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52 Cards in this Set
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baneful
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adj. causing ruin; harmful; pernicious. A teacher's _________ comments about Becky destroyed her chances of getting into the Honor Society.
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deleterious
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adj. harmful to one's health or overall welfare; pernicious. PCBs and other harmful pollutants have had a _________effect on fish in the Hudson River.
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detrimental
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adj. harmful. Smoking is known to be __________ to your health.
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devious
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adj. dishonest or deceptive; tricky. The sly, _______fox outwitted the farmer and broke into the henhouse.
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iniquitous
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adj. showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious. The ___________ referee plainly favored the other team over ours. Every call went against our team.
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malicious
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adj. intending to hurt or harm another; spiteful. By the show's end, the heckler's insensitive remarks became downright __________.
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nefarious
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adj. very mean and wicked. Of all the rotten scoundrels in the story, Sebastian was the most ____________.
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odious
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adj. loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way. John has the __________habit of clipping his toenails in class.
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ominous
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adj. pertaining to an evil omen; foreboding. The dark clouds on the horizon looked _________.
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pernicious
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adj. very destructive or harmful, usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way. Lady Macbeth planted in her husband's mind the __________ scheme of killing the king and seizing the crown.
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rancorous
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adj. deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious. The dinner conversation turned _______when Louis and Max started to argue.
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virulent
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adj. extremely poisonous; deadly; full of spiteful hatred. Rattlesnakes are ___________; their poison can be fatal.
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berate (berated)
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vb. to rebuke or scold in a harsh tone; scold severely. Her parents often ________her, but when the scoldings took place in front of her friends, Lulu was humiliated.
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carp (carping)
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vb. to find fault; to be critical. "____________won't get you anywhere," said the teacher to the nitpicking child. "But expressing your problem-solving ideas will be beneficial to the entire class."
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castigate (castigating)
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vb. to scold or punish severely; criticize harshly. Before __________others about speeding, ask yourself if you always obey the speed limit.
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censure
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vb. to criticize strongly. A letter of _________, criticizing his behavior, was put in his file.
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chastise (chastised)
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vb. to punish or scold harshly. My parents ____________me for putting bubble gum in my little sister's hair.
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deprecate
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vb. to show mild disapproval; speaking to someone disapprovingly. In class we make only positive comments. Remarks that ___________ the work of others are prohibited.
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deride (deriding)
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vb. to ridicule or make fun of; to scoff at. Do you think that _______others will make you look better? It won't!
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impugn
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vb. to oppose or attack someone or something as false or refutable; verbally attack. Don't __________ my honesty. I never stole a library book
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rebuff
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vb. to snub; to bluntly refuse. Gigi rebuffed Dick's proposal, so Dick asked Margie instead.
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rebuke (rebuked)
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vb. to reprimand or scold sharply. Jill _________Jack for breaking his crown. "I promise not to do it again," said Jack. reprove
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vb. to speak to in a disapproving manner; to scold. "Stop it!" shouted Mike, "I won't have you ________me for an offense I didn't commit."
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upbraid (upbraided)
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vb. to chide; to scold bitterly. Mr. Judd __________ the class for throwing pencils and paper clips around the room.
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aloof
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adj. uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant. He appears to be ____, but his detachment comes from shyness, not conceit.
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apathetic
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adj. showing no caring, interest, or concern; lacking emotion. The crowd was mostly ___. They didn't give a hoot who won the game.
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detached
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adj. showing no interest. Jane is ___from class activities. She sits passively and never participates in discussions.
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impassive
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adj. lacking emotion or drive. Jake's ___nature contrasts with Jenny's innate enthusiasm.
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indifferent
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adj. showing little or no concern or care. Vickie is an indifferent student. She doesn't study much and doesn't care about her mediocre grades.
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listless
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adj. lacking interest in something, usually because of illness, fatigue, or general sadness; spiritless
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nonchalant
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adj. casual and indifferent; not showing any great concern or worry about anything; casually unconcerned. She appears to be ___on the court, but she's really trying very hard.
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phlegmatic
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adj. hard to get excited or emotional; calm; slow-moving. I feel too ___to go on a bike ride today. Maybe tomorrow I'll be more motivated.
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remote
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adj. emotionally distant and disinterested; aloof; uninvolved; distant, far away. Jerry became increasingly ____after his parents' divorce. He stopped socializing at school and never returned my phone calls.
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stolid
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adj. lacking emotion or not showing any emotion; stoical. Carrie accepted her fate in ___silence. Whatever emotions she felt remained hidden.
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indolent
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adj. lazy; not wanting to do any work."The Lazy Boy" is a perfect title for a story about an ______youth.
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languor
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n. a weak or lifeless feeling. To prevent ________in the workplace, the employees do calisthenics for five minutes every two hours.
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lassitude
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n. a tired feeling, usually resulting from depression or too much work. Overcome by __________, I sat on the porch all day and watched the grass grow.
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lethargic
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adj. having little or no energy. It takes Herbie two hours to shake off the lifeless feeling of a _______Monday morning.
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sedentary
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adj. having to do with sitting around a lot. Polly has a _______ desk job; she sits all day in front of a computer screen.
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sluggish
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adj. slow and lazy. The drain in the bathtub is __________. It takes 10 minutes for the water to empty.
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soporific
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adj. sleep-inducing; sleepy. A sweet, sugary dessert is as _______as a sleeping pill for Dad. Ten minutes after dinner, he's out.
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stagnant
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adj. lacking movement or energy. A _________career is one that is not going anywhere.
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torpid
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adj. lacking energy; relating to inactivity; feeling sluggish. It was hot and muggy—a _______, sleep-inducing day.
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compliant
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adj. yielding, submissive. Ms. Hayes prefers ___students, those who'll do everything they are told.
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fawning
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adj. gaining the favor of another by acting overly kind or by using flattery. Mike advised me to stop ___over Dawn. "She'll like you just as well even if you don't overindulge her," he said.
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obsequious (obsequiousness)
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adj. obeying or performing a service for someone in an overly attentive manner. Uriah practiced ____by always telling others what a privilege it was to be of service to them.
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servile
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adj. slave-like; very humble and submissive. Roy has no right to treat you like a ___lackey. You are not his slave or valet.
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slavish (slavishly)
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adj. slave-like; overly humble; involving very hard work. Nicole worked ___ in the kitchen preparing dinner for 30 guests.
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submissive
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adj. voluntarily obeying another; humble. Lauren was attracted to ___friends, people who'd do everything she asked of them.
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subordinate
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adj. inferior; lower in rank or status In a sentence, a ____(dependent) clause depends on the main (independent) clause for its meaning.
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subservient
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adj. obedient; obsequious. In my grandmother's day, a wife was expected to be ____to her husband.
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sycophant
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n. a self-server who tries to gain the favor of others through the use of flattery or by being overattentive. The king couldn't distinguish the honest advisers from the ___who flattered him for personal gain.
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toady
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n. a flatterer; a sycophant. Hoping to win the coach's favor, James became the coach's ____.
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