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Words 2 Flashcards

1
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Revile

A

Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner.

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2
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Rees / Iian / Ian

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Welshman

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3
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Burma

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Myanmar

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4
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Ruhr

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Industrial region of Germany

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5
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Ranee / Rani

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Hindu Queen

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Mahatma

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South Asia - A holy person or sage

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Denizens

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A person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place

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Xerography

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A dry copying process

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9
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Zeitgeist

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The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

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10
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The Elysian Fields

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The place at the ends of the earth to which certain favoured heroes were conveyed by the gods after death. A place or position to be aspired to.

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Staid

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Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous

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12
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Emissary

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A person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission

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13
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Neurosis

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A mental condition that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality

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Impudent

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Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent.

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15
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Repress

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Subdue (someone or something) by force.

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16
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Delineate

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Describe or portray (something) precisely.

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Quintessential

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Representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class

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Naysayer

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One who denies, refuses, opposes, or is sceptical or cynical about something

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Elixir

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A magical or medicinal potion

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20
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Pseudo

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Not genuine; spurious or sham

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21
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Serendipitous

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Occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way

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22
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Platonic

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Intimate and affectionate but not sexual

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23
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Tao

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The absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behaviour, that is in harmony with the natural order.

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24
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Taoiseach

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The prime minister of the Republic of Ireland.

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25
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Gulch

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A narrow and deep sided ravine.

26
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Rial / Riyal

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The basic monetary unit of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran, Oman and Yemen,

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Funicular

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1.

Of a railway, especially one on a mountainside, operating by cable with ascending and descending cars

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Cor Anglais

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English horn

29
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Tom Stoppard

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Playwright and screen writer

30
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Formidable

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Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.

31
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Derring do

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The quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way

32
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Real

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Spanish football team

33
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Doctor

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Doc - Dr - MB - BM - MD - MO - GP - Anagram indicator

34
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Nor Easter

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Winds that develop from the North East

35
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Albumen

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Egg white

36
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Sycophant

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A person who acts obsequiosly towards someone important to gain an advantage

37
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Obsequiously

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Characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please

38
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Atlas

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A man who supports a heavy burden

39
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Eh?

A

What

40
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Rhubarb

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The noise made by a group of actors to give the impression of indistinct background conversation, especially by the random repetition of the word ‘rhubarb’.

41
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Grappa

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Italian grape brandy

42
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Cell

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Small room for a monk.

43
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Resonant

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Of sound | deep, clear, and continuing to sound or reverberate

44
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Dante

A

Italian poet.

45
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Uncle

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Pawnbroker

46
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Ragamuffin (2)

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A child in dirty clothes
A cat breed

47
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Sabot

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A kind of simple shoe, shaped and hollowed out from a single block of wood, traditionally worn by French and Breton peasants

48
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Craven

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Lacking in courage; cowardly.

49
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As

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Arsenic

50
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Verity

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True, real and accuracy

51
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Sojourn

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Stay somewhere temporarily.

52
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Raconteur

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A person who tells anecdotes in a skilful and amusing way

53
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Ate

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Daughter of Zeus - Goddess of Mischief

54
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Athene

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Goddess of wisdom

55
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Francophile

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A person who loves all things French

56
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Lethe

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Greek - The river of forgetfulness

57
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Tec

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A detective

58
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Curio

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A rare, unusual, or intriguing object.

59
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Carrion

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The decaying flesh of dead animals

60
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Amiable

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Pleasant

61
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Amicable

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Friendly

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