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21 Cards in this Set
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Diminuative |
Very small |
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Trivial |
Trifling; unimportant; insignificant |
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Minutiae |
Minor everyday details |
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Exhort |
To encourage; urge; give a pep talk; IMPLORE |
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Antipathy |
Strong dislike; ill will; the state of DETESTING someone; ENMITY; RANCOR |
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Digress |
To depart from a subject; wander; rample |
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Root: Gress |
To step |
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Egress |
To step out; to exit |
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Tenacious |
Characterized by holding fast to something valued; showing great determination |
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Indulgent |
Characterized by excessive generosity; overly tolerant |
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Polarize |
To create disunity or dissention; to break up into opposing factions or groups; to be DIVISIVE |
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Nebulous |
Vague; cloudy; misty; lacking a fully developed form |
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Analogy |
A similarity or likeness between things that are otherwise unrelated |
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Analogous |
Comparable or similar in certain respects |
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Ephemeral, Fleeting, Evanescent |
Very brief; lasting for a short time; transient |
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Perennial |
Returning year after year; enduring |
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Penchant, Predilection, Propensity |
A liking or preference for something |
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Capricious, Mercurial, Fickle |
Very changeable; characterized by constantly-shifting moods |
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Boorish |
Vulgar, characterized by crude behavior |
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Indignant |
Characterized by outrage at something that is percieved as unjust |
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Innuendo |
A veiled reference; an insinuation |
