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12 Cards in this Set
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affable
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friendly
sociable approachable pleasant |
I have always liked abby because she strikes me as a very affable person
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condescending
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snobbish
superior judgmental |
People are often condescending to bob because of his height
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delineate
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outline
draw describe portray |
at the beginning of every school year my teacher makes me delineate my plans
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effusive
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excessively expressive
emotionally overflowing |
carrie said she did not like the movie because the main actress was effusive
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eloquence
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expressiveness
the ability to speak powerfully |
everybody like to listen to dan talk because he had a lot of eloquence
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facilitate
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make easier
simplify |
eliza listed her social security number and birthdate at the top to facilitate her application process
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florid
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rosy
reddish ruddy |
The cold weather made franks face florid
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Implicit
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understood
implied absolute unquestioning complete |
Georgina had no questions about the plan because her bosses directions were implicit
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inevitable
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unavoidable
inescapable |
hector knew that since he did not study getting a bad grade on the test was inevitable
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predilection
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preference
tendency |
isabel's predilection for fast food was steak and shake
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ruse
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deceptive strategy
trick |
John figured out that the trip to the grocery store was just a ruse to get him off the computer and out of the house
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truncate
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shorten
condense abbreviate |
Karly was mad when her teacher tol she would have to truncate her 1,000 word paper
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