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38 Cards in this Set
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inveterate |
habitual he was an ** gambler |
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fatuous |
complacently foolish- silly and pointless "a** comment" |
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halcyon |
prosperous calm all i want is a ** life |
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scotched |
ended a spokesman has ***the rumors" |
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nefarious |
wicked villanous "the ***activities of the organized-crime syndicates" |
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exacting |
demanding hard to live up to such ** standards" |
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feckless |
lazy incompetent "a *** mama's boy" |
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squalid |
fowl dirty "the *** overcrowded prison" |
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sullied |
dirty/ foul "they were outraged that anyone should *** their good name" |
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transient |
briefly passing through "a *** cold spell" |
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argot |
specialized language w/i a specific group "teenage *** |
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vituperation |
verbal abuse the hecklers gave much *** |
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eulogistically |
in a praising way i ** amanda in a speech at her going away party |
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extempore |
spur of the moment w/o prep or notes ** public speaking was admirable |
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reticent |
quiet/ reserved "a private person, she was extremely *** about her personal affairs" |
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protracted |
drawn out/ prolonged "a*** and bitter dispute" |
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attenuated |
made thin or small anorexia ** her figure everyone quit, ** the department |
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politic |
practical/ diplomatic "I did not think it *** to express my reservations" |
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tangential |
only slightly connected the ** information was not quite relevant |
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obfuscating |
make unclear "the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and ***their etymological origins" |
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inveighing |
write with hostility "nationalists ***against those who worked with the British" |
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theistic |
1 god rules all |
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ecumenical |
friendly btw religions all religions gathered to speak ** on the word's crisis |
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unequivocal |
clearly "i was 100% sure. i had an ***answer" |
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tacitly |
implied "your silence may be taken to mean (*** agreement" |
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capriciously |
randomly a ** leader, i never knew if she would be the friendly or terribly rude version of herself |
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annex |
to add USA **half its country by brutal force |
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voracious |
eager/ hungry "he had a *** appetite" |
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wayward |
turn away from whats proper in pursuit of ones impulses "her *** difficult sister" |
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exiguous |
meager amount NPO workers are paid *** |
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winsome |
sweet/ charming "a***smile" |
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bellicose |
aggressively hostile "a group of *** drunk bros |
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condemnable |
fit to judge with dissaproval |
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concilitory |
attempt to appease/ win over "a ***approach to smooth over a tense situation |
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recalcitrant |
resist authority or control "a class of **** fifteen-year-olds" |
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flagitious |
wicked/evil trump has had a ** career |
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insouciant |
unconcerned "an ***shrug" |
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pleonastic |
using more words than needed stop being ** and just spit it out! |
