Vocab - Feb 2024 Flashcards

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Bigot

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N. a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who does not like other people who have different beliefs or a different way of life

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Designate

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V. to choose someone or something for a special job or purpose,
or
to state that something has a particular character or purpose

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Diversity

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N. the condition or fact of being different or varied; variety

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Enigma

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N. something that is mysterious and seems impossible to understand completely

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Gloat

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V. to feel or express great pleasure or satisfaction because of your own success or good luck, or someone else’s failure or bad luck

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Global

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Adj. considering or relating to all parts of a situation or subject,
or
Relating to the whole world

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Illusion

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N. an idea or belief that is not true,
or
something that is not what it seems to be

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Infuriate

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V. to make someone extremely angry

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Motivate

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V. to make someone eager to do something

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Pacifist

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N. Someone who believes that war and violence are wrong

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Queue

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N. a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something, or a lot of people who want something

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Restrict

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V. to limit the movements or actions of someone,
or
to limit something and reduce its size or prevent it from increasing

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Sage

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Adj. wise, especially as a result of great experience
N. a person, especially an old man, who is wise

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Terrain

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N. an area of land, when considering its natural features
Or
A field of knowledge

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Vocation

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N. a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you give much of your time and energy

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Vow

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N. A serious promise or decision

V. to make a firm promise or decision to do something

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Waylay

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V. to wait for and then stop someone, especially either to attack or talk to that person

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Wither

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V. to become, or cause something to become, weak, dry, and smaller

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Acquit

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V. To declare not guilty

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Deem

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V. to consider or judge something in a particular way

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Devastate

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V. to cause great damage or suffering to something or someone, or to violently destroy a place

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Discredit

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V. to give people reason to stop believing someone or to doubt the truth of something

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Elusive

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Adj.
Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory

Or

Difficult to define or describe

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Generate

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V. to cause something to exist

Synonym. Produce

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Idolise

(US: Idolize)

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V. to admire and respect someone very much, often too much

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Ingratitude

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N. the fact that someone is not grateful for something

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Keepsake

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N. something that helps you remember a person, place, or occasion

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Mortal

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Adj. unable to live forever

N. an ordinary person, rather than a god

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Ovation

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N. loud clapping that expresses a crowd’s great enjoyment or approval of something

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Plight

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N. an unpleasant condition, especially a serious, sad, or difficult one

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Reverie

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N. (a state of having) pleasant dream-like thoughts

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Revocation

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N. the act of stating officially that an agreement, right, or legal document is no longer effective

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Scan

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V. to look at something in order to get information

N. a careful or quick look through something

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Strand

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N. a thin thread of something (e.g hair)
Or. A beach or shore

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Strife

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N. violent or angry disagreement

Synonym. Conflict, turmoil, discord

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Topple

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V. to (cause to) lose balance and fall down
Or
to remove a person or organization from a position of power

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Stingy

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Adj. Unwilling to spend money
S. Mean
A. Generous