Week1: 1-42 Flashcards
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Guffaw
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boisterous laughter -n
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Xenophobic
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Fear of foreigners -n
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Allude
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To refer indirectly to something, imply -v
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Apposite
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suitable, apt, relevant, well-put, appropriate -adj
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Stoke
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to feed fuel to, especially a fire -v
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Truncate
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To shorten by cutting off a part, cut short -v
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Vogue
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Modern fashion -n
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Tedious
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Time-consuming, burdensome, uninterested -adj
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Relegate
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Banish, put to a lower position -v
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Redundant
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Superfluous, exceeding what is needed/usual/natural, unnecessary repetition -adj
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Callow
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Being young or immature, inexperienced -adj
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Economical
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Not wasteful, thrifty
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Accede
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To comply with, to consent to, approve/accept -v
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Transpire
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To take place, to come about, to occur/happen -v
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Petty
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Unimportant, of subordinate standing -adj
