Vocabulary 2 Flashcards

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1
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Begrudge

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Resent / envy

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Forsaken

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Abandoned

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Doomsayer

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Alarmist

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Insidious

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Dangerous

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5
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Gusto

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Enthusiasm

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6
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Fumble

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Handle clumsily

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7
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Feat

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Notable achievement

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8
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Quip

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Witty remark

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9
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Zealots

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Fanatics

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Deity

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God

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11
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Small amount

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Pittance

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12
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Periods of dry weather

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Droughts

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13
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Refuge

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Haven

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14
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Doubtful

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Sceptical

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15
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Deep hole

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Crater

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16
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Incursions / advances

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Forays

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17
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Swamp / soft, wet area of land

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Quagmire

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18
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Successfuly resist

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Withstand

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19
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Early evening / twilight

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Dusk

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20
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Sluggish inactivity

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Lethargy

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21
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Steal

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Pinch

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22
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Abundant

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Copious

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Gruesome

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Lurid

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24
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Staring angrily

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Glaring

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25
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Screaming

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Shrieking

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Emaciated

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Very thin

27
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Standoffish

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Distant

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Strutted

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Walk arrogantly

29
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Meek

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Submissive

30
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Tangible

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Real

31
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Haughty

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Arrogant

32
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Bristled

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Get angry

33
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Glean

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Make certain

34
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Placid

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Boring

35
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Benign

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Soft / harmless

36
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Rough or boisterous activity

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Horseplay

37
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Silly behavior

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Tomfoolery

38
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Childhood education / rearing

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Upbringing

39
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Anything that restricts freedom

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Shackless

40
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Dull

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Lacklustre

41
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Beat / was more important than

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Trumped

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Arrogant

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Smug

43
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Extracted

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Culled

44
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Lying in an enjoyable way

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Basking

45
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Desperate or frenzied

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Frantic

46
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Twist around each other

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Entwine

47
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Untwisting

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Unravelling

48
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Loving touch

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Caress

49
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Lingers or remains

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Hovers

50
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Fascinated

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Rapt

51
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Minor physical illnesses

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Ailments

52
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Unintentionally / unwittingly

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Inadvertently

53
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Distress

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Dismay

54
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Confined to bed

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Bedridden

55
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Disdainfully / arrogantly

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Dismissively

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Noisy / boisterous

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Rowdy

57
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Confused

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Bewildered

58
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Wake

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Rouse

59
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Encumber

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Burden

60
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Stole from / swindled

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Fleeced