21
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Undoubtedly

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Certainly, without a doubt

22
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Pertinent

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Relevant to the matter under discussion

23
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To be wired for for something

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24
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Willingly

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Deliberately. Gladly. (Of one’s free will)

25
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Far-fetched

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Difficult to believe. Unlikely to be true

26
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Bucolic

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Relating to countryside

27
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Engrossing

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Extremely interesting , requiring all of your attention

28
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Baffling

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Difficult to understand, very confusing

29
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Swanky

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Expensive, stylish, classy (ostentatious)

30
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Macabre

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Disturbing / unpleasant. Related to death

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