Englush Vocabulary Semester 1

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Abolish

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Verb:
Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).

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Advocated

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Verb:
Publicly recommend or support:
"they advocated strict adherence to Islam".

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Commandment

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Noun:
1. A divine rule, esp. one of the Ten Commandments.
2. A rule to be observed as strictly as one of the Ten Commandments.

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Comrades

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Noun:
1. A companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization.

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Cryptic

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Adjective:
1. Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.

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Cynical

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Adjective:
1. Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

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Ensconced

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Verb:
Establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe, or secret place.

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Expulsion

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Noun:
1. The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
2. The process of forcing someone to leave a place, esp. a country.

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Ignominious

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Adjective:
Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame: "ignominious defeat".

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Intermediary

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Noun:
A person who acts as a link between people in order to try to bring about an agreement or reconciliation; a mediator.

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Irrepressible

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Adjective:
Not able to be controlled or restrained.

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Liberty

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Noun:
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life.

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Lithograph

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Noun:
A lithographic print.

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Maxim

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Noun:
A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.

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Morose

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Adjective:
Sullen and ill-tempered.

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Perpetual

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Adjective:
Never ending or changing.
Noun:
A perpetual plant, esp. a hybrid rose.

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Pre-eminent

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Adjective:
Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.

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Pretext

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Noun:
A reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real reason.

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Rafters

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Noun:
A beam forming part of the internal framework of a roof.

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Rebellion

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Noun:
An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.

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Reign

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Noun:
The period during which a sovereign rules.

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Scullery

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Noun:
A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.

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Spectacle

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Noun:
1. A visually striking performance or display: "the show is pure spectacle".
2. An event or scene regarded in terms of its visual impact: "the spectacle of a city's mass grief".

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Vengeance

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Noun:
Punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong.

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Bourgeoise

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Noun:
A bourgeois person.

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Proletariat

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Noun:
Workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism).

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Immensely

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Adverb:
To a great extent; extremely: "immensely popular".

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Cowered

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Verb:
Crouch down in fear.

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Gait

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Noun:
A person's manner of walking.
Verb:
Walk in a trained gait, as at a show: "the dogs are gaiting in a circle".

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Valiant

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Adjective:
Possessing or showing courage or determination: "a valiant warrior".

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Consolation

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Noun:
1. Comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment.
2. A person or thing providing such comfort.

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Finicky

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Adjective:
1. (of a person) Fussy about one's needs or requirements.
2. Showing or requiring great attention to detail.

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Dispute

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Noun:
A disagreement, argument, or debate.
Verb:
Argue about (something); discuss heatedly: "I disputed the charge on the bill"; "he taught and disputed with local poets".

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Ambled

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Verb:
Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace.

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Delved

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Verb:
1. Reach inside a receptacle and search for something: "she delved in her pocket".
2. Research or make painstaking inquiries into something.

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Curtly

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Adverb:
in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner; "he told me curtly to get on with it"; "he talked short with everyone";...

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Skirting

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Verb:
1. Go around or past the edge of.
2. Be situated along or around the edge of: "the fields that skirted the highway were full of cattle".

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Elude

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Verb:
1. Evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skillful or cunning way: "he managed to elude his pursuer".
2. (of an idea or fact) Fail to be grasped or remembered by (someone).

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Incredulously

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Adverb:
in an incredulous manner; "the woman looked up at her incredulously".

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Ashen

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Adjective:
1. Of the pale gray color of ash: "the ashen morning sky".
2. Made of timber from the ash tree.

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Sentries

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Noun:
A soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place.

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Goaded

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Verb:
Provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.

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Imminent

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Adjective:
About to happen: "imminent danger".

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Perturbed

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Verb:
1. Make (someone) anxious or unsettled.
2. Subject (a system, moving object, or process) to an influence tending to alter its normal or regular state or path.

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Confrontation

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Noun:
A hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties.

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Alleviate

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Verb:
Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

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Hordes

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Noun:
A large group of people.

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Suffice

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Verb:
1. Be enough or adequate.
2. Meet the needs of.

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Receding

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Verb:
1. Go or move back or further away from a previous position: "the flood waters receded".
2. (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) Gradually diminish: "the prospects of an early end to the war receded".

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Edible

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Adjective:
Fit to be eaten (often used to contrast with unpalatable or poisonous examples).
Noun:
Items of food.

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Derisive

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Adjective:
Expressing contempt or ridicule: "a harsh, derisive laugh".

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Detached

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Adjective:
Separate or disconnected, in particular.

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Poised

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Adjective:
1. Having a self-assured manner.
2. Having a graceful and elegant bearing.

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Commenced

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Verb:
Begin; start.

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Slack

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Adjective:
Not taut or held tightly in position; loose.
Noun:
1. The part of a rope or line not held taut; the loose or unused part.
2. Coal dust or small pieces of coal.
Verb:
Loosen (something, esp. a rope).
Adverb:
Loosely.

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Appalling

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Adjective:
Awful; terrible.

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Wedges

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Noun:
A piece of wood, metal, or some other material having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or...

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Clamor

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Noun:
A loud and confused noise, esp. that of people shouting vehemently.
Verb:
(of a group of people) Shout loudly and insistently: "the crowds clamored for attention".

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Rumpled

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Verb:
Give a creased, ruffled, or disheveled appearance to: "a rumpled bed".

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Muster

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Verb:
Assemble (troops), esp. for inspection or in preparation for battle.
Noun:
A formal gathering of troops, esp. for inspection, display, or exercise.

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Interior

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Adjective:
Situated within or inside; relating to the inside; inner: "interior lighting".
Noun:
The inner or indoor part of something, esp. a building; the inside.

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Submerged

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Verb:
Cause to be under water.

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Amiss

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Adjective:
Not quite right; inappropriate or out of place.
Adverb:
Wrongly or inappropriately.

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Convivial

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Adjective:
1. (of an atmosphere or event) Friendly, lively, and enjoyable.
2. (of a person) Cheerful and friendly; jovial.

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Ceased

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Verb:
1. Come to an end: "the hostilities had ceased and normal life was resumed"; "on his retirement the job will cease to exist".
2. Bring (a specified action) to an end: "they were asked to cease all military activity".

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Anachronism

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Noun:
1. A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
2. An act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong.

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Forlorn

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Adjective:
1. Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely: "forlorn figures at bus stops".
2. (of an aim or endeavor) Unlikely to succeed or be fulfilled; hopeless: "a forlorn attempt to escape".

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Receded

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Verb:
1. Go or move back or further away from a previous position: "the flood waters receded".
2. (of a quality, feeling, or possibility) Gradually diminish: "the prospects of an early end to the war receded".

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Dwindled

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Verb:
Diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength: "dwindling resources".

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Flimsy

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Adjective:
Comparatively light and insubstantial; easily damaged.