Words that mean Flashcards

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Word meaning drained of energy / fatigued

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Enervation

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Word meaning lack of concern / indifference

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Insouciance

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Word meaning (Railway) on a mountainside operated by a cable with “cars”

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Funicular

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4
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Word meaning something super fine and delicate, like a cobweb

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Gossamer

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5
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Word meaning showing attentive care or protectiveness

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Solicitously

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Word meaning a person lying facing upward //
Failing to act or protest due to moral weakness or wrongdoing

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supine

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Word meaning relating to bird family of swallows

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Hirundine

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Word meaning bird family of swallows scientific name

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Hirundinidae

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Word meaning unnecessary - exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Superfluous

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Word meaning done in a manner intended to teach, particularly with a moral lesson or in a way that is instructive, often in an overly forma or moralising way

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Didactically

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Word meaning having a strong pleasant odour

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Redolent

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Word meaning liquid waste or sewage discharged into the sea or river

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Effluent

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Word meaning the use of false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving

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Sophistry

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Word meaning plots or schemes, especially those intended to accomplish some evil or treacherous end.

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Machinations

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Word meaning relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life

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Bucolic

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