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15 Cards in this Set
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cogent |
A, (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing. Mne: your Co-Agent who represents you and puts clear logical arguments in your favour. |
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vacuous |
A, having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence; mindless."a vacuous smile" Mne: Vaccume like hollow and empty expressions. |
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Grovel |
V, lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards."he grovelled at George's feet" Mne: rub your face on gravel. |
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Glib |
A, fluent but insincere and shallow."the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue" Mne: Gang lib. Smoothtalking thugs would say anything to impress a girl. |
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Placid |
A, not easily upset or excited."a placid, contented man"
Mne: Latin: Placare (To please) Placate: to calm someone downImplacable: Someone difficult to calm down Placable: Someone who can be calmed down Placid: Already calm |
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Complacent |
A, showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements."you can't afford to be complacent about security" Latin: Placare (to please)Cimplacent: too pleased with oneself. |
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Piquant |
A, having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour."a piquant tartare sauce" Mne: Hindi Pi (drink) Kanth (throat) a drink soothing to tue throat. |
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Wanton |
A, (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked. Mne: Wanting attention. Bad ppl often are hungry for attention. They do bad things just to get hype. |
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Abysmal |
A, extremely bad; appalling. Mne: comes from Abysm=Abyssdevil's bottomless cave, where horrific creaturea live. |
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Stymie |
V, prevent or hinder the progress of."the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments"
Mne: Stammer- hampering speach, stymie- hampering progress. |
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Boorish |
A, rude, insensitive, bad mannered Mne: Hindi Bura: ill behaved bad person |
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Didactic |
A, intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive."a didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice" |
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Incongruous |
A,not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something."the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath" Mne: Congruous: Harmony. Congress ideology was based on peace and harmony.Incongruous: lack of harmony and agreement. |
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Quotidian |
A, of or occurring every day; daily."the car sped noisily off through the quotidian traffic" |
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Supplant |
V, supersede and replace."domestic production has been supplanted by imports and jobs have been lost" Mne: supercede plant: take out the old and reolace it with simerhing different. |
