Words Flashcards
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Chambers
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Rooms
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Sensations
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Feelings
3
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On the instant
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Immediately
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Bent on
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Turned towards
5
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Singular
A
Strange
6
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Hue
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Colour
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Earnestness
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Seriousness
8
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Pray
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Please
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Wondered at
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Was surprised at
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Steal
A
Creep
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Receive
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Welcome
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Please
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Wish to
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Agitation
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Worry and anxiety
14
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Gloom
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Darkness
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Discern
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Recognise, see
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Garment
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Clothes
17
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Solitary
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Completely alone
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Descending
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Going down
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Repel
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To force something to stop moving towards you
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Stroll
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Walking slowly
21
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Immodest
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Having too high opinion of yourself
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Determined
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Decided
23
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High-road
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Main-road
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Grave
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Serious
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Account for
Explain
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Be of assistance
To help
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Feared
Worried
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Met with
Come accross
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Startled
Shocked
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Oppressive
Cruel
31
Sultry
Hot and uncomfortable
32
Heath
A large area of land with rough grass
33
Roundabout
Indirect
34
Mechanically
Automatically
35
The dead of night
The middle of the night
36
Meagre
Thin
37
Whistfully
Sadly
38
Touched by
Affected by
39
Fretfulness
Discomfort, unhappiness
40
Shrank back
Step back in fear
41
Shifted
Moved
42
Pleading
Begging
43
Portrayal
The way that someone or something is described
44
Prospect
Possibility
45
Divine
Very nice
46
Alternations
Changing
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Chilling
Scary, creepy
48
Compelling
Catching, captivating
49
Evocative
Making you remember or imagine something
50
Humorous
Funny
51
Light-hearted
Funny, not serious
52
Macabre
Strange and unpleasant, frightening
53
Nail-biting
Exciting
54
Poignant
Causing sadness
55
Predictable
You know what will happen
56
Sensational
Very good, exciting
57
Sentimental
Full of feelings
58
Shallow
Not showing a serious thought
59
Tedious
Boring
60
Touching
Emotional
61
Convincing
Able to make you believe that something is true or right
62
Unconvincing
Something that doesn't sound or seem true or real
63
Scandal
An event or behaviour that causes public shock or anger
64
Tip-off
A hint, a clue
65
Dig around for
Search hard for
66
Ethics
Moral principles
67
Incognito
In disguise
68
Gruesome
Unpleasant and horrible, usually connected with injury or death
69
Revelations
The act of making something known that was a secret
70
Gutsy
Brave and determined
71
Infiltrate
Secretely become a part of an organisation in order to discover information about it
72
Hoax
Trick, fake info
73
Slaughtered
Killed in a horrific way
74
Despicable
Evil, mean
75
Wind-up
Joke
76
Outraged
Really angry
77
Extinct
Dead out
78
Genuine
Honest, real
79
Award-winning
Having won a prize or prizes for being good
80
Crack-down
Take a strong action against something
81
Twenty-storey
A building can be twenty-storey
82
Warn-hearted
Kind, loving