Webster’s Favorites Flashcards

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1
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Mellifluous

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Sounds as sweet as honey
دلنشین voice

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Palimpsest

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Anything that has been changed numerous times but on which traces of former iterations can still be seen

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Serendipity

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Finding sth pleasant that you weren’t even looking for

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4
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Defenestrate

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Throw sth out of a window

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5
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Locution

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نطق بیان

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Drawl

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Southern drawl
لحجه کش دار

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7
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Imbue

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Infuse

القا کردن، نفوذ کردن

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8
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Mundane

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Ordinary

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9
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Pleading

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Beg
Request

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10
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Chagrin

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Displeasure
Disappointment

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11
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Scroll

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طومار
پیمایش

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12
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Maniacal

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Loud and wild
دیوانه

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13
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Iteration

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تکرار

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14
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Shuttered building

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بسته شده

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15
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Lap

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دامن

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16
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Post-it note

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Sticky note

17
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Compulsive

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اجباری، بی اختیار

18
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Adhesive

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چسبنده

19
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Panes

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قاب شیشه

20
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Tyrannical

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مستبد
Despotic

21
Q

Hapless lad

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بیچاره
Young man

22
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Despotic

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Tyrannical
Autocrat