Vocabulary Word Flash Cards

Our flash cards are a great way of testing if you've learned the meanings of the words in this section. Look at the words below and see if you can remember what each of them means.

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Aggregate (verb)

to collect or gather into a mass or a whole

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Mollify

to make someone less angry or upset

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Emote

to clearly show emotion, especially when you are acting

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Amorous

showing or feeling sexual desire

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Propensity

a tendency towards a particular way of behaving

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Limpid

1. transparent; clear 2. (of speech or writing) clear and easy to understand

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Interpolate

to add, insert, a comment or passage etc into a conversation, piece of writing or mathematical values

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Alleviate

make pain or problems etc, less severe

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Curt

rudely brief

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Martinet

a person who believes in strict discipline and expects you to obey all orders

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Hamper

to restrict the movement or progress of something or someone; impede

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Saturnine

a gloomy person; serious and unfriendly

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Latent

hidden; existing but not yet developed or manifested

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Emissary

a person sent by one government to another to take messages or to take part in discussions

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Luminary

a person who inspires or influences others

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Unification

the process of being made into a whole

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Amble

walk at a slow, relaxed pace

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Antithesis

the exact opposite

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Melange

a varied mixture

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Fulcrum

1. the point at which a lever is placed to get movement 2. a thing or person that plays an essential role

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