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42 Cards in this Set
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Deleterious
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harmful, destructive, detrimental
it could quite deleterious to our reputation. |
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Delineation
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depiction, representation
the artist's delineation of her new mansion. |
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Depose
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to remove from a high position
After he was deposed from his thrown... |
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Diaphanous
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allowing light to show through, delicate
Ginny's diaphanous gown failed to... |
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Dichotomy
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diversion into two parts
a simple dichotomy... |
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Didactic
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excessively instructive
The father was overly didactic... |
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Discordant
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disagreeing, at variance
more and more discordant. |
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Distend
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to swell, inflate, bloat
Her stomach distended... |
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Divine
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to foretell or know by inspiration
The fortune-teller divined... |
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Divisive
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creating disunity or conflict
The leader used divisive tactics... |
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Doleful
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sad, mournful
Looking into the doleful eyes... |
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Droll
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amusing in a wry, subtle way
Couldn't be described as hilarious, it was certainly droll. |
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Dulcet
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pleasant sounding, soothing to the ear
The dulcet tone... |
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Ebullient
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exhilarated, full of enthusiasm
The ebullient child... |
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Edify
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to instruct morally and spiritually
paid to edify the actress... |
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Effusive
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expressing emotion with out restraint
Mark's brilliant essays were effusive. |
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Egress
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exit
points of convenient egress.. |
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Engender
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to produce, cause, bring about
the patriotic speech engendered Tom's national pride. |
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Enmity
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hostility, antagonism, ill will
the enmity between the families... |
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Ensconce
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to settle comfortably into a place
and ensconced his aged mother... |
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Ephemeral
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momentary, transient, fleeting
The lives of mayflies seem ephemeral to us... |
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Esoteric
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understood by a learned few
about the esoteric world... |
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Exculpate
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to clear of blame or fault, vindicate
guilty and to exculpate those... |
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Exhort
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to urge or incite by strong appeals
Rob's friends exhorted him... |
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Exigent
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urgent; excessively demanding
it was exigent to stop... |
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Expedient
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convenient, efficient, practical
It was more expedient... |
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Extemporaneous
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unrehearsed, spur of the moment
Jan gave an extemporaneous performance... |
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Fallow
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uncultivated, unused
This field should lie fallow for a year... |
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Fatuous
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stupid; foolishly self-satisfied
Ted's fatuous comments... |
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Fecund
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fertile, fruitful, productive
The fecund woman gave... |
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Felicitous
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suitable, appropriate, well spoken
made a felicitous speech... |
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Fervid
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passionate, intense, zealous
particularly fervid, doing anything to... |
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Fetter
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to bind, chain, confine
Lorna fettered the bikes... |
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Foible
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minor weakness or character flaw
arriving late is just a foible... |
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Forbearance
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patience, restraint, leniency
exercise forbearance with her assistant's... |
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Forswear
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to repudiate, renounce, disclaim, reject
I was forced to forswear french fries... |
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Fractious
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unruly, rebellious
discipline among fractious troops. |
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Garrulous
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very, annoyingly talkative
The garrulous parakeet... |
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Glib
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fluent in an in insincere manner; offhand, casual
he was a glib speaker. |
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Guile
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trickery, deception
Greg used considerable guile... |
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Hapless
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unfortunate, having bad luck
poor, hapless soul some... |
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Hermetic
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tightly sealed
The hermetic seal... |
