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52 Cards in this Set
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ardent
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adj. full of passion and emotion. ___________ soccer fans never miss a game.
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avid
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adj. showing enthusiasm. Walt is an ___________ hiker; he never misses a chance to hit the trail.
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ebullient
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adj. filled with a bubbly excitement, as if boiling over with excitement. The audience became just as enthusiastic about following the diet as the ___________ speaker was in describing it.
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effervescent
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adj. lively; full of uplifted spirit; vivacious. Distressed over losing the car keys, Beth was less ___________ than usual.
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exuberant
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adj. overflowing with vitality and good spirits. As a night owl, Amelia feels most ___________ between ten o'clock and midnight.
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fanatical
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adj. full of great enthusiasm or devotion. Clark is a ___________ bowler. His head is filled with thoughts of strikes and spares, balls and alleys.
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fervent (fervently)
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adj. filled with passion or intensity. The minister asked her congregation to pray ___________ for the safe return of the lost child.
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impassioned
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adj. filled with passionate emotion. The defense attorney made an ___________ speech to the jury, but the jury remained unmoved by his emotional words.
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vibrant
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adj. lively; full of vitality. Marilyn and Curt are an unlikely couple. She's so ___________ , and he's as quiet as a corpse.
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zealous
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adj. filled with enthusiasm. A ___________ bodybuilder, Derek works out in the weight room during every spare moment.
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adamant
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adj. unwilling to bend; unyielding. Although the invitation said dress was formal, Chucky was ______ about wearing track shoes to the prom.
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dogmatic
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adj. strongly opinionated; rigid; dictatorial. ______ Doug was so set in his convictions that he would not even listen to viewpoints that were expressed by another person.
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hidebound
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adj. strongly opinionated; narrow-mindedly stubborn. Dad is a ______ Boston fan; he has rooted for the Red Sox all his life.
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intractable
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adj. stubborn; hard to manage. Because neither his teachers nor his counselor could control Ivan's ______ behavior, he was sent to the psychologist for testing.
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obdurate
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adj. resistant to persuasion or softening; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing. The killer showed no remorse for his deed. For being ______ , he was sentenced to life in prison.
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obstinate
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adj. stubborn; inflexible. Despite an allergy to chocolate, Charlotte obstinately refused to give up her daily bag of M&M's.
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recalcitrant
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adj. stubborn, disobedient; defiant. The ______ boy in the back row refused to turn off his cell phone during class.
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resolve
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n. firmness, determination. "Don't doubt my ______ ," said Holly. "I will definitely become a famous fashion designer one day."
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unwavering
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adj. firm and determined. Trudy's ______ desire to lose weight kept her on the all-pineapple diet for a month.
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unyielding
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adj. stubborn; inflexible. Whenever Cecile asked her father to buy her a car, her dad gave her the same _________ answer: "Not a chance!"
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willful
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adj. stubborn. It makes no sense to ______ ignore the evidence against smoking.
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acoustics
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n. the quality of sound, pertaining to how it is heard based on the quality and structure of the room. At first the sound inside Philharmonic Hall was flat, but after the renovation the _____ were perfect.
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cacophony
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n. lack of harmony; loud and unpleasant noise; a racket. The clash of metal on the rocks created a _____ that was hard to bear.
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clamor
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n. unpleasant sound; noise. The _____ of a crowing rooster and clucking hens woke up the farmer.
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din
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n. ongoing loud sound; noise. When Bernie hit the grand slam, the _____ in Yankee Stadium could
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discordant
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adj. lacking harmony or agreement. Instead of beautiful melodies, Berg wrote _____ notes that grate on the ear.
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euphony
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n. pleasing sound. While I rested in bed under a cozy blanket, the _____ of raindrops on the roof soon lulled me to sleep.
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mellifluous
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adj. sweet and smooth sounding. Mother's _____ singing voice was so sweet and soothing that the baby fell asleep in seconds.
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raucous
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adj. coarse-sounding; loud and unruly. The _____ band prevented us from hearing each other speak, so we used gestures and pantomime.
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strident
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adj. shrill; high-pitched. Joe started off with some harsh words that set a _____ tone for the whole meeting.
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vociferous(ly)
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adj. loud and noisy regarding one's own voice, especially shouting; demandingly clamorous. Danny _____ denied cutting class. He wouldn't stop shouting about it for hours.
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acclaim
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v. to express strong approval or praise; hail
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acclaim
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to express strong approval or praise; hail
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accolade
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an award given as a sign of appreciation or respect
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adulate
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to praise or flatter too greatly; fawn over
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esteem
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to value highly; to have great regard for
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eulogize
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to praise, as in a eulogy; to say good things about
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exalt
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to praise or glorify; to lift up in status, dignity or power
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extol
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to praise highly; laud
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laud
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to praise; extol
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panegyrize
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to praise a person or event in a formal speech or in writing; to praise highly
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revere
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to regard highly with love and respect
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venerate
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to feel or show deep respect for, especially due to age or tradition; to honor
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ample
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abundant; plentiful; enough or more than enough
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copious
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abundant; much; plentiful
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lavish
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abundant; in excess
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myriad
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countless; a very large number
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plethora
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excess; abundance
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profuse
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abundant; more than enough
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prolific
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abundant; producing a great deal; fertile
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superfluous
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overabundant; more than is needed; unnecessary
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surfeit
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an oversupply
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