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Words For Eng Lang Question 5 Flashcards

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Equitable

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Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

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Adverse

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In opposing direction

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Expedient

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Appropriate to a purpose

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Diffident

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Showing modest reserve

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Affectionate

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Having or displaying warmth or fondness

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Affluent

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Abundant or having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

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Opulent

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Rich and superior in quality

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Indignation/indignated

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A feeling of righteous anger

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Ostensible

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Appealing as such but not necessarily so

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Vehement

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Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

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Insincere

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Lacking quality of being truthful

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Disingenuous

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Not straight forward or candid

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Fidelity

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The quality of being faithful

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Magnanimous

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Noble and generous in spirit

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Apricity

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The warmth of the sun in winter e.g the apricityof the day was a big allure,despite the frost

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Augury

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A sign of what might happen in the future e.g good daily habits are an angry for a healthy and happy life

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Saudade

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A feeling of longing, melancholy and nostalgia

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Nostalgia

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Sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past

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Frigid

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Very cold in temperature

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Ineffable

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Too great or too beautiful to be described in words

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Aura

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Distinctive atmosphere that surrounds a person or thing

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Bucolic

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The pleasant aspect of a countryside, can also be used to describe a life that i unhurried and rooted in rhythms of nature

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Erosion

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Can be used in a sentence do describe something breaking down e.g an erosion of trust or the government eroded in seconds

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Incandescent

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Emission of light as a result of being heated

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Verisimilitude

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The appearance of being true or real e.g Laura’s choice of words of words adds to the verisimilitude of her eyes

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Aberration

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Something that differs from the nor e.g Poland word the World Cup btu the success turned out to be an aberration and Poland have not won a World Cup since

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Acquiesce

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To agree without protesting e.g though mr smith wanted to stay outside and work in his garage , when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner , he acquiesced to her demnds

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Alacrity

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Eagerness, speed

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Amiable

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Friendly e.g an amiable fellow

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Arcane

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Obscure, secret only known by a few ( the dealings of the night were arcane

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Clandestine

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Secret

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Deride

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To laugh at mockingly , scorn

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Cynical

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Believing the worst of others and that all their acts are selfish

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Decry

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To criticise openly

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