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22 Cards in this Set
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Sedentary
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characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
-The sedentary kids sat on the couch all day. |
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Diaphanous
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very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
The diaphanous curtains blew in the breeze. |
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Estuary
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that part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
- The birds hunted for fish in the estuary |
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Offing
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the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore
They boy saw the shark in the offing. |
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Ascetic
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the practice of rigorous self disipline
-The ascetic monk rose each morning at 5 to pray. |
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Immutability
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not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
The immutability of the California weather causes many people to want to live there. |
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Propensity
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a natural inclination or tendency
-The man had a propensity to drink too much |
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Lurid
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gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
The police man told the lurid details of the accident. |
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Inscrutable
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incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized.
The professor couldn't read the inscrutable handwriting. |
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Calamity
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a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
- The soccer payer being injured proved to be a calamity to the whole team |
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Pacifically
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peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.
The water lapped pacifically on the shore. |
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Venerable
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commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character:
-The man was a venerable member of Congress. |
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August
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inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic:
-It was an august performance of a religious drama. |
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Somnambulist
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A sleepwalker
-The somnambulist woke up in the middle of the night and found himself eating a sandwitch. |
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or gloomy
-The lugubrious expression on his face made everyone realize he was sad. |
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rapacious
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given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
-The rapacious thief stole everything in the house. |
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joviality
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the state or quality of being jovial; merriment; jollity. - Noun
-There was a lot of joviality among the family on Christmas morning. |
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sepulchre
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a tomb, grave, or burial place.
The sepulcher marked the spot where the man was buried. |
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insipid
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without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:
-The boy had a boring and insipid personality. |
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sententiously
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self righteous feeling; preachy: a sententious book.
-The king sententiously addressed the crowd |
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Farcical
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ludicrous
- I didn't believe the farcical story that she told it sounded too stupid. |
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Imperturbably
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un-agitated, calmly, not becoming riled up.
- The players listened imperturbably as the coach lost her mind. |
