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Vocab Test1 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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A proverb or wise saying

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Adage

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A richness of ore in a mine something very valuable profitable or rewarding a source of wealth and prosperity a very large amount sudden profit again

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Bonanza

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Lacking polities In good manners lacking sensitivity difficult to work with or deal with rude

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Churlish

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A fortress that overlooks and protects the city any strong or commanding place

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Citadel

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To work with work together

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Collaborate

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In order having the force of law to issue such in order to command firmly or forcefully

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Decree

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Disagreeing in sound lacking in harmony conflicting jarring

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Discordant

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To develop gradually rise to a higher level

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Evolve

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A passage taken from a book or an article to take such a passage quote

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Excerpt

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10
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To feel about hastily with hand to search blindly and uncertain

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Grope

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suspended over to move back-and-forth uncertainly over and around

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Hover

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To make forth with once pass by pushing around going to bump show brush against to compete for

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Jostle

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13
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The person who moves slowly a falls behind falls behind slow to act or respond

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Laggard

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14
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Applause enthusiastic praise or approval

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Plaudits

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15
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To make impossible prevent shut out

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Preclude

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16
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To return or go back

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Revert

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17
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Broken stones or bricks ruins

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Rubble

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Relating to a slave be having like or suitable for a slave or service laking spirit of independence objectively submissive

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Servile

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To watch especially at night any period of watchful attention

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Vigil

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To quarrel or argue a noisy angry way to obtain by argument to herd noise I noisy quarrel

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Wrangle

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Ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions

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Antics

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22
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Declared openly without shame acknowledged

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Avowed

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23
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To exchange Playful remarks to tease

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Banter

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24
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Giving freely generous plenty given abundantly

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Bountiful

25
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Overcrowded filled or occupied to access

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Congested

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Harm or loss injury damage Or disadvantage because of injury loss or damage

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Detriment

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Sturdy not easily worn out or destroyed lasting for a long time consumer goods use repeatedly over a series of years

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Durable

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Energetic willing and able to start something new showing boldness and an imagination

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Enterprising

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Economical avoiding waste or luxury scant poor or meager

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Frugal

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With extremely care or caution

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Gingerly

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To fill more than needed to want to feed are filled to the point of over staffing and oversupply

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Glut

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In a disguise under an assumed name identity the state of being disguised a person is disguise

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Incognito

33
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To make valueless to take away all force and effect

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Invalidate

34
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Described in well-known stories existing and old stories legends rather than in real life

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Legendary

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To cripple disfigure injure mar disfigure manipulate

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Maim

36
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To make a smallest possible to make smaller than before make the least of

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Minimize

37
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Slanting sloping not straightforward Or direct

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Oblique

38
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To change direction Or course suddenly turn aside shift for swerve

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Veer

39
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To regard with reverence look up with great respect

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Venerate

40
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Reckless heartless unjustifiable loose morals a spoiled pampered person one was very low morals

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Wanton

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To assign distribute into shares or portions

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Allot

42
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To bring together collect gather especially for oneself to come together assemble

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Amass

43
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Bold adventurous reckless or Darring

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Audacious

44
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Not having or using a lacking

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Devoid

45
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The choice part of a group superior

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Elite

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I took used to grab and hold to come to grips with Wrestle or fight with

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Grapple

47
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To deprive of strength or ability to make a legally ineligible

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Incapacitate

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To urge on to stare up or provoke start something incite

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Instigate

49
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Long life long duration length of life

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Longevity

50
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In very great numbers a very great number

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Myriad

51
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A point view or generally standpoint from which different things are viewed physical or mental the appearance of the eyes of various objects at a given time place or distance

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Perspective

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To trouble make on easy to disturb greatly to throw into confusion

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Perturb

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Immense extraordinary bulk size or degree

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Prodigious

54
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Connect with all relates to the matter at hand

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Relevant

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Extremely nervous or easily frightened shy and timid extremely cautious unstable undependable

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Skittish

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A rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object to fasten with the rope or chain the outer limits of strength or resources

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Tether

57
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Sounding together agreement or accord

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Unison

58
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To complete to strive for victory or superiority

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Vie

59
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Stubbornly self-will done on purpose deliberate

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Willful

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