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9 Cards in this Set
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Adversity |
A difficult or unpleasant situation |
The road to happiness is paved with adversity |
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Respite |
A short break or escape from something difficult or unpleasant |
Mr vinh continued to work without respite |
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Fleeting |
Lasting only a short time |
Our time with our kids is precious and fleeting |
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Procrastinate |
To delay doing smt that you should do, usually because you do not want to do it |
People were dying of starvation while goverments procrastinated |
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Latent |
Existing, but not yet very noticeable, active or well developed |
We're trying to bring out the latent artistic talents that many people possess without realizing it |
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Ingenious |
Having a lot of clever new ideas and good at inventing thingsm very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas |
She's very ingenious when it comes to finding excuse |
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Integrity |
The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles that you refuse to change |
It goes without saying that Mr.Vinh is a man of the highest integrity |
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Judicious |
Careful and sensible, showing good judgement |
We should make judicious use of the resources available to us |
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Lavish |
Large in amount or impressive and usually costing a lot of money(= extravagant, luxurious) |
Wealthy individuals lead a very lavish lifestyle |
