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15 Cards in this Set
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Affable |
Courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to. Adj |
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Aggrandize |
To increase in greatness, power, or wealth, to build up or intensify. To make appear greater V. |
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Amorphous |
Shapeless, without definitely form; of no particular type or character, without organization, unity, or cohesion. Adj |
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Archetype |
An original model in which something was patterned or replicated; the ideal example of a particular type of person or thing. N. |
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Erudite |
Scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic Adj. |
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Gossamer |
Adj. Thin, light, delicate, insubstantial. N. Very thin light cloth. |
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Inscrutable |
Incapable of being understood; impossible to see through physically. Adj. |
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Insular |
Relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience. Adj Provincial. |
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Irrevocable |
Incapable of being changed or called back. Adj. |
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Portentous |
Ominously prophetic, threatening. Adj. |
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Remonstrate |
To argue with someone against something, protest against. V. Expostulate. |
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Repudiate |
To disown, reject, deny the validity of. V. |
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Scurrilous |
Coarsely abusive, vulgar, or low (especially on language) foul mouthed. Adj. |
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Sedulous |
Persistent, showing industry and determination. Adj. |
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Supercilious |
Showing superiority, or arrogance; cocky. Adj. |
