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15 Cards in this Set
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Accolade (n.) |
award; honor |
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Accost (v.) |
to boldly approach and speak to |
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Berate (v.) |
to scold or condemn severely |
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Bombastic (adj.) |
grandliloquent (wordy, pompous) in speech or writing |
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Calumny (n.) |
slander; defamation |
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Caustic (adj.) |
burning; critical, sarcastic, characterized by a bitter wit |
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Deplete (v.) |
to lessen the supply or content of |
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Desultory (adj.) |
aimless; disconnected; rambling |
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Effete (adj.) |
worn-out; marked by weakness; effemiate |
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Fatuous (adj.) |
inane; foolish; fatheaded |
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Germane (adj.) |
relevant; appropriate |
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Harbinger (n.) |
forerunner; something that signals the approach of something; omen |
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Malaise (n.) |
a feeling of illness or depression |
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Nascent (adj.) |
coming into being; emerging |
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Obsequious (adj.) |
fawning; too easily compliant |
