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10 Cards in this Set
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imperious
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adj.
domineerng in a haughty manner, dictatorial, overbearing authoritative, domineering, tyrannical, dictatorial, overbearing, despotic |
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recumbent
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adj.
lying down flat, prone, supine |
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juncture
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n.
a point in time, especially one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances (should be used for time as well as geography) circumstance, predicament, point where two things meet, joint, crossroad |
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morose
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v.
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood gloomy, mournful, melancholy, depressed, glum DOES NOT MEAN SULLEN, MEANS SAD |
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pugnacious
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adj.
inclined to quarrel fight readily, quarrelsome, belligerent, cobative contentious, combative, fight-picker, pugilist |
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reprehensible
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adj.
deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy blameworthy, guilty, copeable |
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wry
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adj.
produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features, abnormally bent or turned to one side (never to be used for geography or things, use for humor, facial expression, personality traits) twisted, sarcastic, ironic, crooked |
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sullen
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adj. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
grouchy, irritable, cantankerous, ill-tempered, moody |
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trepidation
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n.
tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation (has not happened yet) fear, alarm, uneasiness, apprehension, dread, anticipated fear or anxiety |
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mollify
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v.
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease pacify, appease, to calm, soothe, alleviate, milligate, assuage |
