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23 Cards in this Set
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Meaning little, of slight worth or importance
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Trifling
"She's a trifling bitch" |
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Depressed
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Melancholy
Melancholy = Infinite sadness |
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At rest
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Repose
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Rude
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Impertinent
Simon Cowell says "You better watch me be impertinent on AI" |
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Clearly apparent to the sight or understanding; obvious
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Manifest
Captain Obvious meets the other superheroes at a "man"-"fest"! |
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To get on someone's good side, reconcile, make up
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Conciliate
He got on the criminal's good side by making sure the "Silly Con Ate"! (Con-Silly-Ate) |
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To re-establish a close relationship; to accept something
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Reconcile
I reconciled myself to dealing with boring managers: "Umm...we're gonna need to you to come in on Saturday...yeah..." |
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Pointed, moving, touching
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Poignant
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Choose the best from
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Cull
"Cull" the "cool" one! |
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Speaking clearly with great power
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Eloquence
He speaks with eloquence about his elephants. |
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Passion, intensity
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Fervor
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Sudden, violent outburst
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Paroxysm
Waaaa!!! Pa-ROCKS-ysm!!! |
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To hold down, crush, subdue
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Quell
Crush the cream of the crop? "Quell" the one you "cull"! |
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Hard to please, picky
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Fastidious
Picky, picky! |
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Guessed or known without being told
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Intuitive
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Judgment, understanding
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Discernment
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Easy
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Facile
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Overpower, conquer
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Subdue
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Fit for use, appropriate
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Apt
A square peg isn't apt for a round hole! |
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To improve
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Ameliorate
If Amelia returns with those muffins, she'll "Amelia-rate" the status of my hunger! |
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Cannot be taken back
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Irrevocable
Something said (or "vocal") can't be taken back! |
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Urgent, necessary
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Imperative
It's im-"pear"-ative that I eat a pear! |
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Funds donated to an institution; giving something a quality that it doesn't have
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Endowment
This cat isn't quite endowed with human intelligence... |
