Vocab 18-19 Flashcards

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Couture

Link:future

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Fashion designs

Noun

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Castigated

Link: passed the gate

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Criticize harshly

Verb

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Doldrums

Link: doll drums

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Depression

Noun

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Entombed

Link:room

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To place in a tomb or in a grave

Verb

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Draconian

Link: Dracula

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Cruel

Adj

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Expunge

Link:sponge

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To erase

Verb

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Serpentine

link: serpent teen

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Winding as a snake , snakelike in shape or movement

Adj

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Jousting

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Verb

To fight

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Revere

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To respect

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Spurned

Link:burn

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To reject with disdain

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Tyro

Link:tie rope

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A novice , a beginner

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Volition

Go fishin: link

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Noun

Act of making a choice

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Pillage

Link:village

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Rob of goods by violent seizure, verb

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Misnomer

Link: miss homer

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Incorrect or inappropriate name

Noun

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Guile

Link:mile

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Trickery , cunning

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Misanthropic (miss anthropy)

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N somebody who hates people

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Myriad

Link: mirrors add

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Extremely large number

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Stupefied

Link: stupid fly

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V

To make someone go numb with amazement

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Queue

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Line noun

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Reminiscing

Link : rim miss

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Verb

To miss

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Surfeit

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To many

Noun

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Umbrage

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Pot take offense

Noun

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Vertigo

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Dizziness noun