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41 Cards in this Set
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Hubris
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excessive pride; arrogance
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Lassitude
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weariness, fatigue
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Miser
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a stingy person
"myse! myse! You can't have it!" |
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Frenetic
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frantic, frenzied
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Strident
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grating, harsh sound
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Laudable
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worthy of praise
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Malinger
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to avoid work
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Soporific
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lethargic
"just been sopping around all day" |
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Supplicant
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petitioner, pleader
"can't you supply?" |
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Coquette
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a flirtatious man
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Evince
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to show, reveal
"vince showed me his gun" |
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Aggrandize
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to make great or greater
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Obviate
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to anticipate and prevent, avert
"obvious, prevented" |
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Belied
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to misrepresent
"politicians belied with their bellies" |
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Diffident
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lacking confidence
"-fident, no con" |
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Mendacious
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dishonest, deceitful
"men's audacious insult" |
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Truculent
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ferocious, savage
"succulent for a truck driver" |
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Castigate
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to punish or criticize severely
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Cogent
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convincing, having the power to compel
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Deleterious
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harmful, noxious
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Promulgate
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to put forth by open declaration
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Ineluctable
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not to be avoided or resisted
"in 'elucive' (the) table (torture)" |
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Invidious
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calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks
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Plangent
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resounding loudly, having a loud reverberating sound
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Nugatory
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inconsequential, worthless
"nugget! it's a chicken nugget..." |
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Pusillanimous
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very small, timid
"little pussy animal" |
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Jejune
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dull, lacking interest
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Ludology
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the study of videogames
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Tautology
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needless repetition of an idea
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Quandary
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state of perplexity or doubt
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Peregrination
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traveling about especially on foot
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Peroration
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the concluding part of a speech
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Antedates
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to precede in time (come earlier)
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Superannuation
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to make out of date
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Senescence
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state of being old or becoming old
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Apocryphal
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not canonical: spurious
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Amiable
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having or showing good-natured personal qualities
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Obstinate
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stubborn, not yielding to argument
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Obsequious
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showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning
"Seeequious, your master" |
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Quotidian
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something that occurs daily; a quotidian report.
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Obstreperous
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resisting control or restraint
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