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30 Cards in this Set
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celebrity
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A famous or well-known person.
Shakira is my favorite celebrity. |
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discredit
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verb
To damage someones reputation, to refuse to believe. His theories met with general discredit. |
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elusive
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adjective
Difficult to describe. Elude capture. The elusive celebrity has few candid pictures. |
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endorse
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verb
To approve, support. To sign one's name as payee on the back of a check. I would endorse changing the voting age to 16. |
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entail
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Verb
Impose, involve as a necessary accompaniment or result What does this move entail? |
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fallow
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adjective
Land plowed and left unseeded for a season; uncultivated. Not in use; inactive My creative energies have lain fallow this year. |
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furtive
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adjective
Quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed Cats are kings at behaving in a furtive manner. syn: lurking, skulking, sneaky |
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glacial
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adjective
Relating to, or from a glacier. Suggesting the extreme slowness of a glacier Houston will never have glacial winds. |
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hazardous
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adjective
full of risk; risky, a hazardous journey. Skydiving is a hazardous sport. |
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illicit
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adjective
not legally permitted or authorized; unlawful. The football player was benched for his illicit behavior. |
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impale
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verb
To pierce with a sharp stake or point. For a vampire to die he must have a wooden stake impaled in his heart. |
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inestimable
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adjective
Incapable of being estimated. Valuable beyond measure; priceless The flood caused inestimable damagage. |
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insubordination
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noun
defiance of authority syn: rebelliousness He was fired for insubordination. |
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interloper
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noun
someone who intrudes on the privacy syn: intruder, trespasser Without a date he felt like an interloper at the couples only dinner. |
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latent
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adjective
existing in hidden or dormant form but usually capable of being brought to light He discovered a latent talent for public speaking. |
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legendary
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adjective
famous, well known The fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox is a legendary bedtime story. |
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ludicrous
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absurd, idiotic, laughable, ridiculous
It is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion. |
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masterful
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adjective
highly skilled like an expert The masterful teacher has much to teach us. |
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masterly
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very skillful, skill of a master
A masterly presentation of the budget ended the meeting. |
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mercenary
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noun
hired to serve in a foreign army, guerrilla organization noun a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign arm My favorite historical fiction books are about French mercenaries. |
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minimize
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verb
to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree. Don't minimize his influence. |
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nether
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adjective
Lying beneath the earth's surface; infernal: the nether regions. Lower or under When he was nervous he gnawed his nether lip. |
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oblivious
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adjectiveforgetful.
Lacking conscious awareness, unmindful. No matter how many times she was warned she was oblivious to the risks she ran. |
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odious
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adjective
Deserving hatred; hateful; detestable. Highly offensive; repugnant; disgusting. He really has odious breath after lunch, he probably eats onion sandwiches! |
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provisional
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adjective
Provided for a temporary need Hong Kong has a provisional government until things settle down after the coup. |
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stalwart
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adjective
Strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust. She must be so proud of her tall stalwart son, he just won the tough man contest. |
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transient
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adjective
Not lasting, enduring, or permanent Staying only a short time The transient guests at a hotel are very unsavory. |
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tumultuous
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adjective
Raising a great commotion; Disorderly or noisy A tumultuous crowd of students protested the hike in tuition. |
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usurp
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verb
To use without authority or right The magazine usurped copyrighted material. |
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vestige
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noun
A mark, trace, or evidence of something that is no longer present A few columns were the last vestiges of a Greek temple. |
