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20 Cards in this Set
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Mar |
To damage, spoil. |
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Flout |
To treat something with no respect. |
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Multifarious |
Varied; having many parts. |
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Lumber |
To move slowly and heavily. |
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Demur |
To disagree, object, hesitate. |
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Debutante |
A young, typically upper class, woman making her first appearance in society. |
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Propitiate |
Regain the favor of someone. |
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Toady |
A person who behaves overly nice to a person in power in an attempt to win favor. |
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Bombastic |
Exaggerated or empty speech. |
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Impermeable |
Not permitting passage of fluid. |
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Jargon |
Confused, unintelligible speech. Technical language. |
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Sardonic |
Mocking, sarcastic, cynical. |
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Monastic |
Relating to someone living under religious vows; Austere, solitary, celebate. |
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Pervade |
Spread through every part (especially of smell). |
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Dyspeptic |
Irritability caused by indigestion. |
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Assuage |
Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense. |
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Verbal |
Of, in, or appropriate to spring. |
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Recondite |
Difficult to comprehend; obscure informative. |
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Quiescent |
State or period of inactivity or dormancy. |
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Coagulate |
(Of a fluid, esp. blood) to become solid or semi-solid. |
