vocabulary 13 Flashcards
1
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delirium
A
wildly excited activity or emotion
2
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hostility
A
unfriendliness or opposition.
3
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animosity
A
strong hostility.
4
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copses
A
a thicket of shrubs or bushes
5
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entail
A
as a whole
6
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besmirching
A
to dirty
7
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inexplicable
A
ineffable
8
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toff
A
a well-dressed gentleman
9
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conjecture
A
a guess
10
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audacious
A
venturing risks
11
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injunction
A
a statement to be obeyed by those concerned
12
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bias
A
a way of acting in one way without considering other’s opinions
13
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athwart
A
side to side, across, intervening
14
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ludicrous
A
causing to laughter
15
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incongruous
A
not appropriate to the situation
16
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malapropos
A
not appropriate to the situation
17
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excavates
A
dig
18
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precocious
A
occurring before the expected time
19
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torpor
A
lack of interest
20
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unfledged
A
lack of maturity
21
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chaste
A
decent
22
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forged
A
made with the appearance of committing fraud
23
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derailed
A
uneasy
24
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swill
A
chug
25
unsullied
free from filth
26
promenade
stroll
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brazen
bold rudeness
28
curdle
sour
29
hapless
prone to bad luck
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canter
skip
31
gallop
faster than walk
32
adage
proverbial
33
rapture
overwhelming pleasure satisfaction
34
candor
true feelings of one's expression
35
stein
beaker
36
beguiling
connoisseur at one ends of deception
37
peeved
irritation
38
duress
threats
39
coerce
persuade someone into doing something with threats
40
oft
many times
41
straggled
to commit an offense
42
strayed
to commit an offense
43
gloat
an improper; showing one is happy his over the loss of the other
44
pretext
false ground to hide what you're really doing
45
foreman
leader
46
bairns
teens
47
disposition
one's inherent moods; the order of things arranged
