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55 Cards in this Set
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gallant
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courageous; noble
*think: galloping knight She's still single because she's waiting for a gallant knight to come galloping in on his horse and sweep her away. |
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gambol
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to happily dance around; to frolic
*think: game ball After she scored three goals and led the team to victory, the coach awarded her the game ball which made her gambol all over the place. |
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garble
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to make hard to understand
*think: gargle A ban connection can garble a voicemail to the point that the message just sounds like someone mid-gargle. |
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gaudy
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flashy in a tasteless way
*think: gawd ugly The rapper's inch-thick gold chain was so gaudy that even his fans said, "Gawd that's ugly!" |
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germinate
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to grow or to cause to grow
*think: germ in Nate After entering his nose, the germ in Nate was able to germinate into a cold because he was so tired. |
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glacial
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slow and/or cold
*think: glacier My answer had a glacial (slow) pace, and the interviewer gave me a glacial (cold) look that made me feel like I was on a glacier. |
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glancing
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indirect
*think: glance The knight just took a quick glance at his opponent; as a result, his blow was glancing and didn't cause damage. |
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glowered
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looked at with anger
*think: glow rrr The scary, frowning jack-o-lantern glowered at us; its glow seemed to say "RRRRRRRR!" |
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grasping
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excessively greedy
*think: Mr. Burns' grasping The Simpsons' Mr. Burns is a grasping (adj.) tycoon who is always grasping (v.) at any new source of profit. |
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grating
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irritating
*think: cheese grater Reading Facebook election posts is grating; I'd almost rather rub a cheese grater on myself. |
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gravitas
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powerful seriousness
*think: gravity As the judge entered, his gravitas was like gravity, drawing everyone's eyes to him and silencing the room. |
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grisly
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horrific; disgusting
*think: grizzly death If you piss off a grizzly bear, it may give you a grisly death. |
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grovel
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to act like an unworthy servant by crawling or lowering oneself
*think: face in the gravel Grovel to his majesty by putting your face in the gravel, slave! |
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guttural
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strange and unpleasant sounding
*think: gutter roar You'd have the guttural gutter roar of a homeless man if you spent the night sleeping in the gutter. |
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hallowed
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sacred
*think: halo-ed The cemetery where saints are buried is so hallowed it's practically "halo-ed." |
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harbinger
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something that shows what will happen in the future
*think: bringer The superstitious woman thought the black cat crossing her path was a harbinger of bad luck and a bringer of misfortune. |
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hermetic
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protected from outside influence
*think: hermit The hermit lived in a hermetic cave that was only reachable via a treacherous mountain path. |
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hidebound
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inflexible; ultra-conservative
*think: animal hide-bound Santorum's views are so hidebound that his underwear is probably made from animal hide bound around his waist. |
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hirsute
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hairy
*think: hair suit I saw an old guy in the locker room who was so hirsute he looked like he was wearing a hair suit. |
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holistic
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dealing with something as a whole
*think: whole list Holistic medicine treats the whole list of body issues instead of just addressing one symptom. |
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homespun
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simple; unpretentious
*think: home spun Her clothes are pretty homespun, but then again, they actually are home spun - her mom weaves them at home on a loom. |
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husbandry
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careful management
*think: husband In the 1950s, a woman's husband usually practiced husbandry of their finances. |
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idyllic
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pleasingly; naturally simple
*think: ideal campsite The idyllic forest grove, with its sunbeams, babbling brook, and butterflies, seemed like an ideal campsite. |
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idiosyncrasy
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a weird trait
*think: idiotic 'N SYNC I might seem idiotic to suggest and 'N SYNC-crasy where 'N SYNC rules our nation, but it's just my idiosyncrasy. |
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illiberal
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narrow-minded
*think: ill liberal Unlike his fellow open-minded Democrats, Jack was so illiberal that people thought he must be a mentally ill liberal. |
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imprimatur
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official approval
*think: Game of Thrones imprint In Game of Thrones, a king conveys his imprimatur with an imprint of his crest on a scroll's wax seal. |
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inane
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lacking meaning; silly
*think: insane Saying you "like stuff" if others ask about your interest is inane; it might make them think you're insane. |
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incandescent
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bright; brilliant
*think: candle's scent If you smell a candle's scent, it's because an incandescent flame is melting the candle's wax. |
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indomitable
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unconquerable
*think: in-dominate-able Spain's national soccer team is so good that they're indomitable or "in-dominate-able" - they're unable to be dominated. |
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infinitesimal
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incredibly tiny
*think: infinitely small Electrons are pretty much infinitely small - they're so infinitesimal that observing them changes them. |
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inimical
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unfriendly; hostile
*think: enemy Of course the other beauty contestant hid your lipstick! She's your enemy; it's no surprise she'll be inimical. |
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inordinate
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exceeding reasonable limits
*think: not ordinary Joey Chestnut consumed an inordinate number of hot dogs; it's not ordinary that he ate 62 of them. |
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insipid
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bland; dull
*think: in Sippy cups FYI: if your drinks are served in sippy cups, you're probably a baby - that's why they feed you insipid, mushy food. |
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insular
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narrow-minded
*think: insulate The hick's outlook was so insular that he might as well have been surrounded by insulation. |
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interloper
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one who intrudes
*think: interrupt elope The interloper interrupted them from eloping when the priest said, "Speak now or forever hold your peace." |
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jocose
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given to joking
*think: joke coach It was no surprise that the jocose high school student grew up to be a joke coach. |
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judicious
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having good judgment
*think: Hey Jude's judgment The Beatles' song, "Hey Jude," says to be judicious, to use good judgment, and to "let her into your heart." |
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kindle
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to start; to stir up
*think: kindling You can't just light a log on fire - to kindle the campfire, you need some kindling: twigs, paper, dried grass, etc. |
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kismet
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fate
*think: kiss met I knew it was kismet that I'd marry her because we kissed as soon as we met each other. |
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lackadaisical
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without energy or spirit
*think: lack daze Lackadaisical people lack energy so much that they're in a constant daze. |
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lamented
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expressed regret for
*think: lame ent Even though he knew he deserved it, the lame ent lamented getting fired from the Lord of the Rings movie. |
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lapidary
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precise; cutting
*think: lap your opponent If your track relay team can lap its opponent, you're justified in making a lapidary remark. |
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largess
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generosity
*think: large-ness Due to his wealthy parents' largess and the large-ness of their generosity, the college student lived pretty largely and drove a Ferrari. |
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lassitude
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tiredness; laziness
*think: lazy attitude Your lassitude is caused by your lazy attitude and belief that Lassie will come save you if you need help. |
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legerdemain
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sleight of hand; a display of skill
*think: Heath Ledger Heath Ledger's domain was the silver screen; his acting legerdemain captivated audiences. |
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levity
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lightheartedness
*think: levitate The comedian's levity made us laugh so hard we felt as though we were levitating above our chairs. |
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licentious
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lacking restraint
*think: license-ish Flappers were thought to be licentious, since they acted as if they had a license to do whatever they wanted. |
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listless
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having little interest or energy
*think: to-do-list-less If you've never made a to-do list, you're list-less and probably listless. |
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lithe
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flexible; graceful
*think: lie there My cat is lithe; I would be too if I just could lie there all day like him with no stress. |
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logorrhea
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excessive wordiness
*think: word diarrhea I thought a long speech would help my grade, but my teacher said my logorrhea was like verbal diarrhea. |
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loll
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to hang out lazily
*think: LOL If you're the type of person who writes "LOL!" in emails, you probably don't have a job yet and just loll about the house. |
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lovelorn
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without love
*think: love torn After his wife died in an accident, the man felt lovelorn, as though he'd had his love torn from him. |
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lucre
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money; profit
*think: lucrative When you put in the years of training necessary to secure a lucrative career, lucre is your reward. |
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luminary
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mournful or gloomy
*think: lug Brian I became lugubrious when I realized I would have to lug the unconscious Brian up the stairs. |
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lurid
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sensational; shocking
*think: lure in I'm trying to be more lurid to lure in more Twitter followers. |