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15 Cards in this Set
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Sanguine (adj) |
(sanguinely, sanguineness, sanguinity) confident; optimistic |
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Lofty (adj) |
(loftier, loftiest, loftily, loftiness) elevated in character and spirit; noble; impressively high or grand. |
She held lofty goals for herself. |
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Bolster (verb) |
(bolstered, bolstering, bolsters, bolsterer) to boost or reinforce. |
He bolstered his argument by including mathematical data. |
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Pejorative (adj) |
(pejoratively) a word or phrase that has a negative connotation; intends to belittle |
a. The customer spoke pejoratively to the clerk |
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Affluent (adj) |
(affluently) having a generously sufficient supply of possessions |
She came from an affluent family. |
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Circuitous (adj) |
(circuitously, circuitousness) indirect, roundabout, not being forthright. |
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Deleterious (adj) |
(deleteriously, deleteriousness) harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way. |
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Demagogue (noun) |
(demagoguery, demagogy) a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power; rabble-rousing leader. |
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Sagacity (adj) |
(sagaciously, sagacious, sagaciousness) wise; keen perception |
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Superfluous (adj) |
(superfluously, superfluity, superfluousness) exceeding what is sufficient, more than enough |
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Diatribe (noun) |
a bitter, criticizing, sometimes sarcastic denunciation. |
His diatribe against the senator was brutal. |
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Surreptitious (adj) |
(surreptitiously, surreptitiousness) obtained, done, or made by stealthy means; |
The cat moved surreptitiously |
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Abate (verb) |
(abated, abating) to reduce in amount, degree or intensity; to lesson or diminish |
I don’t mean to abate your excitement, but the Zoo is already closed. |
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Cogent (adj) |
(cogently) having the power to compel or constrain; appealing to the intellect; convincing. |
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Forbearance (noun) |
(forbearing, forbearingly, forebears, forbearer, forbore) refraining from the enforcement of something; to hold oneself back; to leave alone |
a. He is a very forbearing individual |
