Vocabulary List 1 Flashcards

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Ornate

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Highly decorated. Flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner; flowery.

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Relic

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An object, a tradition, a system, etc. that has survived from the past.

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Inane

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Stupid or silly

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Coin

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To devise a new word or phrase

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Expel

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To force someone or something out

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Foreshadow

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To be a sign of something that will happen in the future

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Terse

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Using few words, often in a way that seems impolite or unfriendly

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Animosity

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A strong feeling of opposition, anger or hatred

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Tedious

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Lasting or taking too long and not interesting.

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Negligible

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Of very little importance or size and not worth considering

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