lesson 6

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iridescent
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a play of colours like those on rainbow
Spiders have ___ eyes
sycophantic
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flattery, excessive or insincere praise, adulation
Auditors often encounter ___ towards them
venture
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to start risky or dangerous undertaking
Draco reluctantly joined ___, sickly worried for his friends
solar
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related to the sun
Greenhouse is working on ___ battery
customary
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usual, predictable
They sealed the deal with ___ handshake
elation
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pride, triumph, happiness
After salvation they felt bright sparkle of ___.
inkling
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feeling, vague notion
She wondered if her mother gets any __ when being visited in hospital
in jest
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as a joke or prank
Sorry, I didn't understand at first it was said ___.
content
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pleased, satisfied
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Nicky was very ___ with her new husband
blanch
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whitten, turn pale
That news made him shiver and ___
rigid
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stiff, unflexible, stoic
She was petrified and all her body turned ___ now
dawdle
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slack off, be idle
On Saturday we have every right to ___ and ditch all work
interrogate
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question in accusing manner
police station or jail
Relax, it feels like __ to me, what have even I done?
yield
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surrender, accept defeat // produce, supply
Under pressure she ___ to them. // The average milk ___ from each cow has doubled this year.
flick
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light strock with a whip // throw or toss with a quick motion
The snake ___ its tongue in and out.
flicker
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shine unsteadily
A smile ___ across her face
gloat
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observe someone's failure with malicious triumph
finally they failed!
Aunt Petunia ___ her neighbours's withered garden
porcupine
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bigger hedgehog
refugee
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person who forced to leave from their country and flees to another for escape
He was ___ so I didnt want to contact the police.
eloquent
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well spoken, powerful and expressive
You may despise teacher but you cannot decline how ___ he is
fraud
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act of deceiving, faking personality or story
Identity ___ is a great crime in modern world
elect
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choose, vote
He was faced to ___ between dawdle and work
dismay
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discourage, antsiness
___-ed ook on their faces when he handled a 100 dollars bill.
resolution
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firm decision, determination
She is making new year ___ to quit smoking
novelty
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modern invention
Flea market was full of ___ at which he stared in complete shock.
languish
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to become weak, feeble through disease or romantic yearning
He ___ in jail all this time!
palpable
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you can touch or feel
There was ___ tension between them
inexplicable
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hard or impossible to explain
His notion was enticing but ___
threshold
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bottom of a doorline, borderline
Polar bears are on ___ of extinction
boast
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brag, show off, talk with excessive pride
He was ___ about moving to New York city.
dubious
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uncertain, hesitant, doubting
She gave him ___ look on the threshold but followed nonetheless
dissuade
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to persuade/convince against or from
Parents tried to ___ me from visiting friend that late at night
senile
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showing elderlys' weakness
Her tired ___ look made regret a fraud.
incredolous
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incredible, not believable
She is telling the most ___ stories, are those even true?

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