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20 Cards in this Set

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Amenable
(adj) willing to accept what someone says or does without arguing
Berate
(v) to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
Carnage
(n) when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a war
Credulous
(adj) always believing what you are told, and therefore easily deceived
Criterion
(n) a standard that you use to judge something or make a decision about something
Deplete
(v) to reduce the amount of something that is present or available
Expatiate
(v) to speak or write in detail about a particular subject
Extraneous
(adj) not belonging to or directly related to a particular subject or problem
Inception
(n) the start of an organization or institution
Infirmity
(n) bad health or a particular illness
Jejune
(adj) ideas that are too simple; boring; lacking substance
Obdurate
(adj) very determined not to change your beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a way that seems unreasonable
Potpourri
(n) a mixture of pieces of dried flowers and leaves kept in a bowl to make a room smell pleasant
Precocious
(adj) a child that shows intelligence or skill at a very young age, or behaves in an adult way
Sadistic
(adj) cruel and enjoying making other people suffer
Sententious
(adj) telling people how they should behave
Supplicate
(v) to ask for something, especially from someone in a position of power or from God
Sufeit
(n) an amount of something that is too large or that is more than you need (v) to provide with an amount of something that is too large or that is more than needed
Tortuous
(adj) a path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along; complicated and long and therefore confusing
Turgid
(adj) boring and difficult to understand; full and swollen