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50 Cards in this Set
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Acrid |
bitter in taste or odor harsh/bitter |
ex : body odor is acrid to many noses |
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Adroit |
skills in coping with situations skillful/clever |
ex : you need to be adroit to make a good excuse to get out of chores |
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Advocate |
speak in favor of support/recommend |
ex : ad's are an advocate for companys |
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Allusion |
hinted reference reference/mention |
ex : allusion is like winking at friend to get out of trouble |
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Bolster |
support strengthen/reinforce |
ex : exercising helps you bolster
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Buttress |
shore up using an external support support/bolster |
ex : give details to buttress the main idea |
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Capitulate |
give up resisting surrender/yield |
ex : japan capitulated after the bombing on them |
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Cryptic |
secret meaning mysterious/hidden |
ex : me and my friends have cryptic words as codes |
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Decorum |
good taste in manners politeness/correctness |
ex : parents raise their kids to be decorum |
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Disclose |
make known reveal/show |
ex : atticus disclosed his conversation with uncle jack so scout would hear what he has to say |
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Erroneous |
containing a mistake mistaken/wrong |
ex : people are erroneous |
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Exacerbate |
increase the severity of worsen/aggravate |
ex : sometimes asking if a person is okay when they are crying makes the situation exacerbate |
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Formulaic |
following a set procedure standard/unoriginal |
ex : a lot of movies always has a couple in it, its formulaic |
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Furtive |
done in a shifty manner sneaky/secret |
ex : the furtive way a customer would look at a diamond ring makes a worker think if the customer will steal it |
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futile |
useless |
ex : all i do is nothing, im futile |
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Gratuitious |
given freely unwarranted/unjustified |
ex : free samples at costco is gratuitious |
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Gravity |
critical nature severity/solemnity |
ex : gravity is the feeling when everything is gona go down |
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Hardy |
able to withstand harsh conditions tough/strong |
ex : superhero's are clearly hardy |
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Heresy |
opinion contrary to popular belief or to accepted religion nonconformity/dissidence |
ex : religious people are heresy about transgender's and gay rights |
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Hypothetical |
based on assumptions or hypotheses
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ex : boys can be verry hypothetical in a relationship |
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Immaterial |
of no particular importance unimportant/irrelevant |
ex : school is immaterial for most students
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Inane |
lacking a point or sense silly/empty-headed |
ex : people think your inane if you go to the pool or beach and not swim |
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Laconic |
brief and to the point concise/pithy |
ex : symbols are lanconic, straight forward |
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Linger |
continue to exist persist/remain |
ex : i like to linger after school with my friends |
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Materialism |
preoccupation with physical comforts and things worldliness/pragmatism |
ex : materialism is bad |
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Mercenary |
interested in money or gain greedy/venal |
ex : rumplestilskin is a mercenary character in once upon a time |
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Morose |
having an ill-humored disposition depressed/glum |
ex : people stressing with school end up being morose |
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Obdurate |
stubbornly persistent in resisting persuasion stubborn/unyielding |
ex : USA was obdurated on not wanting to get into war, so they isolated themselfs |
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Orator |
one recognized as a skillful public speaker spokesperson/declaimer |
ex : Dr.Martin Luther King Jr is an orator for civil rights |
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Parody |
humorous imitation fake/spoof |
ex : have you watched the parody of taylor swifts music video? |
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Profane |
treat in an unworthy manner violate/defile |
ex : our nice teachers are profaned by most of my fellow students and its not good to take advantage of the people who devote their time to teach a bunch of strangers |
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Prevalent |
generally accepted widespread/common |
ex : phones are prevalent specially with my generation |
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Prodigal |
reckless with money wasteful/spendthrift |
ex : being shopaholic means being prodigal
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Quixotic |
idealistic but impractical unrealistic/visionary |
ex : kids tend to be quixotic, they have the best imagination |
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Recount |
give a detailed account tell/narrate |
ex : scouts recount of her story is amazing |
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Regimen |
regular course or training routine/rule |
ex : going to school is a regimen to thoes who want to be succesful |
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Reprimand |
strong rebuke scolding/reproof |
ex : Miss caroline has reprimand scout way too much on the first day of school |
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Robust |
possessing or showing strength strong/hardy |
ex : Dean Ambros is robust when in the ring |
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Soporific |
marked by or inducing sleepiness sleep-causing/dull |
ex : trying to get homework done at 3 am makes me soporific durring school hours |
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Static |
lacking development still/unchanging |
ex : im static in this relationship, ive been friend zoned for years |
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Submissive |
giving away to someone yielding/meek |
ex : Atticus was submissive of being the deadest shot in maycomb after having to shoot a mad dog |
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Taciturn |
disinclined to talk silent/uncommunicative |
ex : everyone is taciturn on the first day of school, so theres not much conversation |
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Trifling |
of very little significance unimportant/petty |
ex : love is trifling, specially to thoes who dont want distractions |
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Turbulent |
violently agitated chaotic/unruly |
ex : wrestling fights in WWE get pretty turbulent specially when one cheats |
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Undermine |
chip away at weaken/damage |
ex : you undermine your body when eating unhealthy |
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Unprecedented |
never before experienced or known extraordinary/exceptional |
ex : it is unprecedented for a girly girl to join autos |
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Usurp |
seize another's power, rank, or authority take/commandeer |
ex : people with power can usurp anyone they dont like or think is a threat |
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Vacillate |
hesitate in making a choice waver/fluctuate |
ex : alot of girls vacillate when picking an outfit for school |
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Venerate |
regard with esteem worship/idolize |
ex : religious peoole go to church to venerate god |
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Vestigial |
relating to visible traces left by something that no longer exists residual/primitive |
ex : fossils of dinosaurs are vestigal, it proves dinosaurs are real. |
