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25 Cards in this Set
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tacit
(adj) |
not spoken
TACERE |
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sedate
(adj) |
serenely deliberate, composed, dignified, serious
SEDARE |
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capacious
(adj) |
capable of containing a large quantity, spacious, roomy
CAPERE |
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convalescence
(n) |
gradual return to health after an illness
COM+VALERE |
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specter
(n) |
a ghost, phantom
SPECERE |
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contentious
(adj) |
quarrelsome
CONTENDERE |
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salient
(adj) |
prominent
SALIRE |
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forlorn
(adj) |
lonely and sad because of abandonment
FORLEOSAN |
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prodigious
(adj) |
enormous, extraordinary
PRODIGIUM |
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inveigle
(v) |
to lure, to win over by flattery, artful talk
AB+OCULUS |
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rhetoric(al(ly)
(n)(adj)(adv) |
skill in using language effectively/persuasively
RHETOR |
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deign
(v) |
to condescend
DIGNARI |
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tentative
(adj) |
provisional, not fully worked out
TENTARE |
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resonant
(adj) |
strong and deep in tone, enduring
RESONARE |
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sarcasm
(n) |
a protest by those who are weak
SARKAZEIN |
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inure
(v) |
to habituate to something undesirable
IN+URE |
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cordial
(adj) |
sincere, polite, welcoming
CORDIALIS/CORD |
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insidious
(adj) |
working/spreading harmfully and stealthily
IN+SEDERE |
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enmity
(n) |
mutual hatred
INIMICUS |
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effulgence
(n) |
brilliant radiance
EX+FULGERE |
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idiosyncrasy
(n) |
a peculiarity
SYN+KRASIS |
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visceral
(adj) |
instinctive
VISCERA |
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camaraderie
[comradery] (n) |
friendship, comradeship, rapport between friends
CAMARADE |
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venial
(adj) |
pardonable, easily excused
VENIALIS/VENIA |
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venal
(adj) |
BAD TO THE BONE!!!!!!
VENALIS/VENUM |
