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30 Cards in this Set
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Alienate |
(V) to cause to turn away |
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Amalgamate |
(V) to combine; to mix or blend together |
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Ambidextrous |
(Adj) having the ability of using both hands with equal skills or ease |
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Animate |
(V) to give life to, to move or store action; (adj) possessing life or alive |
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Antiquated |
(Adj) old-fashioned and obsolete, not useful anymore, old |
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Belated |
(Adj) after the expected or usual time; delayed or tardy |
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Beleaguer |
(V) to annoy persistently; harass |
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Berserk |
(Adj) violently or destructively enraged; (adv) destructively or violently enraged |
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Caricature |
(N) a picture or representation in which characteristics are exaggerated or distorted; (v) to make a distorted representation of someone or something |
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Dally |
(V) to waste time idly, to fool around or delay |
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Delude |
(V) to mislead the mind or judgement of; to deceive |
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Demented |
(Adj) crazy, mentally ill, insane |
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Edifice |
(N) an impressively large, overwhelming building or structure |
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Egalitarian |
(Adj) belief that all people should have equal rights; (n) one who believes that all people should have equal rights |
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Elated |
(Adj) very proud or happy, or in high spirits |
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Epigram |
(N) a short, witty saying or quip |
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Fatalistic |
(Adj) believing hat everything is determined by fate and is inevitable |
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Felonious |
(Adj) involving or concerning criminal activity, lawbreaking |
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Gorge |
(V) to stuff with food, to swallow; (n) a small canyon with steep walls |
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Hone |
(V) to make sharper, to make more effective or improve |
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Knead |
(V) to work clay or dough into a uniform mixture by pressing, folding, and stretching |
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Lackadaisical |
(Adj) without spirit or interest or effort |
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Licentious |
(Adj) ignoring rules or morals; uncontrolled and immoral |
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Numismatist |
(N) one who collects coins |
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Obtrude |
(V) to force something upon another person, to intrude upon |
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Opiate |
(N) a narcotic drug that causes sleep and relieves pain |
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Ostentatious |
(Adj) showy and intended to impress others |
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Paucity |
(N) smallness of number or scarce |
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Chauvinist |
(N) one who is prejudiced in the superiority of their gender, group, or kind; (adj) prejudiced belief in the superiority of ones own gender, group, or kind |
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Pensive |
(Adj) deep in thought |
