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46 Cards in this Set
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cogent
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adj
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing |
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exigent
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adj
immediate aid or action; demanding |
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assay
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noun
to be analized or judged |
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intransigent
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uncompromising; no change
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incite
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verb
to stir up an action |
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resuscitate
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verb
to revive from apparent death or unconsciousness |
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solicitous
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anj
full of concern or fears; eager to help |
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perturb
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verb
caused to be worried or upset; agitated or disturbed |
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turbulent
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adj
violent disturbance of force characterized by confusion |
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turid
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adj
thick, cloudy, murky, muddy |
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alacrity
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noun
cheerful readiness |
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celerity
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noun
rapidity of motion or action |
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Degenarate
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verb
decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally |
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engender
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verb
cause or give rise to ( feeling, situation, condition) to produce |
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genre
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noun
a catergory orartistic composition, as in music or literature; literary type |
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cognate
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adj
(of award) Having the same linguistic derivation as anither; same root word; related by birth |
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innate
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adj
originated in the mind, inborn; natural |
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nascent
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adj
not yet fully developed |
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transfigure
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verb
to change the appearance of a person or thing very much |
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fictive
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adj
creating or created by imagination; imaginary |
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feign
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verb
pretend to be affected by ( a feeling, state, injury) |
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parturient
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adj
about to give birth, in labor |
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repretory
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noun
the performance of various plays, operas, or balets by a company at regular short intervals |
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vehement
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adj
strongly/passionate ( what you say) |
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inveigh
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verb
to protest strongly |
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surmise
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noun- a guess
verb- to guess |
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demise
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nound
death |
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remit
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verb
to make a payment |
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emblematic
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adj
symbolic |
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diabolical
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adj
evil |
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hyperbole
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noun
exaggerating "intentional" |
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episodic
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adj
occuring every now and then |
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methodical
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adj
organized/ orderly/ systematic |
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synod
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noun
community "church" |
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agrarion
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adj
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peregrination
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n- to travel from one place to another
v- a course of travel, journy |
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aggregate
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n- sum, mass, or assenblage of particulars, a total or gross amount
v- to bring together, collect the sum, mass or body |
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egregent
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extrordinary in some way, glaring, fragrant
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pastoral
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adj
having the simplicity, charm, serinity, or other characteristics generally attributes to rural areas. |
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repast
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noun
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating |
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brclolic
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adj
of, pertaining to, or suggesting |
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ruslic
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adj
made of roughly dressed liwibsea or rules of mees, as gowden seets |
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idyllic
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adj
pertaining to or charateristics of an idyll |
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frultion
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adv
obtainment of anything desired; realization |
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fruitless
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adv
useless |
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gregorious
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adj
fond of the compart of others; sociable |
