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55 Cards in this Set
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w: Lucid |
d: clear-headed |
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w: Abashed |
d: embarassed |
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w: belies |
d: to contradict |
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w: incongruous |
d: incompatible |
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w: myriad |
d: a great number |
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w: quixotic |
d: foolishly idealistic |
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w: derision |
d: ridicule |
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w: endemic / inherent |
d: naturally a part of |
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w: impasse |
d: blocked path |
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w: capitulate |
d: to give in on demands |
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w: disparages |
d: regard as being of little worth |
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w: bolsters |
d: to support or strengthen |
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w: altruistic |
d: unselfish |
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w: baneful |
d: harmful, destructive |
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w: benevolent |
d: well meaning, kindly |
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w: ambiguous |
d: open to more than one interpretation, double-meaning, a choice not yet made |
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w: vociferous |
d: crying out noisily, clamorous |
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w: provocation |
d: action that makes someone annoyed or angry, to elicit a particular response. |
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w: salient |
d: most noticeable, important |
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w: salubrious |
d: healthy, pleasant, not run-down |
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w: opprobrious |
d: expressing scorn or criticism |
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w: miscreant |
d: a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law |
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w: interloper |
d: a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong. |
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w: ebullience |
d: quality of being cheerful or full of energy |
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w: facetious |
d: treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant. |
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w: zeal |
d: great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective. |
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w: propriety |
d: the details or rules of behavior conventionally considered to be correct. |
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w: nuance |
d:a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound |
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w: altruistic |
d: unselfish |
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w: candid |
d: truthful or straightforward, frank |
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w: nonplussed |
d: perplexed |
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w: castigated |
d: to reprimand someone severely |
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w: reviled |
d: criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner. |
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w: vouchsafed |
d: give or grant something to someone in a gracious manner, to disclose information |
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w: lauded |
d: praise highly, especially in a public manner |
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w: petulant |
d: childishly sulky or bad-tempered |
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w: placid |
d: person not easily upset or excited. Calm and peaceful (like a body of water) |
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w: mercurial |
d: subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind. |
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w: pliant |
d: easily bent, influenced |
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w: ephemeral |
d: lasting for a very short time |
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w: frenetic |
d: fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way |
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w: cacophony |
d: a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds |
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w: sinecure |
d: easy job - a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit |
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w: arrogates |
d: take or claim without justification |
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w: eschew |
d: deliberately avoiding or abstaining from |
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w: imbue |
d: inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality |
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w: exorbitant |
d: unreasonably high |
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w: interpolate |
d: to insert something between fixed points |
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w: floundering |
d: struggle, serious difficultly, clumsy |
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w: apogee |
d: the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination |
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w: impugn |
d: dispute the validity of something, call into question |
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w: acrimony |
d: bitterness or ill feeling |
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w: gainsaid |
d: deny or contradict, oppose |
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w: diminutive |
d: extremely or unusually small |
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w: ostentatious |
d: characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress or attract notice. |
