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32 Cards in this Set
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restive |
dissatisfied or bored with your situation, and impatient to change it ≈ skittish |
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skittish |
1. nervous or excitable; easily scared 2. playfully frivolous or unpredictable |
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keep a low profile |
stay out of public notice |
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disquieting |
including feelings of anxiety or worry |
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cherish |
to protect; to hold sth dear; to keep in your mind |
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overshadow |
1. tower above and cast a shadow over 2. appear more prominent and important than |
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penitential |
showing that you are sorry for wrong things you have done |
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pellucid |
lucid |
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austerity |
1. a condition of living without unnecessary things and without comfort 2. a difficult economic situation caused by a government reducing the amount of money it spends |
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impetuous |
likely to do things impulsively and recklessly |
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eclipse (v) |
to make another person or thing seem much less important, good , or famous |
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complementary |
different but useful or attractive when used together |
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condense |
1. to make a text shorter 2. to make water in the air appear on the surface |
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distill |
1. تقطیر کردن 2. to get the main ideas from a much larger amount of information |
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be bound to |
1. be certain to happen 2. to have a moral or legal duty to do sth |
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abiding |
lasting a long time |
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jugged |
rough and with sharp points |
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miscegenation |
sexual relations between people of different races |
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disown |
to make it known that you no longer have any connection with sth that you were closely connected with |
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disavow |
to say that you have no responsibility for or connection with sth |
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pliant |
easily influenced by others; malleable |
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vaunt (v) |
to speak proudly about or praise sth, esp. in a way that is more than acceptable or reasonable; eulogize |
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mar (v) / marred (adj) |
to spoil sth, making it less good or less enjoyable |
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sully (v) |
to spoil sth that is pure or sb's reputation; to make sth dirty |
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levity |
humour or lack of seriousness, esp. during a serious occasion |
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hapless |
unlucky and usually unhappy |
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mirth |
laughter, humour, or happiness |
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abase |
to make sb seem less important or to not deserve respect |
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expatiate |
to speak or write about sth in great detail or for a long time |
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patrician |
of or like a person of high rank ≠ plebeian |
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esurient |
hungry or greedy |
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vanquish |
to defeat an enemy |
