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30 Cards in this Set
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AVID |
Having or showing a great interest. |
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Concise |
Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words. |
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Demean |
Causes humiliation by degrading a person |
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Diatribe |
A bitter attack or criticism |
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Despicable |
Regarded with dictate or disgust |
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Evoke |
To simulate or awaken |
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Pernicious |
Having a harmful effect in a subtle way |
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Slipshod |
Careless untidy junky |
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Sycophant |
A person who praise people of power to get their approval. |
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Ubiquitous |
Present appearing found everywhere. |
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Abrasion |
A scratch or worn area. |
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Absolution |
Formal release from guilt or punishment. |
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Anomaly |
Something unusual or unexpected |
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Cursory |
Hasty slipshod not concise. |
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Derive |
To arrive at or come from heredity. |
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Endeavor |
To make an attempt. |
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Gingerly |
Carefully cautiously. |
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Prevalent |
Widespread in a particular area at a particular time.3 |
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resilient |
recoil bounce back |
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coquette |
A woman who flirts |
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Blasphemy |
Sacrilege bad talk about holy or sacred things. |
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Depict |
To illustrate to describe to relate. |
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Emulate |
To imitate mirror or follow. |
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Encompass |
To surround or border. |
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Facetious |
Insincerely or joking. |
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Grimace |
Am ugly painful expression non someones face. |
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Impregnable |
Not able to defeat or demolish. |
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Recur |
Occur again or repeatedly.` |
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Serene |
Calm peaceful untroubled. |
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tete a tete |
A private conversation. |
