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130 Cards in this Set
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abode/adobe
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the place where sb lives / mud that is dried in the sun - for building
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abjure/adjure/conjure/perjure
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-reject a belief = renounce / ask or order sb / do clever thicks or disappear things as is by magic / ~yourself -lie in court
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abstention / abstinence
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αποχή από ψηφοφορία / νηστεία
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acquirement / acquisition
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e.g. acquirement in musicianship - a skill / buy sth
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adapt / adept / adopt
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=modify, adjust προσαρμόζω / skilled / υιοθετώ
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access / excess
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πρόσβαση / πλεόνασμα
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adore / adorn
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λατρεύω / make sth more attractive by decorating it
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adulate / adulterate
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praise someone excessively / =contaminate make food or drink less pure
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adverse / averse
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negative and unpleasant / ~ to sth (not liking sth or opposed to doing sth)
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afflicted / inflicted
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to affect in an unpleasant or harmful way / προκαλώ
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affront / confront
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insult or offend sb / αντιμετωπίζω, =face up to
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aisle / isle
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διάδρομος / island in poetry
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allusion / delusion / illusion
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indirect references, παραπομπή, αναφορά / false ideas (hard to eradicate) / false impression (easily eradicated)
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allude / elude / delude
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v. allusion / avoid, escape, ξεφεύγω / =deceive
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ally / allay / alley / alloy
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σύμμαχος / to make a feeling less strong / passage / metal formed from two types κράμα
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altar / alter
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holy temple / change
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alteration / altercation
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/ noisy argument or disagreement
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apprise / appraise
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to tell or inform sb of sth / examine sth and form an opinion εκτίμιση
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ascent / assent
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#descent / ~to ( agree to )
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aural / oral
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connected with hearing and listening / stomatikos
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aver / avert
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to state firmly and strongly that sth is true = assert, declare / to prevent sth dangerous from happening or ~ eyes turn away
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aviary / apiary
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large cage for birds / a place where bees are kept
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bald / bold
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karaflos / tharaleos
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baleful / baneful
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threatening to do sth evil or to hurt sb / evil or causing evil
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below / bellow
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under / =yell
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biennial / biannual
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every two years / every one year
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callous / callus / callow
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=cruel, unfeeling / κάλος / young and without experience = inexperienced
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canvass / canvas
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ask for support or ~ support (to try to get support) =drum up / κανβάς
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capitulate / recapitulate
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= give in, surrender / repeat or give summary of what happened πρακτικά
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censure / censor
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strong criticism =rebuke / remove offensive parts from books, movies
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chafe / chaff / chuff
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skin chafes from e.g. rope, wear or damage caused by rubbing / covering of the seeds =tease / from a steam engine
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chimerical / Cimmerian
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a thing that is hoped or wished but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve / from Cimmeria
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cite / sight / site
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=quote / =view / =location
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classic / classical
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/ refer to ancient Greek or Latin
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coarse / course
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~blankets =rough / = route
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collaborate / corroborate
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cooperate / confirm or give support to a statement, theory, finding
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compile / comply
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=assemble, compose / =obey, abide by (act in accordance with a wish or command)
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complacent / compliment
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=self-satisfied, smug (showing uncritical satisfaction) / (willing to please)
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concept / conception
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(an abstract idea) =idea, notion / (the action of conceiving a child) or ( a general notion)
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conduct / contact
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=behavior, actions or = management, running / =touch or =communication
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considerable / considerate
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(notably large in size, amount) =substantial, significant / =attentive, thoughtful,needful
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congenial / congenital
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=pleasant / (present from birth, for disease) = inborn, inherited, hereditary
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consul / counsel
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=ambassador, diplomat / (advise esp. formally) keep one's own counsel ~, take ~
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contagious / contiguous
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=infectious / (sharing a common border) = adjacent, neighboring
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corporal / corporeal
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a low-ranking officer / (of or relating to a person's body, esp. as opposed to the spirit) =bodily,fleshly,carnal
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corps / corpse / corpus
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=unit, division / =dead body / (a collection of written texts) e.g. Darwinian corpus (τα άπαντα)
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credible / creditable / credulous
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=believable / =commendable, worthy, deserving /=gullible, naive
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culminate / fulminate
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(reach a climax) = reach a pinnacle, peak / (express vehement - strong protest) = rage about, rant about
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damp / dump / dumb
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(slightly wet) =moist / garbage dump / =stupid
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decry / descry
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(publicly denounce) =criticize / (catch sight of) =notice
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deduce / reduce
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(arrive at a conclusion by reasoning) =infer /=decrease, diminish
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deductive / inductive
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απαγωγικός / επαγωγικός
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denounce / renounce
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(publicly declare to be wrong) =condemn, criticize / (formally declare one's abandonment) =give up, relinquish
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deportment / deportation
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( a person's behavior)=behavior, conduct / expel from a country
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depredation / deprecation
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=plundering, looting, robbery / (express disapproval or another term of depreciate)
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corps / corpse / corpus
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=unit, division / =dead body / (a collection of written texts) e.g. Darwinian corpus (τα άπαντα)
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credible / creditable / credulous
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=believable / =commendable, worthy, deserving /=gullible, naive
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culminate / fulminate
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(reach a climax) = reach a pinnacle, peak / (express vehement - strong protest) = rage about, rant about
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damp / dump / dumb
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(slightly wet) =moist / garbage dump / =stupid
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decry / descry
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(publicly denounce) =criticize / (catch sight of) =notice
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deduce / reduce
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(arrive at a conclusion by reasoning) =infer /=decrease, diminish
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deductive / inductive
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απαγωγικός / επαγωγικός
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denounce / renounce
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(publicly declare to be wrong) =condemn, criticize / (formally declare one's abandonment) =give up, relinquish
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deportment / deportation
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( a person's behavior)=behavior, conduct / expel from a country
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depredation / deprecation
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=plundering, looting, robbery / (express disapproval or another term of depreciate)
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desperate / disparate
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=despairing, hopeless / essentially different in kind, not allowing comparison = contrasting, dissimilar
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discreet / discrete
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=careful, circumspect / =separate, distinct
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disinterested / uninterested
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= unbiased, unprejudiced, neutral / not interested
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dissect / bisect / resect
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=anatomize / divide into two parts / cut out (tissue or part of an organ)
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draft / draught / drought
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(βαρελίσσια μπύρα A.E.) or (air-current) or (προσχέδιο) / (βαρελίσσια μπύρα B.E.) / (ξηρασία) =aridity
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eatable / edible - (drinkable/ potable)
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safe to eat (safe to drink)
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economic / economical
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related to economics / = cheap
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electric / electrical
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powered by electricity / ηλεκτρολόγος
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elicit / illicit
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(evoke a response from someone' s reaction) =obtain, induce / forbidden by law, rules, or custom
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emigrant / immigrant
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the person who leaves their own country to go to another (απόδημος) / a person who comes to leave in a new country
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eminent / imminent / immanent
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(famous within a particular sphere) = distinguished / (about to happen) =impeding / (existing or operating within, inherent)
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empire / umpire
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=kingdom / = referee
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enervate / innervate
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=exhaust, fatigue, weaken / supply (an organ or other body part) with nerves)
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evoke / convoke / revoke / provoke
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=bring to mind / =summon, call together / =cancel, repeal, rescind / =προκαλώ, challenge
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flatter / flutter
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=compliment / the ~of wings =beating, flapping
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foreword / forward
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=preface, introduction /
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hazardous / haphazard
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=risky, dangerous / =random, arbitrary
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homely / homey / homily
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unattractive in appearance / (pleasantly comfortable and cozy) / =sermon,lecture (religious κήρυγμα)
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horde / hoard
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=crowd / =cache, stockpile, reserve απόθεμα
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imbibe / imbue
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=drink / (inspire with a feeling or quality) =permeate, inject, saturate "εμποτίζω"
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immoral / moral / amoral / morale
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(violate's society moral norms) / adj. =ethical, social or = good, righteous / doesn't understand or concern about morality / confidence, enthusiasm
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incandescent / clandestine
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=πυρακτωμένος / =secret, covert, λαθραία
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incriminate / recriminate
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ενοχοποιώ / counter charge
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ingenious / ingenuous
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=inventive, creative, shrewd, intelligent, perceptive / innocent and unsuspecting =naive
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laud / loud
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=praise, applaud /
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litter / liter(litre)
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σκουπίδια / το λίτρο
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loose / lose
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χαλαρώνω / χάνω
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lucrative / ludicrous
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=profitable / =absurd, ridiculous
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luxuriant / luxurious
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(of vegetation or of hair) =rich, lush / deluxe
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magnificent / munificent
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/ =generous, bountiful, openhanded
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matter / mutter
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ύλη / murmur
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mendicant / mendacious
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a beggar / =lying, dishonest
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pageant / pungent
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=parade / (a sharply strong taste or smell) =strong, powerful
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perpetuate / perpetrate
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=keep alive, preserve, to continue indefinitely / commit an illegal, immoral action = commit, execute
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persecute / prosecute
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=oppress, abuse ,victimize / =to take to court, indict
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pestilence / petulance
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bubonic plague / (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad tempered
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petrify / putrefy
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=terribly, horrify / =decay, rot, decompose
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physics / physique
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/=body,body (of a person)
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pray / prey / pry
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προσεύχομαι / θύμα / inquire too closely into a person's private affairs =be curious
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prescribe / proscribe
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συνταγογραφώ, authorize / forbid by law =forbid, prohibit
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profuse / profess
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(something offered exuberantly plentiful, abundant) / =declare (claim openly but often falsely that one a has a quality or feeling)
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prude / prudent
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=puritan / =wise, cautious (showing care for the future) προνοητικός
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quench / squelch
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(satisfy by drinking) =satisfy or =extinguish (for fire) / soft sucking sound such as that made by walking heavily threw mud
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recant / recount
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=renounce, change one's mind / narrate past event from personal experience =tell, narrate
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repel / repeal
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=repulse, fight off / =revoke, cancel,rescind, reverse, annul
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respectfully / respectively
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/ separately
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right / rite
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/ =ceremony, ritual, service
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ruminating / fulminating / culminating
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=thinking about, consider / = protest / = climax, build up to
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seethe / soothe
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= boil,bubble / =calm(down), pacify
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severe / sever
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/=cut off
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shatter / shutter
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σπάω / παραθυρόφυλλα
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spacious / specious
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ample space / =misleading, deceptive
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staff / stuff
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προσωπικό / =γεμίζω
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stimulate / simulate / emulate
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=prod, motivate / =feign, pretend / imitate, copy
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stunned / stunted(stunt)
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daze knock unconscious / =inhibit, slow, retard <> encourage υπανάπτυκτα
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supplant / suppliant
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=replace / =petitioner, beggar
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unexceptionable / unexceptional
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not open to objection / ordinary
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urban / urbane
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<>rural / =suave, sophisticated, cultivated
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vain / vein / vane
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=self-admiring or = unsuccessful / αρτηρία / =πτερύγιο
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waist / waste
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μέση / απόβλητα
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wander / wonder
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=stroll, walk / =admiration or =miracle
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waive / wave / waver
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relinquish, give up / κύμα / τρεμοπαίζω
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wary / weary
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=cautious / =tired
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conscious / conscientious
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=aware / diligent, dedicated
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mettlesome / meddlesome
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brave, spirited =audacious / intrusive, noisy
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