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30 Cards in this Set
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Pedestrian |
(adj) ordinary or dull |
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Bona Fide |
(adj) in good faith; the real thing |
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Adventitious |
(adj)accidental; nonessential |
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Fecund |
(adj) fertile; productive |
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Deviate |
(v) to turn aside from a couse; to stray |
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Obfuscate |
(v) to confuse |
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impale |
(v) to pierce with a sharp stake through the body |
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Extenuate |
(v) to reduce seriousness by providing partial excuses |
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Parochial |
(adj) local; narrow; limited |
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Glower |
(v) to stare at in an angry way |
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Edify |
(v) to improve someone in a moral way |
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Ambiguous |
(adj) open to more than on interpretation; vague |
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Cataclysm |
(n) a violent change; a disaster |
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Optimum |
(adj) the best; the most favourable; the ideal |
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Importune |
(v) to ask persistantly; to beg |
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Celibate |
(adj) abstaining from intercourse; unmarried |
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Fortuitous |
(adj) happening by chance or accident |
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Recapitulate |
to summarize |
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perfunctory |
(adj) done without care; in a routine |
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Baroque |
(adj) overly decorated |
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Hedonism |
(n) persuit of pleasure; ecpesially of the senses |
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Obloquy |
(n) strong disapproval; a strong reputation resulting from public criticism |
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Quasi |
(adj) resembling; seeming; half |
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Besmirch |
(v) to make dirty; to stain |
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imperative |
(adj) extremely necessary; vitally important |
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sacrosanct |
(adj) extremely holy |
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Sadistic |
(adj) deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others |
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demeanor |
(n) behaviour |
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facetious |
(adj) commical |
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debacle |
(n) a complete failure; a total collapse |
