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25 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity |
Brisk and cheerful readiness |
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Alleviate |
To make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: |
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Antithesis |
Opposition; contrast: |
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Appall |
To fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay: |
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Asset |
A useful and desirable thing or quality |
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Bellicose |
Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. |
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Callous |
Made hard; hardened. |
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Clandestine |
Characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: |
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Disparage |
To speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: |
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Dissonant |
Disagreeing or harsh in sound; discordant. |
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Droll |
Amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish. |
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Edict |
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority |
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Elucidate |
to make lucid or clear; throw light upon; explain |
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Loll |
to recline or lean in a relaxed, lazy, or indolent manner; lounge |
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Loquacious |
talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous |
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Magnanimous |
generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness |
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Mandatory |
authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory |
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Nondescript |
of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind |
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Obnoxious |
annoying or objectionable due to being a showoff or attracting undue attention to oneself |
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Phlegmatic |
not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish |
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Rescind |
Revoke, cancel, or repeal (a law, order, or agreement). |
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Ruminate |
to meditate or muse; ponder |
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Vie |
To strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority |
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Vindictive |
disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful |
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Vivacious |
lively; animated; gay |
