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Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

1
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Sartorial

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Relates to dressing style

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Ineptitude

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Lack of skill

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Anachronistic

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Chronologically out of place

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Hypocrisy

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Believing to be better and have higher standards than you actually do

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Embittered

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Angry because treated unfairly

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Oppression

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Unjust treatment or exercise from authority

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Tyrannical

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Using power is cruel way

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Mortified

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Feel very embarrassed and ashamed

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Lampoon

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Make fun of/ Mock

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Trope

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Metaphorical use of a word

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Pompous

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Arrogant and self centred

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Sinister

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Giving impression that something evil will happen

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Prognostication

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Forecast or prophecy

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14
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Complacency

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Feeling so satisfied with your abilities that you think you don’t need to try harder

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Austere

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Strict in manner and boring

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16
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Foreboding

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Feeling that something bad will happen

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Eclectic

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Selecting what appears to be from a broad choice so not matching with each other

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Bohemian

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Someone who lives freely and not by convention

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Non-Sequitur

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A conclusion that does not logically follow from the previous statement

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Unscrupulous

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Showing no moral principles

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Insubordinate

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Disobedient to others

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Obtuse

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Stupid

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Intrepid

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Fearless, adventurous

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Treacherous

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Disloyal

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Deceit

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Doing fraud with someone

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Benevolent

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Kind

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Reluctant

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Unwilling

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Stoic

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Showing no feeling

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Oafish

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Rough or clumsy

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Resentful

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Feeling bitterness at being treated unfairly

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Inanimate

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Dead

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Receptacle

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Object used to contain something

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Satirical

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Mocks

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Slapstick

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Comedy based on deliberate clumsy actions

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Metafictional

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Writing about imaginary characters in which the process of writing is discussed

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Wry

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Dry humour

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Aggrieved

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Being treated unfairly

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Aggressor

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Attacker

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Indignation

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Anger or annoyance due to what’s unfair

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Didactic

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Instructional

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Platitude

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Remark or statement

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Cynical

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Believing bad things only

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Aphorism

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Observation that contains general truth such as a saying

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Schandenfreude

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Pleasure in response to someone else’s misfortune

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Ludicrous

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Foolish and unreasonable

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Disapprobation

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Strong Disapproval

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Equanimity

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Calm and composed

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Sombre

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Dull

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Eloquent

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Persuasive

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Whimsical

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Playful

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Poignant

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Painfully affecting the feelings

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Grandiose

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Impressive in style

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Innuendo

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Saying something indirectly

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Acuity

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Sharpness in a particular thing

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Venerable

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Respected because of age, wisdom or character

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Sly

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Cunning nature

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Parsimonious

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Unwilling to spend money or resources

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Mystical

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Spiritual

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Mundane

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Lacking interest or excitement

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