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15 Cards in this Set
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AFFABLE (adj)
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(1) Easy and pleasand to speak to; approachable
(2) Gentle and Gracious. |
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AVARICE (n)
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Immoderate desire for wealth; cupidity. Greed for money.
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CLEMENCY (n)
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(1) A disposition to show mercy, especially to an offender of enemy.
(2) A merciful, kind or lenient act (3) Mildness, especially of weather. |
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DILATORY (adj)
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(1) Indended to delay
(2) Tending to postpone or delay; procrastinate. |
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ETHEREAL (adj)
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(1) Light and insubstantial; intangible.
(2) Highly refined; delicate (3) of the celetial spherees; heavenly. Not of this world; spiritual |
The Ghost had a very ethereal look to it.
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GAMIN (n)
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An often homeless boy who roams about the streets; an urchin
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After the woman picked up the gamin who hasn't eaten in days, she treated him to dinner in a fancy resturant.
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IMPERVIOUS (adj)
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(1) Impossible to penetrate
(2) Impossible to affect. |
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JINGOIST (n)
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Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerant foreign policy, chuvinistic patriotism.
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The child who was trying to imitate the jingoist displayed on the TV said, "My Nation is better than your country."
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MILIEU (n)
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(1) An environment or setting; creating an ambiance with the whole package.
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Since he was born and brought up in Boston, his Milieu was that of new England.
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ONUS (n)
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(1) A difficlt or disagreeable responsibility or position that is ahead in space or time
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PORTEND (v)
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(1) to serve as an omen or a warning of; presage
(2) To indicate by prediction; forecast. |
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RECONDITE (adj)
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(1) Not easily understood, abstruse
(2) Concerned with or treating something abstruse or obscure (3) concealed; hidden |
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SCRUTINIZE (v)
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To examine or observe with great care; inspect critically.
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After they discovered the wreckage they scrutinized the man's position before pulling him out.
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SURREPTITOUS (adj)
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(1) Obtained, done, or made by clandestine or stealthy means. (2) Acting with or marked by stealth.
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The surreptitious theft stole over 60 million dollars worth in artifacts from the musseum
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URBANE (adj)
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Polite, refined, and often elegant in manner.
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As we entered the mansion the quite urbane butler asked us to join Mr. Wilson for some tea.
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