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DEPRAVITY
Noun Link: Cavity |
Extreme wickedness
Eds mother attributed his depravity to violent movies and video games. |
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cupidity
(kyoo pid ih tee) link: cupid |
excessive greed
the thiefs cupidity was exceeded only by his ignornce. |
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dogmatic
(dawg mat ik) Adj link: Dog |
the opinions or ideas dogmatically asserted by a dogmatic person are known as dogma
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paradox
(parOh Dohx) link: Bears or ducks |
a paradox looks like a contridiction but it really is true.
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dire
(Dye ur) Link: Fire |
the huricane struck the florida keys with dire resuly all the buildings were flattend
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forbear
(for bar) |
henry forbore hi desicion to close the store deciding to wait until she finisheed after the christmas season.
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pique
irritation, to rroute curiosity link: Peek |
the sound of the car hornPIQUED our curiosity until we saw our neighbor had accedntliy pressed it while backing out of his driveway.
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Bland
adj lacking flavor or zest; dull |
Link: Land
the pdding was smooth though bland |
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IDOLATRY
(i doll ah tree) Link: Doll Tree |
Elvis IDOLATROUS fans stormed Graceland.
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impede
(im Peed) To obstrcut or interfere with to delay Link: Speed |
He was only my uncle, but he always told me no matter what not to let any one impede my ambition to go to medical school.
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cerebral
(suh ree Brul) linl : cereal |
cerebral for a football player the willy kansas quarterback rarely called a play that wasnt well planned and though out.
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