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15 Cards in this Set
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COGENT
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Convinving and well-reasoned.
Related words: cognitive, cognition, cogitate |
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DERIDE
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To speak of or treat with contempt, to mock
Related words: derision, derisive |
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ELEGY
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A sorrowful poem or speach
Related words: Elegiac, dirge, lament |
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ELOQUENT
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Persuasuve and moving, esoecually in speech
Related words: articulate, expressive, fluent, meaningful, significant, smooth-spoken |
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INIMICAL
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Hostile, unfriendly
Related Words: adverse, antagonistic, dissident, recalcitrant |
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LASSITUDE
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A stated of dimished energy
Related words: debilitation, enervation, fatigue, langor, listlessness, tiredness, weariness |
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LAVISH
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Extremely generous or extravagant; to give unsparingly
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OBDURATE
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Hardened in feeling, retisant to persuation
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OBSTINATE
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Stubborn, unyielding
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OCCLUDE
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To stop up, prevent the passage of
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INGENUOUS
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Showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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OBVIATE
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to prevent; to make unnecessary
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ONEROUS
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troublesome and oppressive; burdensome
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PARAGON
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Model of excellence or perfection
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PERFIFIOUS
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willing to betray one's trust
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