The Underground Railroad

complicated vocabulary in Colson Whitehead's novel

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This set of flashcards helps secondary school students expand their English vocabulary. It focuses on a wide range of words, including terms like "pyre," "revel," and "canvas," which are essential for understanding complex texts. The platform also supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. This flashcard set is particularly useful for students preparing for exams or anyone looking to enhance their language skills and fluency at an intermediate to advanced level.

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Anglais

Catégorie

Anglais

Niveau

Collège

Créé / Mis à jour

22.09.2019 / 22.09.2019

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whip

to leer

to stare in an ugly way

to prowl

to sneak

to traverse

to zig-zag roll

sumptous

luxurious

valet

servant

trajectory

direction

adept

expert

limerick

five-line humorous or erotic poem

reprobate

sinner

canvas

heavy tent fabric

to addle somebody's senses

to ruin sb.'s senses

exasperation

wrath

to trot sb. out

to display sb.

revel

entertainment

to converge

to unite o.s.

to dissemble

to pretend

to holler

to scream

pyre

heap of combustibles to burn a corpse

Contaminated

tainted

to dazzle

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= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

to blind the eyes

to stave in

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= avant/arrière,

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to chop off

cowrie shell

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= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

sea shell

crate of rum

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= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

chest of rum

to stagger the purchases

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to put them into categories

port of call

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= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

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port to touch

noxious air

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= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

poisonous air

hold of a ship

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= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

storage

to contrive

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to manage

to stymy

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= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

to stop

chattel

slaves

gunwale

rim of a boat's deck

frigate

light sailboat

procurer

supplier

venereal distemper

lacking health beqause of sexual diseases

stud

mail horse

limestone

powdery white soft stone

pickaninny

young black child (offensive)

rock candy

hard candy

glut

abundance

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subscriber

s.o. who signs a document

instant

current month

gaol

jail

to scurry

to hurry

chore

daily work

precedence

preference

to forgo

to give up

turnip

edible whitish root

crochety

stubborn

riled

annoyed

to twirl

to rotate

following suit

doing the same

indulgence

weakness

calf

back of leg below the knee

scrub

small trees

wear

damage

to squabble

to quarrel

chicken coop

chicken cage

to dole out

to give out

to coerce

to intimidate

to jibe

to agree

stump

heavy footfall

simmering

cooking

stake

territory

canvass

inquiry

yam slips

tropical vineroot strips

to corral

to collect

travesty

embarassment

to clop

to strike

to cherish

to treat with affection

baling

blocking

loft

space below the ceiling

squat

short and thick

burl

rounded outgrowth on a trunk

to slink over

to move over quietly

recourse

right of a creditor

to stunt

to dwarf

abject

contemptible

to undergird

to support

to contend

to struggle

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