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16 Cards in this Set
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Adept |
Expert at |
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Bequeath |
Leave to someone by a will |
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Berate |
Rebuke or scold angrily and at length |
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Caustic |
Capable of burning |
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Censorious |
Critical, addicted to censor |
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Deference |
Willingness to carry out the wishes of other; great respect |
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Degradation |
Humiliation |
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Imperious |
Urgent or pressing; able to deal authoritatively |
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Maudlin |
Tearfully sentimental |
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Parody |
Work or performance that imitates another work with ridicule or irony |
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Partisan |
One-sided; prejudiced |
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Raucous |
Harsh and rough-sounding |
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Satiate |
Satisfy fully; overeat or eat immodestly |
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Satire |
Form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly |
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Temperamental |
Excessively sensitive or irritable |
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Vapid |
Dull and unimaginative |
