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23 Cards in this Set
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volubility |
the quality of talking fluently, readily, or incessantly; talkativeness. |
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discomfiture |
making someone feel uneasy or embarrassed |
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indolent |
wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy. |
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languidly |
sluggish in character in disposition |
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ministrations |
provision of assistance or care |
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stolid |
calm, dependable, showing little emotion |
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consecrated |
to make or declare sacred |
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felicitous |
adj. describing appropriate |
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wan |
unnatural or sickly color of skin |
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foist |
to force upon or impose unjustifiably |
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recrimination |
a counter argument |
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inexorable |
unalterable, unyielding |
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vehemence |
the display of strong feeling; passion |
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antipathy |
a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion |
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affability |
pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly; polite |
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untenanted |
not occupied by a tenant or tenants |
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ebullition |
a seething or overflowing, as of passion or feeling; outburst |
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facetious |
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor |
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uncouth |
lacking sophistication or delicacy |
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rejoinder |
reply, especially a sharp or witty one |
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avowed |
that has been asserted, admitted, or stated publicly |
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adjured |
urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something. |
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austere |
having an extremely plain and simple style or appearance; unadorned |
