English Flashcards

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Partisan

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One who exhibits extreme or possible blind allegiance to a group derivatives

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One-sided, unjust, and sympathetic

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Pernicious

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Very destructive or harmful, deadly, baneful, detrimental

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Damaging, Deadly, and poisonous

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Covert

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Secret, concealed, clandestine, furtive, stealthy derivatives

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hidden, undercover, and private

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Portentous

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Momentous, having great significance derivatives

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threatening, menacing, and ill-omened.

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Gall

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Bile, an irritant, impudence, something bitter derivatives

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effrontery, impudence, and impertinence,

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Accourding

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Harmonious, agreeable

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give, grant, and present

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Wanton

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Immoral, lewd, licentious; wanton n. someone who is immoral or lewd

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deliberate, willful, and malicious

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Virtuous

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Having excellent morals, righteous, ethical, noble

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righteous, good, and pure

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Disparage

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To degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner, to belittle;

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belittle, denigrate, and deprecate

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Profane

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Showing contempt toward sacred things; to violate, desecrateor defame

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secular, lay, and nonreligious

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Entreat

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a plea or earnest request: To appeal

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Pray, Importune, and appeal.

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Utter

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To express by speaking, pouncing OR carried to the utmost point or highest degree

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sheer, blooming, and pure

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Idolatry

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Extreme admiration, love, or reverence for something or someone

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Worship,Adoration, and Idolism

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Repose

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A state of rest, sleep, or tranquility.

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Inactivity, Stillness, and Inaction

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Air

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To broadcast or televise; to make public

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Broadcast, Telecast, and Announce

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Baleful

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Having a harmful or destructive effect; menacing or sinister

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Dire, Evil, and Deadly

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Intercede

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To intervene on behalf of another; to act as a mediator or arbitrate

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plead, intrude, and intervene

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Forsake

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To quit or to leave entirely; to depart or withdraw from

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yield, surrender, and renounce

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Chide

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To voice disapproval; to scold or chastise

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rebuke, Flay, and Reporch

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Discord

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Lack of agreement

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Disharmony, Jangle, and Clamor

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Submissive

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Yielding or surrounding oneself to the will

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Dutiful, Meek, and Passive

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Feign

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To give a false appearance to throw a fake punch

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Act, Affect, and Fake

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Dexterous

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Skillful and active with hands skill or cleverness in using hands or body

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Able, Active, and Acute

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Dissemble

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To disguise, pretend to disguise the truth.

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Fake, Double-take, and Feing

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Beguile

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To Persuade with charm.

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Entice, Betray, and Mislead

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Ascend

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To move upward

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Climb, Move up, and Soar

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Assuage

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to soothe, calm, or mollify

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Assure, Assuring, and Assured

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Auspicious

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Favored by fortune

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Opportune, Promising, and propitious

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Calamity

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A great misfortune or disaster

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Mishap, Woe, and scourge

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Chattels

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A movable article of personal property

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Belonging, Effects, and Gear

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Contempuous

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showing or expressing contempt

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Dictum

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an authoritative pronouncement

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Erratic

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deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion;eccentric; queer:

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Expound

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to set forth or state in detail:

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Illicitly

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not legally permitted or authorized

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Indigenous

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originating in characteristic of a particular region or country

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Inundate

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to flood; cover with overflowing water

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Prejury

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the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation,

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Taciturn

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inclined to silence

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Vexation

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the state of being vexed; irritation; annoyance:

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Abominable

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Repentantly hateful detestable loathsome

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Benign

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Having a kindly disposition; gracious.

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Magisterial

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Of relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative; or importance.

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Benevolence

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Desire to do good to others; good will; charitableness.

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Ensulng

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To follow in order; com afterward, especially in immediate succession.

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Prowess

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exceptional valor, bravery, or ability.

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Meditative

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Of involving, or absorbed in meditation or considered thought.

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Unfathomable

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Difficult or impossible to understand; incomprehensible

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Altercation

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A noisy argument or disagreement especially in public.

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Appalling

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Causing shock or dismay; horrific

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Elusive

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Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; difficult to remember or recall

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Resilient

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able to withstand or recover quickely

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Reverent

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Feeling or showing deep solem respect

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Futillity

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pointlessness or uselessness

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Prominent

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important; famous

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Countenance

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A persons face or facial expressions

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Complacetly

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Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction will oneself or ones achievements

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Obscure

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not clear

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Futive

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Taken, Used,...Etc

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Demise

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The end of existenc or activity

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Veneer

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A thin layer of wood or other material

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Eccentric

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unconventional and slightly strange

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Cease

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Stop, Discontinue

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Fret

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To feel or express worry

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Reprimand

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Severe reproof or rebuke

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Notoriety

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The condition of being famous or well liked

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Purtoin

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To take something that belongs to someone else; Stealing.