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31 Cards in this Set
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Overlooked |
to fail to notice, perceive, or consider |
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Exacerbated |
to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling,etc.) |
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Ascertained |
to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: |
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Ameliorated |
to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory;improve |
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Conventional |
conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste |
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Trifling |
of very little importance; trivial; insignificant |
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Eccentric |
deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.;irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: |
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orthodox |
of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine,philosophy, ideology, |
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precariously |
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain;unstable; insecure |
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Imperceptibly |
very slight, gradual, or subtle |
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providential |
opportune, fortunate, or lucky |
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Temperance |
moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control |
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Underscore |
to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis. |
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Obscure |
(of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain |
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prone |
having a natural inclination or tendency to something; disposed; liable |
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Tumultuous |
full of tumult or riotousness; marked by disturbance and uproar |
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Eminence |
high station, rank, or repute |
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improvisation |
the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, orarranging anything without previous preparation |
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harbingers |
a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another;herald. |
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monotonous |
lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: |
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notable |
worthy of note or notice; noteworthy |
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apathy |
absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement. |
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affability |
pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmlypolite |
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deteriorate |
to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc |
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undiminished |
to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen;reduce. |
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sustained |
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as astructure. |
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incongruous |
out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming |
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fortuitous |
happening or produced by chance; accidental |
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didactic |
intended for instruction; instructive |
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fastidiousness |
excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please |
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iconoclasm |
a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., asbeing based on error or superstition. |
