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30 Cards in this Set
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Meticulous |
Marked by extreme care in treatment of details; careful; scrupulous |
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Chortle |
To chuckle, laugh merrily often in a breathy, muffled way |
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Apathetic |
Marked by lack of interest |
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Rustic |
Characteristics of rural life; awkwardly simple and provincial |
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Lambast |
Criticize severely and angrily |
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Exacerbate |
Make worse |
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Torpor |
A state of being inactive, stuporous, lethargy, apathy |
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Mitigate |
To make less severe or harsh |
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Incisive |
Having ability to recognize or draw fine distinction |
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Forthright |
Straightforward, candid, not evasive |
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Superfluous |
Serving no useful purpose, more than is needed, desired or required |
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Frivolous |
Not serious in contentor attitude or behaviour |
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Gossamer |
Characterized by unusual lightness, delicacy |
The gossamer wings of butterfly |
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Querulous |
Habitually complaining |
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Audacious |
Willing to be bold or to take risks |
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Eschew |
To avoid or stay away from deliberately |
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Concede |
i) to acknowledge defeat iii) admit (to a wrongdoing) iii) surrender to the physical control of another |
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Relinquish |
To give up |
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Gall |
i) the trait of being rude and impertinent ii) feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will iii) to bother or trouble iv) to harass with the intent to cause injury |
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Mawkish |
Overly sentimental to the point that is disgusting |
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Fortuitous |
Happening by luck chance, fortunate |
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Diffident |
Lacking self confidence; timid |
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Timid |
Lacking courage or self confidence; shy; cautious |
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Cryptic |
Having hidden meaning; mysterious or vague (often intentionally) |
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Vague |
Not clearly expressed; not having precise meaning |
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Impudent |
Improperly forward or bold; Impertinent |
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Predilection |
Strong liking |
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Banal |
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |
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Obscure |
Difficult to understand ; unclear; not well known |
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Culminate |
i) to reach summit, highest point ii) to come to the decisive point (as a conclusion) |
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