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25 Cards in this Set
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Acrimonious |
Caustic |
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Ameliorate |
To make better, to relieve, to improve |
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Amendable |
Open or willing to follow advice or suggestion, tractable, malleable |
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Amorphous |
Shapeless, having no definite form |
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Buoyant |
Capable of floating; cheerful |
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Cajole |
To persuade with deliberate flattery, to coax, to wheedle |
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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, to wear away |
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Elucidate |
To make clear, to explain |
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Ephemeral |
Lasting a short period of time, fleeting |
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Ferocity |
Savagery |
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Flourish |
To thrive, to grow well |
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Haughty |
Arrogant, excessively proud and vain |
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Impervious |
Incapable of being entered or penetrated, not capable of being damaged |
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Inane |
Lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly, insipid |
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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, listless, weak |
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Malice |
Desire to harm others |
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Oblique |
Slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading |
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Opulence |
Wealth, affluence, abundance |
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Penitent |
Showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant |
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Perfunctory |
Acting routinely with little interest or care |
