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26 Cards in this Set
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alleviate |
to ease pain or a burden; make more bearable |
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asylum |
a place of retreat or security |
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auspicious |
attended by favorable circumstances |
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benign |
kind and gentle |
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emollient |
softening and soothing |
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mitigate |
to make less severe or painful |
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mollify |
to calm or soothe |
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sanction |
to give official authorization or approval to |
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substantiated |
supported with proof or evidence; veified |
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exculpate |
to free from guilt or blame |
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debunk |
to expose the falseness of |
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deleterious |
having a harmful effect; injurious |
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disingenuous |
not straightforward; crafty |
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disparate |
fundamentally distinct or different |
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fabricated |
made up; concocted in order to deceive |
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recalcitrant |
defiant of authority; stubborn; disobedient |
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spurious |
not genuine; false |
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capricious |
impulsive and unpredictable |
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disdain |
feelings of contempt for others; to look down on others |
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glower |
to look or stare angrily or sullenly |
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pejorative |
describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone |
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plagiarism |
the act of passing off as one's own the ideas or writings of another |
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trite |
unoriginal; overused |
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vacuous |
devoid of matter; empty |
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vilify |
to lower in estimation or importance; to slander |
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disparage |
to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle |
