Word List 22 Flashcards

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Gouge

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Tear out

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Gourmet

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Connoisseur of food and drink

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Graduated

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Arranged by degrees

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Graft

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Piece of transplanted tissue

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Grandeur

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Majesty

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Grandiloquent

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Pompous

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Grandiose

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Pretentious

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Granulate

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Form into grains

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Graphic

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Vividly described

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Grapple

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Wrestle

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Grate

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Shred

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Gratify

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Please

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Gratis

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Free

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Gratuitous

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Given freely

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Gregarious

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Sociable

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Grievance

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Complaint

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Grill

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Question severely

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Grisly

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Ghastly

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Grouse

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Complain

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Grotesque

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Comically hideous

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Grovel

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Creep or crawl on the ground

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Grudging

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Unwilling

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Gruel

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Liquid food made by boiling oatmeal

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Grueling

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Exhausting

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Gruesome

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Grisly

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Gruff

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Rough mannered

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Guile

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Deceit, cunning

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Guileless

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Without deceit

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Guise

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Costume

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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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Gustatory

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Affecting the sense of taste

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Gusto

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Enthusiasm

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Gusty

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Windy

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Hackneyed

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Commonplace

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Haggard

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Wasted away

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Haggle

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Argue about prices

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Hallows

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Blessed

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Hallucination

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Delusion

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Halting

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Faltering

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Hamper

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Obstruct

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Haphazard

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Random

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Harangue

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Noisy speech

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Harass

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To annoy by repeated attacks

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Harbinger

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Forerunner

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Harbor

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Provide a refuge for

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Hardy

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Sturdy

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Harrowing

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Agonizing

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Hazy

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Slightly obscure

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Headlong

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Hasty

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Headstrong

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Stubborn

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Heckler

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Person who harasses others

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Hedonist

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A person who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life

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Heed

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Pay attention to

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Heedless

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Disregarding

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Heinous

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Atrocious

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Heresy

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Opinion contrary to popular belief or accepted religion

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Hermetic

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Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight

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Hermitage

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Home of a hermit

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Heterodox

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Unorthodox

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Heterogenous

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Dissimilar, mixed

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Heyday

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Prime

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Hiatus

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Gap