Vocabulaire Flashcards
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Distant or reserved in manner adj
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Aloof
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Neat and elegant in appearance adj
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Dapper
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Mischievous or playful in a teasing way adj
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Impish
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Demanding attention or action, persistent adj
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Insistent
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Showing strong feeling or passion adj
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Vehement
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Arrogantly superior or disdainful adj
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Supercilious
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Made more attractive by adding details or features adj
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Embellished
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Emitting light due to heat, full of strong emotion adj
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Incandescent
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Weak or faint from illness or fatigue adj
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Languid
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Disapproval or disappointment noun
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Reproach
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Shining brightly, radiant adj
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Effulgent
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Friendly, sociable and cheerful adj
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Convivial
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Feeling or showing anger at perceived injustice adj
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Indignant
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A deep, persistent sadness noun
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Melancholy
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Quick to argue or fight, combative adj
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Pugnacious
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Eager to argue or fight, defiant adj
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Truculent
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Inducing sleep or drowsiness adj
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Soporific
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Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement adj
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Ebullient
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Inspiring fear or respect due to being large, powerful or intense adj
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Formidable
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Marked by disorder, chaos or uproar adj
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Tumultuous
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To begin a journey or venture, especially one that is significant or challenging. She embarked on a
journey across the country to find a fresh start
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To embark on
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To attract or tempt with something desirable
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To allure
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To discard or let go of something, especially burdens or past experiences.
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To shed
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To accept or support so mething willingly and enthusiastically.
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To embrace
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To follow or strive for something, such as a goal, dream, or ambition.
To pursue
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To make amends for wrongdoing or guilt
To atone for
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To create or establish something through effort and determination.
To carve out
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To come together from different directions and meet at a point.
To converge
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To have a deep, intense longing for something, often something unattai nable.
To yearn for
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To feel intense dislike or disgust for something.
To loathe
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To be unwilling or reluctant to do something.
To be loathe to
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To be formally charged with misconduct in office, especially a public official.
To be impeached
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To inte ntionally make a false statement while legally bound to tell the truth.
To lie under oath
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To take back or repurpose areas for a new or rightful use, often in activism or urban
development
To reclaim spaces
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To stay informed, maintain progress, or match the pace of someone or something.
To keep up with
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To evoke a strong emotional response or sense of connection
To resonate with
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To be given official approval or authorization to do somethin
To be permitted to
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To provide the means or opportunity for someone to do something.
To enable someone to
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To force or cause someone to take a certain action.
To make someone do something
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To talk about a particular action or possibility (without
"about")
To discuss doing something/to discuss something
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To rely on some thing or someone for support, survival, or success.
To depend on
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To reach the same level or position as someone after falling behind
To catch up with someone
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To cause someone to recall a memory or similarity
To remind someone of something
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To prompt or help someone remember to do something.
To remind someone to
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To be required to cease an action or habit (often used with "since" + perfect tense).
To have to stp doing something
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Indicates a past habit or state that no longer exists.
Used to + BV
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A powerful attraction or charm noun
Allure
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Comfort or relief in a time of distress or sadness noun
Solace
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Heavy responsibilities or difficulties that one carries noun
Burdens
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The act of striving toward a goal or chasing after something noun
Pursuit
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A domain or field of activity, interest, or thought noun
Realm
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4 complex and intricate arrangement of difèrent elements, often metaphorical noun
Tapestry
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4 govemment or power structure controlled by a small group of elites noun
Oligarchy
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A group united for a common purpose, historically referring to the southern states in the U.S. civil war noun
The Confederacy
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Personal stories and accounts passed down through spoken tradition noun
Oral histories
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Related to cities or densely populated areas noun
Urban
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Related to the countryside or less populated areas.
Rural
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A large amount of something in a specific area or population noun phrases
High concentration of
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Comparative phrases indicating more of something relative to another group or total noun phrase
Great number of/higher percentage of
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A deficiency in experience or familiarity with something noun phrase
Lack of exposure
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Systems that operate with litle or no government oversight nouns phrase
Deregulated systems
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Environments designed to welcome and accommodate diverse individuals noun phrase
Inclusive spaces
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A term referring to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge noun
Oxbridge
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The interconnected nature of social identities and systems of oppression or privilege noun
Intersectionality
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A range of viewpoints from different backgrounds or experiences noun phrase
Diversified perspectives
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A movement or philosophy advocating for the protection of nature and sustainability noun
Environmentalism
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Bias or prejudice against someone based on their way of speaking nouns phrase
Accent discrimination
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The standard accent of English associated with the educated classes in Britain noun phrase
Received Pronunciation (RP)
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The period (1865-1877) following the American Civil War when the U.S. attempted to reintegrate the Southern states and address the rights of formerly enslaved people noun phrase
Reconstruction Era
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A period of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the late 19th century (1870s-1900), marked by wealth disparity, political corruption, and social inequality noun phrase
The Gilded Age
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From beginning to end, or in every part of something preposition
Throughout
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At a specific time within a period or event preposition
During
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Indicating movement, passage, or extent of time preposition
Over
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In a way that is uneven or excessive in comparison to something else adverb
Disproportionately
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To evoke memories or similarities to something from the past verb
To be reminiscent of
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Concentrated in one place or under a single authority adj
Centralized
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Distributed or spread out rather than concentrated in one location.
Decentralized
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Excluded or pushed to the edges of society or a group adj
Marginalized
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Wealthy, having an abundance of money or resources adj
Affluent
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Respected and having high status
Prestigious
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Extremely large in size, amount, or extent adj
Vast
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Restricted to a certain group, not accessible to everyone
Exclusive
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Able to be maintained over time without depleting resources adj
Sustainable
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Arranged in layers or social classes, often implying inequality adj
Stratified
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Strict, through, and demanding a high standard adj
Rigorous
