Words 1 Flashcards

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Diction

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The choice or style of words in speech or writing

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Wanderlust

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A strong desire to travel around

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Zephyer

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A mild breeze

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Abrupt

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Suddenly and unexpected. The bus came to an abrupt halt

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Caprine

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Related to goats

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Snivel

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To behave or speak in a weak complaining way, especially when you are crying:
A small boy was sniveling on a chair.
A snivelling coward.

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Yokel

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Someone who is unsophisticated and stupid, usually because they are from village.
The yokels at the gas station looked funny at us when we walked in, but they were friendly and obliging when we asked them for directions.

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Eydetic

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Relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible:
An eidetic memory.
Adverb:
Eideticly

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Magpie

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NOUN [COUNTABLE] /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/
A noisy black and white bird with a long tale.
Someone who talks a lot.
Someone who likes to collect and keep things.
Adjective: it is referred to something collected.

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Impertinent

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Adjective
ɪmˈpəːtɪnənt
- Not showing proper respect; rude, especially to other or senior people:
an impertinent question
- Irrelevant:
Talk of ‘rhetoric’ and ‘strategy’ is impertinent to this process
Noun: Impertinence
Adverb: Impertinently
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Mutton

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Noun
/ˈmətn̩/
The meat of an adult sheep.

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Vane

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/veɪn/
Noun:
-پره
-بادنما
One that is changeable. 
Adjective: Vaned
A three-vaned windmill
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Windmill

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Noun

آسياب بادي

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Throw up

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  • to vomit
    She must have eaten something that didn’t agree with her because she threw up right after dinner.
  • to build very fast
    New houses thrown up almost overnight.
  • to give up, quit
    The urge to throw up all intellectual work.
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Motorcade

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Noun, countable
/ˈmoʊtərˌkeɪd/

A procession of motor vehicles, typically carrying and escorting a prominent person.

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Sully

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Verb, sullied, sullies, sullying.
To spoil or reduce the value of something that was perfect:
A scandal that sullied his reputation

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Exhilarate

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/ɪgˈzɪləreɪt/
Verb
Adj: exhilarating, exhilarated
Adv: exhilaratingly, Noun:exhilaration

Make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated:
She was exhilarated by the day’s events.
An exhilarating two-hour rafting experience

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Melange

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Noun
/meɪˈlɑnʒ/
Formal, a mixture of different things.
The population is a melange of different cultures.

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Tankard

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A large glass used for drinking beer

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Big top

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A tent that a circus is held in