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90 Cards in this Set
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animosity
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Noun
hatred; ill will |
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allay
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Verb
to lessen fear; to calm; to relieve pain |
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alleviate
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Verb
to lessen pain/tension |
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ameliorate
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Verb
to make better; to lessen pain/difficulty/tension |
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appease
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Verb
to make tranquil/quiet, especially by giving into demands; to pacify |
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assuage
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Verb
to alleviate; to lesson pain/conflict; to pacify |
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mitigate
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Verb
to make/become less severe; to lesson pain/damage |
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mollify
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Verb
to pacify/sooth/appease; to make less severe/violent |
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pacify
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Verb
to calm; to make peaceful; to restore to a tranquil state |
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placate
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Verb
to make calm; to sooth |
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quell
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Verb
to pacify; to subdue; to quiet down |
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indolent
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Adj
lazy; not wanting to do any work |
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Lackluster
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Adj
lacking vitality/energy/brightness; boring |
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Lethargic
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Adj
having little or no energy |
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sluggish
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Adj
slow and lazy |
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stagnant
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Adj
lacking movement/energy |
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torpid
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lacking energy; relating to inactivity; feeling sluggish
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aloof
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Adj
uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant |
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apathetic
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Adj
indifferent; showing no care/interest/concern; lacking emotion. |
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detached
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Adj
aloof, indifferent |
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indifferent
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Adj
apathetic; showing no or little concern/care |
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listless
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Adj
lacking interest in something, usually b/c of illness, fatigue, or general sadness; spiritless |
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nonchalant
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Adj
casual and indifferent; not showing any great concern or worry about anything |
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remote
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Adj
emotionally distant and disinterested; aloof; not involved; distant; far away |
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stolid
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Adj
having or expressing no sensibility; unemotional |
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avid
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Adj
showing enthusiasm; ardent |
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ebullient
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Adj
filled with a bubbly excitement, as if boiling over with excitement |
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fanatical
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Adj
full of great enthusiasm or devotion |
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zealous
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Adj
filled with enthusiasm; fervent |
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garrulous
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Adj talkative, loquacious
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loquacious
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Adj
talkative; liking to talk; garrulous |
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voluble
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Adj
talking a great deal with ease; glib |
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cacophony
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Noun
a lack of harmony; a loud and unpleasant noise; a racket |
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clamor
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Noun
a unpleasant sound; a noise |
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din
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Noun
an ongoing loud sound; a noise |
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frugal
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Adj
careful with money; thrifty; not costly |
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miserly
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Adj
careful with how money is spent; thrifty |
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parsimonious
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Adj
overly thrifty or miserly |
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penurious
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Adj
stingy; relating to great poverty; destitution |
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thrifty
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Adj
showing care with how money and resources are spent or used; miserly |
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ample
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Adj
abundant; plentiful; enough or more than enough |
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copious
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Adj
abundant; plentiful |
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profuse
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Adj
abundant; more than enough |
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prolific
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Adj
abundant; producing a great deal; fertile |
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berate
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Verb
to rebuke or scold in a harsh tone |
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castigate
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Verb
to scold or punish severely |
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chastise
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Verb
to punish or scold harshly |
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rebuke
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verb
to reprimand or scold sharply |
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upbraid
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verb
to chide; to scold bitterly |
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intractable
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Adj
stubborn; hard to manage |
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obstinate
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Adj
stubborn; inflexible |
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recalcitrant
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Adj
stubborn; disobedient; defiant |
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unyielding
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Adj
stubborn; inflexible |
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willful
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adj
stubborn |
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bellicose
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adj
of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent |
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cantankerous
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adj
bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
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contentious
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quarrelsome; belligerent |
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pugnacious
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adj
eager to fight; belligerent |
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concise
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adj
saying much in few words; brief but full of meaning |
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laconic
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adj
brief or terse in speech; using few words |
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pithy
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adj
brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible |
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succinct
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adj
clearly expressed in few words; concise; terse |
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terse
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adj
using only few words but clear and to the pint; polished |
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toady
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Noun
a flatterer; a sycophant |
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sycophant
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noun
a self-server who tries to gain the favor of others through the use of flattery or by being over attentive |
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accolade
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noun
an award given as a sign of appreciation or respect |
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conciliate
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verb
to win a person over through special consideration or persuasive methods |
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grandiloquent
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adj
using big and fancy words when speaking for the purpose of impressing others |
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taciturn
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adj
habitually not talkative; laconic; uncommunicative |
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reticent
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not saying much, especially about ones thoughts |
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predator
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noun
one who takes advantage of another, exploits or feeds on another;a strong adversary or rival |
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disputatious
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adj
likely to dispute or argue |
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polemical
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inclined to argue or debate; controversial |
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captious
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made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling |
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brevity
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noun
the quality of expressing much in few words; terseness |
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colloquial
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adj
conversational; used in informal speech or writing |
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deprecate
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verb
to show mild disapproval |
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reprove
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verb
to speak in a disapproving manner; to scold |
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fawning
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adj
gaining the favor of another by acting overly kind or by using flattery |
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unwavering
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adj
firm and determined |
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deride
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verb
to subject to unusually bitter or contemptuous ridicule |
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censure
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verb
to criticize strongly |
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precarious
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adj
dangerous or risky uncertain |
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belligerent
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adj
taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight |
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swagger
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verb
to walk around in a proud, showy manner; to boast in a loud manner |
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convivial
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adj
sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking. fond of good company |
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rebuff
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verb
to snub; to bluntly refuse |
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acclaim
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verb
to express strong approval or praise; hail |
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mellifluous
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adj
sweet and smooth sounding |
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acoustics
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noun
the quality of sound, pertaining to how it is heard based on the quality and structure of the room |
