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34 Cards in this Set
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Acrid |
Pungent |
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Animosity |
Strong hostility |
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Buoyancy |
Ability to float in water; optimistic |
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Compunction |
a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that follows the doing of something bad |
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consternation |
feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected |
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Diffidence |
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence |
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Dissipate |
Scatter; squander |
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Dogmatic |
inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true |
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Duplicity |
deceitfulness |
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Encroach |
To intrude on |
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Extirpate |
root out and destroy completely |
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Fastidious |
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail |
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Galvanize |
To shock or excite someone into action |
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Grotesque |
Bizarre |
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Harbinger |
Something that announces the approach of another |
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Indefatigable |
Persisting tirelessly |
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Inculcate |
To impress upon by frequent repetition |
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Implore |
To beg |
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Inexorable |
Relentless; unable to be persuaded |
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Labyrinth |
A maze |
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Microcosm |
A representation of something on a much smaller scale; "smaller world" |
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Odious |
Pungent |
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Ghastly |
causing great horror or fear; frightful or macabre; extremely unwell |
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Penurious |
Extremely poor |
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Perfidious |
Deceitful |
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Quaint |
Attractively unusual or old-fashioned |
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Sardonic |
Cynical |
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Sanctimonious |
Making a show of being morally superior to others |
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Supercilious |
Behaving or looking as though one thinks they are superior to others |
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Specious |
Seemingly beautiful but not |
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Strident |
Shrill |
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Trepidation |
A feeling of fear or agitation about something that might happen |
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Uncanny |
Accurate; mysterious |
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Vitality |
The state of being strong and active; energy |
