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This set of flashcards helps university-level learners expand their English vocabulary. It focuses on advanced words and phrases, covering terms like "destitute," "obsequious," and "hackneyed." The flashcard set supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from English to their native language or vice versa. Ideal for students and advanced learners aiming to enhance their language skills, this collection aids in improving fluency and comprehension.

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English

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Created / Updated

24.07.2017 / 25.07.2017

boredom

ennui

logorroico

verbose

characterized by the use of too many words

verbose

insipido, insulso

vapid

lacking life, shapness or flavor

vapid

diminuire, affievolirsi

wane

decrease in strength

wane

sovrano, diplomatico

potentate

person who possesses great power

potentate

inquietante, incredibile

uncanny

having a supernatural basis

uncanny

banalizzazione

hackneyed

made commonplace or banal

hackneyed

alleviare

allay

mitigate, alleviate

allay

provocare

goad

to incite

goad

equivalente

tantamount

adulatore, ossequioso

obsequious

without means of subsistence

destitute

an obsequious flatterer, sycophant

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toady = leccapiedi

a small amount, especially refered to money

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pittance = miseria

to mar the surface or appearance of, disfigure

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deface = sfregiare, sfigurare

to speak desparagingly of, denounce as faulty or worthless

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decry = denigrare, diffamare

denigrare, diffamare

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decry

miseria

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pittance

sfregiare, sfigurare

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deface

leccapiedi

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toady

excess, an excessive amount

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surfeit = eccesso

eccesso, sovrabbondanza

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surfeit

celestial, extremly delicate

ethereal

to show a triumphant joy

exult = esultare

esultare

exult

impassibile

stolid

unemotional, impassive

stolid = impassibile

lacking in vigor or vitality

languid

cospirare

connive

to conspire

connive

relating to the first age

primeval

apparenza, parvenza

veneer

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mitigate, alleviate

allay

provocare

goad

to incite

goad

equivalente

tantamount

adulatore, ossequioso

obsequious

without means of subsistence

destitute

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