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16 Cards in this Set
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PENURIOUS
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(adj.) penny pinching; extremely sting; extremely poor; poorly supplied
INIDIGENT; DESTITUTE; AVARICIOUS; THRIFTY; PARSIMONIOUS |
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PERFIDY
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(n.) intentional treachery; faithlessness; an act or instance of faithlessness
INFIDELITY; PERFIDOUSNESSS; RECREANCY; SELLOUT; DISLOYALTY; |
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RETICENT
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(adj.) disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; reluctant or restrained
TACITURN; BASHFUL; DEMURE; SELF-EFFACING |
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SORDID
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(adj.) morally ignoble or base; vile; e.g. sordid methods; meanly selfish; dirty or filthy; squalid; wretchedly poor and run-down: e.g. sordid housing
SQUALID; AVARICIOUS; ABJECT; BASE; DISREPUTABLE; VENAL; SEAMY; FLYBLOWN |
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SQUALID
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(adj.) foul and repulsive, as from lack of care; neglected and filthy; wretched; miserable; degraded
SEAMY; SORDID; FLYBLOWN; BASE; UNKEMPT; ABOMINABLE |
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SQUANDER
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(v.) to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often follow by "away) e.g. squander away
TRIFLE; PRODIGALIZE; FRIVOL (n.) extravagant expenditure |
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VERACITY
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(n.) truth; correctness or accuracy; honesty
RECTITUDE; PROBITY; VERITY |
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VILIFY
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(v.) to speak ill of; defame; slander
vile +fy ASSAIL; CENSURE; DEBASE; VITUPERATE; DISPARAGE; BERATE; BASH; CASTIGATE |
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CHURLISH
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(adj.) boorish; rude. e.g. churlish behavior; mean; difficult to work with or deal with
VULGAR; BOORISH; ACERBIC; ASTRINGENT |
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DEBACLE
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(n.) a general breakup or dispersion; complete collapse or failure; disaster or ruin
e.g. The revolution ended in a debacle. CATASTROPHE; CONVULSION; CALAMITY; CATARACT |
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APHORISM
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(n.) a brief statement or principle
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COZEN
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(v.) deceive; mislead; be dishonest
DELUDE; BEGUILE; CHICANE |
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TERMAGANT
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(n.) harridan; scolding, violent, turbulent woman
HARRIDAN; SHREW (adj.) loud, energetic TURBULENT; RAMBUNCTIOUS |
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JEJUNE
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(adj.) without interest or significant; insipid ; dull
e.g. an insipid novel lacking knowledge or experience e.g. jejune attempt to build a house lacking in nutritive value e.g. a jejune diet |
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INEXORABLE
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(adj.) unyielding; unalterable: e.g. inexorable truth; inexorable justice
not to be persuaded, moved, or affected: e.g. an inexorable creditor |
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SOMNOLENT
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(adj.) sleepy, drowsy
inSOMnia sleep-inducing e.g. It's encouraging to see such curiosity from the traditionally somnolent panel. |
