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25 Cards in this Set
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Firmament |
the sky, the heavens |
The Big Dipper is visible in the dark firmament |
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Trite |
overused |
A poet should aim to be original, not trite |
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Reiterate |
to repeat |
The professor reiterated the key points of his lesson by writing them on the blackboard |
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Pervasive |
inclined to spread throughout |
Technology has become increasingly pervasive throughout the last century |
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Sedentary |
Sitting |
The miners were sedentary during their lunch break |
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Tranquil |
calm, serene, peaceful |
Yoga is ideally a tranquil practice |
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Boisterous |
loud, energetic |
Athletes appreciate their boisterous fans |
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Conduit |
a pipe, passage, channel |
Water flowed freely from the conduits into the purification chamber |
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Vicarious |
experienced through another's actions |
The woman lived vicariously through the characters in the book she was reading |
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Exemplary |
serving as an example |
His football playing is exemplary |
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Ambivalent |
having contradictory feelings |
Raina was ambivalent about shopping because she liked new things but hated making decisions |
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Vacillate |
go back and forth, fluctuate |
When he asked for her hand in marriage, she vacillated between yes and no |
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Nebulous |
indistinct, hazy |
The card reader made nebulous predictions |
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Placid |
calm, tranquil |
Lake Placid is appropriately named; it is a calm body of water |
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Repose |
rest, sleep |
We found our brother in a state of repose after the race |
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Revel |
to enjoy |
Everyone reveled in the diamonds |
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Sordid |
dirty |
The sordid thief made off with the diamonds |
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Repulse |
to cause disgust or distaste, or to drive back, repel |
She is repulsed by all crawling insects |
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Licentious |
amoral, lawless, lewd |
The Scarlet Letter's protagonist, Hester Prynne, is considered licentious by the townsfolk because she has an affair |
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Judicious |
of sound judgement |
The Supreme Court is expected to handle matters most judiciously |
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Stupefy |
to astound |
She was stupefied at his proposal |
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Pithy |
succinctly meaningful |
Emily Dickinson is known for her pithy, to- the- point poetry |
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Empathetic |
feeling another's pain as one's own |
Empathetic to the cause, Mary camped out with the other protesters in the town's center |
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Inundate |
to flood |
He is inundated with work |
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Strife |
conflict |
The war tore apart families, causing much strife |
