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25 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious |
Caustic |
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Ameliorate |
To improve |
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Amenable |
Open to or willing to follow advice or suggestion |
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Amorphous |
Shapeless |
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Buoyant |
Capable of floating |
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Cajole |
To persuade by flattery |
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Calamity |
A serious event causing distress or misfortune |
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Debase |
To reduce in dignity or quality |
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Efface |
To erase |
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Elucidated |
To make clear, explain |
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Ephemeral |
Lasting a short period of time |
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Ferocity |
Savagery |
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Flourish |
To thrive |
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Haughty |
Arrogant |
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Impervious |
Incapable of being entered or penetrated |
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Inane |
Lacking significance |
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Indolence |
Laziness |
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Infallible |
Incapable of error |
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Inscrutable |
Difficult to understand; mysterious |
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Languid |
Slow; sluggish |
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Malice |
Desire to harm others |
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Oblique |
Slanting; indirect |
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Opulence |
Wealth; affluence |
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Penitent |
Repentant |
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Perfunctory |
Acting routinely with little interest or care |
