Vocabulary pt. 1 Flashcards

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to relate harmoniously

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to resonate

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2
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not using extra unnecessary information

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concise

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3
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the process of becoming much less stronger and gradually destroyed

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disintegration - to decompose, break down

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4
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the quality of persuasive expressiveness

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eloquence

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5
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meaning to hurt somebody’s feelings

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barbed

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the state of being crowded and full of traffic

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congestion - stuff, block

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to prevent something from happening, to cause somebody to decide not do something

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to deter / discourage

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8
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to become worse as time passes

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to deteriorate

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9
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easily seen, noticed

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prominent / eye - catching

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to make a choice, usually in favour of sth

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to opt, choose, decide

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no longer used because something new has been invented

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obsolete

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12
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to limit someone’s legal rights

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to mitigate - to violate

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13
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not obvious

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subtle

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14
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becoming real or true based on having been predicted

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prophecy - forecast

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exaggerated to the point where is hard to believe

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far - fetched

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16
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to make less severe, painful, harmful

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mitigate / alleviate / curve

17
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to form an opinion from evidence / to hint or suggest

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to infer /to deduce

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to cause something that should be stopped, to continue

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to perpetuate

19
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possibly true, believable

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plausible

20
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not expressing thought clearly enough

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vague - unclear

21
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to live/reside

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to dwell

22
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bias

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prejudice

23
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compassionate

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emphatic

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doubtful

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far - fetched

25
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tending to evade grasp

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elucive

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to bring a feeling, memory or an image into your mind

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evoke - induce, elicit

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to build up gradually / collect

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to compile

28
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heritage - ancestry, custom

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something possesed as a result of one’s natural situation or birth

29
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to describe using words, story…

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to depicit / to portray

30
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rebellion

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opposition to one in authority, dominance

also: uprising