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15 Cards in this Set
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SPARTAN
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severe, rigorous, disciplined
SYNONYMS: self-denying, plain, spare, restrained, strict, stern, austere |
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GADFLY
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a person who continually annoys others
SYNONYMS: pest, faultfinder, goad |
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HOMAGE
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action showing respect and honor
SYNONYMS: honor, admiration, esteem, reverence, tribute |
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SPURN
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scornfully refuse or reject
SYNONYMS: scorn, repel, despise, decline, dismiss, repudiate |
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PEDIGREE
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ancestry or record of ancestry, line or descent
SYNONYMS: descent, family tree, lineage, genealogy |
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PITTANCE
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small amount or portion, especially of money
SYNONYMS: trifle,insufficiency, ration,minimal wage, modicum |
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PREPOSTEROUS
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ridiculous, obviously absurd, contrary to reason
SYNONYMS: foolish, nonsensical, silly, unreasonable,irrational, ludicrous |
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MACABRE
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gruesome, horrible, causing fear,suggesting the horror of death
SYNONYMS:grim, hideous, horrid, dreadful, weird, ghastly |
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FARCE
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ridiculous, light comedy; slapstick comedy; absurd thing; mockery
SYNONYMS: mockery, absurdity, ridiculousness, nonsense, burlesque |
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BOMBAST
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speech or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning
SYNONYMS: wordiness, grandiloquence |
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PREROGATIVE
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exclusive or special right or privilege
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DEROGATORY
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tending to make a person or thing seem to be of lower value; belittling; negative; discrediting
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INTERROGATE
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question formally, closely, systematically
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ARROGANT
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showing an excessive and unpleasant sense of superiority; overbearingly proud; haughty
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ABROGATE
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abolish, repeat, cancel, legally do away with
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