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33 Cards in this Set
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Equivocal |
open to more than one interpretation |
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Lucid |
expressed clearly, easy to understand |
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Precipitate |
cause an event to happen suddenly |
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Assuage |
make an unpleasant feeling less intense |
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Erudite |
having/showing great knowledge/learning |
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Opaque |
hard/impossible to understand, unfathomable |
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Prodigal |
spending money/resources freely and recklessly |
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Fervid |
intensely enthousiastic or passionate |
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Placate |
make someone less angry or hostile |
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Audacious |
showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks |
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Desiccate |
lacking interest, passion, or energy |
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Laudable |
deserving praise or commendation |
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Pedant |
a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules |
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Vacillate |
alternate/waver between different opinions/actions |
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Capricious |
given to sudden/unaccountable changes of mood/behaviour |
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Engender |
cause or give rise to |
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Loquatious |
talkative |
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Ephemeral |
lasting for a very short time |
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Locanic |
using very few words |
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Propriety |
conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behaviour |
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Enervate |
to cause someone to be drained of energy |
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Ingenuous |
innocent, unsuspecting |
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Misanthrope |
a person who dislikes humankind |
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Venerate |
to revere |
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Antipathy |
an aversion |
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Deride |
express contempt for, ridicule |
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Euglogy |
speech that praises someone highly |
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Obdurate |
stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action |
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Bolster |
to support or strengthen |
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Dissonance |
tension resulting from the combination of two disharmonious elements |
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Garrulous |
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters |
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Ostentation |
pretention/vulgar display of wealth/luxury |
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Prevasive |
to speak or act in an evasive way |