English Vocab 3

Front 1

Chagrin

Back 1

Grieved, disquieted, troubled; melancholy

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Permeate

Back 2

To pass, spread, or diffuse itself through; to penetrate, pervade, saturate. (Of things material or immaterial.)

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Enervate

Back 3

Wanting in strength of character; spiritless, unmanly, effeminate

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Abate

Back 4

To beat down, demolish, destroy

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Ardor

Back 5

An effulgent spirit

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Flourish

Back 6

To blossom, thrive

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Corsair

Back 7

The name in the languages of the Mediterranean for a privateer

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Pretext

Back 8

That which is put forward to cover the real purpose or object; the ostensible reason or motive of action; an excuse, pretence, specious plea

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Tinge

Back 9

A slight shade of colouring, esp. one modifying a tint or colour

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Obliterate

Back 10

To wipe out (a mental impression, memory, feeling, etc.); to do away with, destroy (a quality, characteristic, etc.)

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Evoke

Back 11

To call forth; esp. to summon up (spirits, etc.) by the use of magic charms

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Unison

Back 12

Identity in pitch of two or more sounds or notes; the agreement or consonance of the sounds of two or more bodies vibrating at equal rates; the relation of two notes of the same pitch reckoned as one of the musical ‘intervals’

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Comb

Back 13

To draw a comb through the hair for the purpose of cleaning, disentangling, or arranging; to dress with a comb; to curry a horse

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Sidle

Back 14

To move or go sideways or obliquely; to edge along, esp. in a furtive or unobtrusive manner, or while looking in another direction; to make advances in this manner

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Seething

Back 15

Of waves, etc.: Ebullient, tumultuous. Also, pervaded by intense and ceaseless inner agitation: often with reference (lit. and fig.) to the condition characteristic of corruption or putrefaction

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Temerity

Back 16

Excessive boldness; rashness; foolhardiness, recklessness

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Ignominy

Back 17

Dishonour, disgrace, shame; infamy; the condition of being in disgrace, etc

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Incur

Back 18

To run or fall into (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious); to become through one's own action liable or subject to; to bring upon oneself

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Penchant

Back 19

A (strong or habitual) inclination; a favourable bias, bent, liking

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Intonation

Back 20

The utterance or production (by the voice, or an instrument, etc.) of musical tones: in reference to manner or style, esp. to exactitude of pitch or relation to the key or harmony

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Alacrity

Back 21

Briskness, cheerful readiness, liveliness, promptitude, sprightliness

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Decipher

Back 22

To find out, discover, detect

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Convey

Back 23

To communicate (ideas) by language or its equivalent; hence, to express in words (obs.); words are also said to convey an idea or meaning

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Harangue

Back 24

To make an address or speech to an assembly; to deliver a harangue; to declaim

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Remorse

Back 25

A feeling of compunction, or of deep regret and repentance, for a sin or wrong committed

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Skirted

Back 26

To go or pass along the border, edge, or side of (a country, district, etc.); to go round, in place of crossing

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Stipulate

Back 27

To make an oral contract in the verbal form (of question and answer) necessary to give it legal validity

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Fathom

Back 28

To clasp or embrace

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Volition

Back 29

a decision or choice made after due consideration or deliberation