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20 Cards in this Set
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Destitution |
Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself |
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Haggard |
Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering |
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Jocose |
Playful or humorous |
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Propotiatory |
Having power to atone for or offered by way of expatiation |
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Rapacious |
Aggressively greedy or grasping |
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Revile |
Criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner |
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Inexorable |
Impossible to stop or prevent |
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Interloper |
A person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong |
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Ostentatious |
Characterized by vulgar or pretentious dis Pl ay; designed to impress or attract notice |
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Crestfallen |
Sad and disappointed |
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Volubility |
The quality of talking fluently, readily, or incessantly, talkativeness |
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Declivity |
A downward slope |
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Culminate |
Reach a climax or point oh highest development |
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Candour |
The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness |
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Folly |
Lack of good sense; foolishness |
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Tempestuous |
Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion |
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Imperturbable |
Unable to be upset or excited; calm |
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Sententiously |
Abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims |
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Craven |
Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly |
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Peroration |
The concluding part of a speech, typically intended to inspire enthusiasm in the audience |
