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English flashcard gesticulate

abdicate English flashcard — The king gave up power when he abdicated his crown.

abhor English flashcard — People say nature abhors a vacuum but my wife abhors bugs.

abstain English flashcard — I’m abstaining from sweets for a month. I won’t eat them.

amble English flashcard — Once in a while I like to just amble through the park.

bequeath English flashcard — The old man bequeathed his money to his young bride. He left her everything.

English flashcard censure — The judge censured the driver for drunk driving.

English flashcard conjure — The witch conjured up a little monster.

English flashcard covet — It’s generally looked down on when you covet someone’s wife.

English flashcard debauch — When you act ridiculously like that you really do debauch yourself and your name.

English flashcard decimate — The village was decimated. Ten percent of the population was killed. (A lot of native speakers use this incorrectly to mean just the opposite, that 90% of the people were killed.)

English flashcard deify — The romans deified Caesar after his death.

English flashcard desecrate — I’m not religious but it seems wrong to desecrate holy places.

English flashcard disparage — Disparaging people is a pretty rude thing to do though at times it’s important to criticize public figures like presidents.

English flashcard emulate — My son takes after me just like I emulated my dad.

English flashcard enervate — By cutting Sampson’s hair, Delilah enervated him, she stole all his energy.

English flashcard excise — The government excised a tax on cigarettes.

English flashcard excommunicate — The priest was excommunicated for improper behavior.

English flashcard gawk — Quick gawking at that girl.

English flashcard gesticulate — Why are you gesticulating like that?

English flashcard hallow — The priest will hallow the land making it a sacred place.

English flashcard harangue — My mom just harangued me for skipping school. I felt so bad.

English flashcard imbibe — I don’t drink much but I do like to imbibe a bit once in a while.

English flashcard implored — I implored my dad to help me.

English flashcard inherit — When his mother died, he inherited her house money and things.

English flashcard jeer — The Prime Minister was met by jeers from the Members of Parliament.

English flashcard jettison — The boat was taking on water and the crew were forced to jettison cargo.

English flashcard marshal — The general marshaled his troops.

English flashcard perspire — I always perspire really badly in summer.

English flashcard peruse — The professor perused the books looking for the information he needed.

English flashcard query — I queried my professor on the subject.

English flashcard vacillate — I always vacillate. It’s so hard to make a decision.

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