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Vocabulary Exam Michealmas Term 2023 (Form 2) Flashcards

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1
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Tumult/tumultuous

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Great noisy chaos

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Great Noisy Chaos

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Tumult OR Tumultuous

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Abyss

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A seemingly endless, bottomless hole or chasm.

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Abysmal

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seemingly endless, bottomless hole or chasm

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Abysmally

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seemingly endless bottomless hole or chasm

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Corpulent

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referring to having a big body, being massive or fat.

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derision

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a mockingly derogatory comment

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Noun form of derisively

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derision - a mockingly derogatory comment or action

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Verb form of derision

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to deride - to perform mockingly derogatory actions or comments, or putting someone down.

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Adjective form of derision

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derisive - mockingly derogatory

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Adverb form of derision

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derisively - and adverb referring to a mockingly derogatory act or comment; putting someone down.

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gesticulate

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to use dramatic gestures (v)

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antagonism

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hostility and opposition

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scapegoat

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someone who is excluded to create group cohesion/someone who is blamed for the mistakes of others

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tacit

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adj. unspoken

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tacitly

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adv. in an unspoken manner

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blatant

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adj. obvious, extremely clear

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blatantly

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adv. in an obvious, extremely clear manner

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trivial

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adj. of low importance, insignificance.

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belligerence

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warlike, aggressive behaviour

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belligerent

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in a warlike, agressive manner

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taboo

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adj+n forbidden

23
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sow

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to plant seeds v.

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a sow

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a female pig

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specious

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adj. misleading, deceptive

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speciousness

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n. misleading, deception

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enmity

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noun hostility

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Apprehension

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n anxiety, especially towards the future

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apprehensive

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anxious, especially towards

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apprehensively

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anxious, especially towards the future.

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fulcrum

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a point at which a lever turns

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INCREDULOUS

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NOT BELIEVINGIN

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INCREDIBLE

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UNBELIEVABLE

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Incredulity

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the state of not believing

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incredulously

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not believingly

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credulous

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believing

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