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33 Cards in this Set
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Formative |
While you're growing and developing |
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Placid |
Undisturbed; Calm; Quiet |
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Cerebral |
Brainy; Intellectual |
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Pernicious |
Harmful but gradual |
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Frenetic |
Very fast Wild and frantic Filled with excitment |
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Genteel |
Polite; Elegant |
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Vociferous |
Loud outcry Overly passionate |
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Fortuitous |
Fortunate Lucky |
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Antiquated |
Old No longer use ful |
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Atypical |
Not common |
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Prodigious |
A lot Very impressive |
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Anomalous |
Not typical |
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Odious |
Bad Causing hatred or strong dislike |
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Derisive |
Mocking Cinical |
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Bucolic |
Peaceful Country life |
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Euphemism |
Softening things or phrases |
He passed away vs. he died |
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Austere |
Plain Simple |
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Copious |
A lot Many |
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Altruistic |
Not selfish Selfless |
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Pragmatic |
Practical Realistic |
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Exacerbate |
To make something worse |
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Diminutive |
Very tiny |
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Nebulous |
Unclear Vague |
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Anachronism |
Something placed some where it doesn't belong (a book or movie) |
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Mendacious |
Not honest Likely to lie |
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Placate |
To settle someone down |
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Ambiguous |
Not expressed clearly Being able to be understood in more than one way |
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Diminutive |
Very tiny |
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Esoteric |
Hard to understand Only understood by members of a certain group |
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Acerbic |
Expressing criticism in a clever way |
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Pugnacious |
Showing readiness or desire to fight or argue |
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Incredulous |
Unbelievable Feeling a lack of belief |
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Ominous |
Spooky,scary,threatening Suggesting something bad will happen in the future |
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