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10 Cards in this Set
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Diligently
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Surgeon
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Careful, thoughtful, cautious He was diligent in the matter of temperature control. His range of reading was extensive, and he was a most diligent scholar and writer. |
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Inconsistent
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weight gain/ loss
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Changing, unpredictable, erratic But that man, so heedless of his words, did not once during the whole time of his activity utter one word inconsistent with the single aim toward which he moved throughout the whole war. All the impossible orders inconsistent with the course of events remain unexecuted. |
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Devoid
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Black hole
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Empty, vacant, deprived Most of the time his tone was devoid of any emotion. From its base, in a roadless, mountainous country, almost devoid of water. |
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Prerogative
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Moral right
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Privilege, right, advantage I'm a woman; I have the prerogative to change my mind, especially after sleeping on it. They gave prerogative powers in exchange for money to fight the war against France. |
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Tactful
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Showing the way
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Understanding, diplomatic, considerate She was intelligent and tactful, a faithful wife, a devoted mother and a staunch friend. In his long administration of his latter diocese he was most energetic, tactful and munificent. |
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Irritable
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Mother dog
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Touchy, moody, testy She is never fretful or irritable, and I have never seen her impatient with her playmates because they failed to understand her. He grew still more irritable, and it was Princess Mary who generally bore the brunt of his frequent fits of unprovoked anger. |
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Antagonize
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Poking your sibling
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Pester, annoy, provoke He had no reason to antagonize Mrs. Glass and have her upset with him. The two campaigners nodded to each other, with neither wishing to antagonize the family of four smiling in the driveway. |
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Infallible
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dictonary
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Faultless, perfect, unerring At the time, we felt so infallible in our rightness we grabbed the proverbial bull by the horns exposing ourselves to a wealth of trouble. After these fits of irritability her face would grow yellow, and her maids knew by infallible symptoms when Belova would again be deaf, the snuff damp, and the countess' face yellow. |
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Begrudge
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Jealousy
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Envy, grudge, resent Whether it's creepy or not, if they are just crunching data and producing statistics and odds, I don't feel I can begrudge them. I don't begrudge artists making money off their early hits for a few decades, but the professional descendants whining about lost revenue don't exactly excite my pity. |
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Commence
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Begin
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Start, get underway, roll The cycle is supposed to commence with the year in which the new moon falls on the 1st of January. Some writers maintain, that it did actually commence then, and that nothing of the kind had existed there previously. |
