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45 Cards in this Set
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Venal |
Corrupt. Inclined to bribery. His making money was venal |
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Prodigal |
Spending lavishly. Like justin beiber at a club |
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Betray |
To unintentionally make something know. Like my face when I'm thinking |
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Iconoclastic |
Attackful of a belief. Like the recent vandalism of jewish cemeteries |
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Laconic |
A person or style or writing that is brief and succint. Bob is very thoughtful in a laconic way. |
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Pithy |
Terse and concise |
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Parsimonious |
To be too cheap that it's sad. Like Sunjay's socks or my trying to save on parking |
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Qualify |
To sugarcoat an assertion or statement so that it's either leas severe or less sure. I qualify my assessments after a site visit because i lack the expertise to know any better. |
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Profligate |
Extravagant. Prodigal. Like kanye |
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Censure |
To disapprove strongly. Many censured the aca even thought they benefited from it |
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Nonplussed |
So surprised that there are no words. Dumbfounded |
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Incisive |
Sharp minded |
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Preclude |
To prevent from happening. Her traveling precludes her from ever seeing her family |
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Diffident |
Bashful. Usually from lacking confidence. I was a diffident child until college |
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Glut |
To fill things to the point of excess. Our closet is glutted with has been trends |
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Deferential |
Showing reverence. They are deferential at church but stop once they get home |
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Torpor |
In a state of tiredness and lethargy. Like after barre, i walk in the public garden with torpor |
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Inexorable |
Impossible to prevent. Anti Trump protests were inexorable after the tense election |
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Uncouth |
Lacking good manners. Her uncouth manners were apparent during dinner with the in laws |
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Precocious |
Having certain abilities like a prodigy child. Emma and Elizabeth are precocious. |
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Deferential |
Showing reverence. They are deferential at church but stop once they get home |
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Chortle |
To laugh and chuckle |
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Boorish |
Rude |
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Tact |
Showing adroitness especially in difficult situations. Tactful military strategy |
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Revelry |
Lively festivities. Like st. Paddys day |
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Deferential |
Showing reverence. They are deferential at church but stop once they get home |
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Precocious |
Having certain abilities like a prodigy child. Emma and Elizabeth are precocious. |
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Tact |
Showing adroitness especially in difficult situations. Tactful military strategy |
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Revelry |
Lively festivities. Like st. Paddys day |
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Carouse |
To drink copious amounts of alcohol out of festivities. Like after match day |
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Entrench |
To trespass. I entrenched onto the neighbors property.
Also means to establish firmly. The tree is entrenched into the ground |
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Relegate |
To demote to an inferior position. I relegate that report to accommodate for this new policy developments |
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Consign |
To deliver something to a person's property. Or to assign it to another location. My clothes are consigned to the goodwill |
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Subsume |
Absorbed in something else. Trump presidency is subsumed in conflicts of his own making |
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Saddle |
To load with a burden |
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Lacerate |
To make deep cuts into the flesh |
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Rive |
To split or tear violently. The once harmonious team was now rived by pressures to meet deadlines |
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Rapturous |
Feeling of great enthusiasm. The rapturous crowd at a beyonce concert |
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Impresario |
A producer of any sort. But literally A person who organizes (maybe finance) an art show, especially a concert. |
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Irate |
So angry. Just furious |
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Detritus |
Waste or debris |
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Graft |
Profiting in usually illegal or morally questionable ways |
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Beguile |
1. To bewitch and enchant
2. To have time pass by pleasantly. We took a walk to beguile the afternoon |
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Disgorge |
To cause to pour out. I poked a hole into the carton to disgorge the milk |
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Flout |
1.To defy a rule 2. To scoff |
