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25 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic |
relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
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aloof |
apart, indifferent |
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archaic |
antiquated, old, out of use |
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assuage |
to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to claim |
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belie |
to contradict, to give false impression |
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contentious |
quarrelsome, stirring controversy |
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daut |
to intimidate, to dismay |
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debilitate |
to weaken, to enfeeble |
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discord |
lack of agreement, tension, strife |
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dissemination |
the act of spreading widely; scattering |
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dogmatic |
strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner |
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duplicity |
double-dealing, hypocrisy |
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egocentric |
self-centered, selfish |
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euphemism |
substitution of an inoffensive term for offensive one |
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gluttonous |
greedy for food and drink |
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mundane |
ordinary, commonplace |
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ominous |
threatening |
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petulance |
unreasonable touchiness or irritablity |
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pompous |
exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombtasic |
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precocious |
exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
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slothful |
lazy, indolent |
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trivia |
insignificant matters |
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verbose |
wordy, very talkative |
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virulent |
extremely poisonous; hateful |
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volatile |
quickly changeable, easily vaporized |
