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35 Cards in this Set
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assuaged |
to be relieved/satisfied |
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taciturn |
a person reserved/uncommunicative in speech |
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repertoire |
things prepared to preform |
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vapid |
lacking or having lost energy |
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malevolent |
showing a wish to do evil to others |
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prediliction |
a tendency to think favorably towards something/ someone in particular |
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condescend |
to put aside one's dignity or superiority |
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wallow |
to indulge in something with great enjoyment |
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illicit |
forbidden by laws, rules, or customs |
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revelation |
the act of revelating or disclosing |
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vexation |
the state of being annoyed/ frustrated |
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cordial |
sincere and heart felt |
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flinty |
hard |
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contemptuous |
scornful or disrespectful |
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contentious |
causing or likely to cause an argument |
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diminuitive |
extremely or unusually small |
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auspicious |
conductive to sucsess/ favorable |
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arbitrated |
to determine |
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melancholy |
a state of sadness |
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benign |
having a kindly disposition; gracious |
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tacit |
understood without being openly expressed/ implied |
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placidly |
pleasently calm and peaceful |
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asinine |
foolish, unintelligent, stupid |
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edification |
moral improvement/ guidance |
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unfathomable |
not to be ompletely understood |
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perpetrated |
to present, execute, or do in a poor manner |
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libel |
the act or crime of punishing it
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deportment |
the conduct/ obedience of a child in school |
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obstreperous |
resisting control or restraint in an unruly manner |
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invective |
violent deunciation |
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rudiment |
the first principles of a subject
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apoplectic |
overcome with anger |
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philippic |
a bitter attack |
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umbrage |
offense or annoyance |
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beholden |
having a duty to someone |
