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25 Cards in this Set
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Aesthetic |
Concerned with beauty A set of principles underlying and guiding the work of a particular artist or movement |
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Aloof |
Not friendly or forthcoming |
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Archaic |
Very old or old fashioned |
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Assuage |
Make an unpleasant feeling Satisfy |
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Belie |
To give true notion of an appearance Fail to fulfill or justify ...betray |
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Contentious |
Causing or likely to cause an argument |
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Daunt |
Make someone feel intimidated or apprehensive |
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Debilitate |
Making someone weak or infirm |
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Discord |
Disagreement between people |
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Dissemination |
The act of spreading something |
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Dogmatic |
Inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertible true |
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Duplicity |
Double dealing |
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Egocentric |
Thinking only of ones self |
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Euphemism |
A mild or indirect word or expression substituted for one considered to be to harsh or blunt |
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Gluttonous |
Excessively greedy |
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Mundane |
Lacking interest or excitement |
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Ominous |
Giving the impression that something bad or umpleasent is going to happen |
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Petulance |
The quality of being childish sulku or bad tempered |
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Pompous |
Affectedly and irritatingly grand or self important |
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Precocious |
Having developed certain abilities or proactivites at an earlier age then usual |
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Slothful |
Lazy |
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Trivia |
Pieces of little information of little importance or value |
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Verbose |
Using or expressed in more words than are needed |
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Virulent |
Extremely severe harmful in its effects Bitterly hostile |
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Volatile |
Easily evaporated at normal temperatures Liable to change rapidly and unpredictably |
