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Vocab 01 Flashcards

1
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Useless or tedious printed material

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BUMF

bum fodder

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Two time british PM Robert Peel

Another name for a Police officer

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Bobby

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A pull over hood jacket long enough to cover the hips

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Anorak

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The old english word for Nose
List other words derived from it

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SNOWTE
Snort
snot
Sniffle
Snuffle
Snout
Snivel
Snore

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5
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Ankle length Knickers are also known as

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Bloomers

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Loose fitting short pants gathered at the knee

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Knickers

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Knicker is an abbreviation for

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Knickerbocker

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Dutch like language spoken in South Africa

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Afrikaans

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9
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Bright flowers with wide plate like petals

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Anemone

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Knickerbocker is an eponym of

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Diedrich Knickerbocker
The invented narrator of Washingtons Irvings book A history of New york

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11
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Hot enough to make you sweat

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Sweltering

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12
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Slave in Ancient Sparta
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Helot

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13
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Slender woman with a certain elegance
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Svelte

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14
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Personal clothing, accessories or equipment

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Accouterment

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15
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Sentence with the word
Acoutrement

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Alex is a light traveller: he has crammed all his ACCOUTREMENTS in a single shopping bag

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16
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Someone who is preoccupied possessing material Things

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Acquisitive
Children are naturally acquisitive. When they see something they want it

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17
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Grassy plants with the highest concentration around wetlands

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Sedge

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18
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Anything that is consistent ongoing and constant

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Unabating

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19
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An outdoor area thats designed using plants that dont require much water to thrive

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Xeriscape

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20
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A tuft of hair in a different direction from the rest

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Cowlick

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21
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Lacking liveliness spirit or zest

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Vapid
1.Vapid song lyrics
2. gossipy, vapid woman obsessed in her own elegance.

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22
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Force with a thumb

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Gouge
The accident left a big gouge on the side of the car
The lamp fell and gouged the table
The bomb gouged a large crater on the street
They felt they were being gouged by the oil companies

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23
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A sudden short attack

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FORAY
A foray into enemy territory

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24
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Someone or something that causes anxiety

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Vexation
1.The problems and vexations of everyday life.
2. The repeated vexations guaranteed that she couldnt get any work done.

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25
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Strong feelings of embarrassment

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Mortification

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26
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An exemption from some rule or obligation

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Dispensation

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27
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Add details to clarify an idea

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Expound

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28
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To allow unwillingly or reluctantly
To envy or resent

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Begrudge
1. You shouldnt begrudge her success.
2. many commuters begrudge every minute spent in traffic.

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29
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An authoratative declaration

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Dictum

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30
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Habitually reserved and uncommunicative

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Taciturn

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31
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Spotlessly clean and fresh

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Unsullied
An unsullied reputation.

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32
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Opposite of Prudent

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Imprudent
1. An imprudent investor.
2. A sweet girl but so imprudent that no one trusts her with a secret.
3.It is politically imprudent to stir up a controvery during an election year.

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33
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When a literary or scholarly work is revised. A critical revision of a text

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Recension

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34
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An act or expression of criticism or censure

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Reproof
1. The fear of reproof prevented them from complaining.
2. Even in church we were not free from mothers familair reproof of our ingrained tendency to fidget in our seats.

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35
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A verbal attack that dosent let up

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Harangue

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36
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Expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

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Surmise
Conjecture

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37
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To present something for acceptance or rejection

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Proffer

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38
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Humorous play on words

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Paronomasia

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39
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To represent an abstarct idea by a concrete instance

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Instantiate
Heroes instantiate ideals.

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40
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If you are between two places or experiences esp if you are transitioning between them

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Liminal
1. The liminal state between life and death.
2. Liminal visua; stimuli

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41
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To toss ideas around without focusing on one.
To discuss lightly or banteringly

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Bandy
1. names of potential running mates have been bandied about
*2.Bandy compliments
3. A gun is not a toy to be bandied about.

42
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Extreme version of frugal or thrifty. A person who would save, gain or extort money by any means

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Skinflint
1. She is a penny pinching skinflint.

43
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List the synonyms of Thrifty

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Niggardly
Cheapskate
Provident
Penurious
Parsimonius
Penny Pincher
Economical
Thrifty
Tightwad
Tight Fisted
Scrooge
Skinflint

44
Q

Ragged or disreputable in appearance

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Tatterdemalion
Ragamuffin

45
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Being in a decayed state or condition

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Tatterdemalion
One of those tatterdemalion towns of the rust belt where the factories closed down decades ago.

46
Q

A Spanish or a Latin American military dictator

A Spanish Warlord

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Caudillo

47
Q

When a person or a thing changes in a way that surprises you.

To change or alter greatly often in a grotesque or humorous manner

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Transmogrify

48
Q

Starts with the letter T

Silliy nonsensical talk

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  • Twaddle
  • Taradiddle
  • Tommyrot
  • Tosh
  • Trash
  • Trumpery
49
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Starts with T

Tasty

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Toothsome
A toothsome blonde ( sexually attractive)
Crisp toothsome fried chicken

50
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letter V

To depart quickly

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Vamoose
Its getting late so we had to Vamoose.

51
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Letter H

Something amazing, striking or extraordinary person or thing

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Humdinger
That was one humdinger of a storm.

52
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any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
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Hornbeam

53
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Something that swings back and forth

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Pendular
Elections tend to be pendular.

54
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Mix together especially text or idea

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Conflate
* This unsettling book conflating journalism, personal reportage, sociology and philosophical inquiry
* Given its name St Thomas in Houstaon on occasion been conflated ( confused) with St Thomas in Minnesotta.
* Be careful not to conflate gossip with real news.
* The movie conflates documentary footage and dramatised reenactments so seamlesly that viewers may not know what is real and what is not.

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55
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Phrase

To surprise someone with something unexpected

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Throw a curve ball

56
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To fish for Eels by pushing a baited hook into the holes in which they are hiding

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Sniggle

57
Q

An english speaking person

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Anglophone

58
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Do we post a letter or do we mail a letter

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We mail a letter

To post something is to publish it such as by putting it on a poster or a bulletein board.

59
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To do something skilfully esp in a cunning way

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ARTFUL
THE CHESS PLAYER IS ARTFUL IN ESCAPING THE OPPONENTS ATTACKS.
The politician is artful in appealing to different groups of people.
An artful performance on the violin

60
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WhEn you refuse to speak because you are in a bad mood. You are….

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Sullen

61
Q

When you refuse to speak beause you are depressed, bitter and resentful. You are ….

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Morose

62
Q

A protective structure on an animal or plant like a shell, exoskeleton or thorns

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Armature

63
Q

A word to word translation from one language to another

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Calque

64
Q

Spindle or pillars in the railing of a stairway

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Baluster

many Balusters form a balustrade

65
Q

A governor in the province of ancient Persia

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Satrap

66
Q

A feeling that makes the members of a group want to succeed. Team spirit

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Esprit de Corps

67
Q

March out into an open ground

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Debouch

68
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Crane like device used for suspending or lowering equipment
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Davit

69
Q

In Grave circumstances or at the point of death

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In Extremis

70
Q

A car that is old and unrealible

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Clunker

71
Q

Nourished by organic compounds

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Heterotrophic

72
Q

Improve in style appearance and flavour by a small change

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Zhuzh
* What can we do to zhuzh up the grocery store bouquet
* Tortillas and bread can be zhuzhed up in a toaster or pan

73
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A harsh settlement imposed on a defeated party or nation

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Diktat

74
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Doctrine promoting intellectual pleasure and avoiding pain

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Epicureanism

75
Q

Bond requiring someone before a court

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Recognizance

76
Q

Not diminishing in intensity or severity

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Unmitigated

77
Q

Severe stomach pains or quesiness

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Collywobbles

78
Q

Slowing of activity during summer

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Estivation

79
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Letter R

Exquisite, excessively refined, exotic

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Recherche
* As usual the dinner was recherche
* Only extra virgin oil would do for a recherche dinner table.

80
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Letter A

Harshness of tone or manner

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Asperity
* He asked with some asperity just what they were implying
* That warm hug softened the asperity of her grief

81
Q

The state or quality of being faithless and disloyal

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Perfidious
* They are guilty of perfidy
* His wifes perfidy was a moment of uncharacteristic weakness.

82
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Letter D

Deceptive in words or action

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Duplicitous
Warned her not to trust the duplicitous art dealer.

83
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Letter A

Another word for skilled

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Adept
He was adept at managing his investments which always turned a handsome profit.

84
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Synonyms of capricious

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  • Fickle
  • Flighty
  • Impulsive
  • Changeable
  • Whimsical
  • Volatile
  • Mercurial
85
Q

A pithy, punchy definition

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  • Aphorism
  • Gnomic
86
Q

Two examples of a compound noun

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  • Lighthouse
  • Powder Room
87
Q

Words invented as soundalikes

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Onomatopoeia
* Squelch
* Plop
* burp

88
Q

Relating to drama and theatre

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Thespian

89
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Thespian is an Eponym. Who has been behind this word

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THESPIS
Father of Greek Tragedy

legend has it, he was the first poet to recite poetry on stage

90
Q

An object which imitates the design of a similar artefact in another material

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Skeuomorph

91
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Letter C

A rude mean spirited person

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Churl

92
Q

People on the fringes of respecatable society like prostitutes, arms dealers and money lenders

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Demi-monde

93
Q

A person who influences a controlling or mesmeric and usually sinister influence on another

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Svengali

94
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Letter H

Ridiculous nonsense and lies

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Hogwash

95
Q

What does the phrase” he is over the barrel” mean

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Drowning in deep trouble

96
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Pissed

Soaked thoroughly, wet and full of moisture

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  • Permeate
  • Imbued
  • Impregnate
  • Sodden
  • Saturate
  • Steeped
  • Drenched
97
Q

Dressed very elegantly, Well grommed

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Soigne
**She was dark, petite and soigne
* Soigne black dress
* Soigne restaurant

98
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Letter J

Physically tired and exhausted
Bored and lacking enthusiasm

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Jaded
meals to tempt the most jaded appetites

99
Q
  • In ancient rome a powerful authority figure.
  • The nobles who inherited land and ruled over it separately from the Greater kingdom
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Palatine

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