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15 Cards in this Set
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Aesthetic(ADJ.)
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Artistic; dealing with or capable of the appreciation of the beautiful.
Pablo Picasso was an aesthetic man. |
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Authentic(ADJ.)
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Genuine.
The signature was not authentic, in result it was deemed a forgery. |
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Confound(V.)
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Confuse; puzzle.
Rubix cubes often confound me. |
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Despot(N.)
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Tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler.
Throughout history despots have caused many wars and conflicts. |
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Elusive(ADJ.)
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Evasive; baffling; hard to grasp.
The teacher was tired of the student's elusive tactics of not doing his homework. |
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Fortuitous(ADJ.)
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Accidental; by chance.
I fortuitously spilled the glass of orange juice. |
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Humane(ADJ.)
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Marked by consideration or kindness.
We live in an inhumane world. |
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Indubitable(ADJ.)
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Unable to be doubted; unquestionable.
Sometimes teachers consider themselves indubitable. |
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Lassitude(N.)
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Languor; weariness.
A lack of sleep because of school often brings lassitude upon me. |
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Mollify(V.)
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Soothe.
It's hard to mollify The Incredible Hulk. |
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Parsimony(N.)
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Stinginess; excessive frugality.
Ebeneezer Scrooge's constant parsimony eventually caught up with him. |
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Potent(ADJ.)
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Powerful; persuasive; greatly influential
Martin Luther King Jr. was a potent Civil Rights Activist. |
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Raucous(ADJ.)
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Harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous.
The raucous sounds of war put distress on the minds of soldiers. |
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Stupefy(V.)
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Make numb; stun; amaze.
When I got stitches on my hand they stupefied my hand with six injections of a numbing medicine. |
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Veracity(N.)
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Truthfulness.
Pinocchio's veracity was proven wrong by his awkward nose. |
