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85 Cards in this Set
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Abase
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(v) embrassed, humble
A baseball player was absed when he couldn't steal a base |
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Abhor
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hate
I ahbor horro films |
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Abrogate
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Eliminate
Abrogate=eliminate |
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Acolyte
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Preists
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Acquisce
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Never say no
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Acumen
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Smart
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Adulterate
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(v) make things false or cheap
ADULTS are adulterate the bathroom! |
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Aggrandize
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increase in size
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Ambiguous
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(adj) unclear
The meaning of "non bis domine tu am" is not clear, or AM biguous |
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Ameliorate
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(v) make things better
Spices can aMELiorate MEALS |
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Anomaly
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exception
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Antipodal
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(adj) opposites
antiPODAL means opposite POLES |
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Antithesis
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opposite point
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Apathy
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(adj) just don't care, no feelings
A=no, path=feelings |
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Apparition
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like a ghost or spirits
like a ghost appear... AHAAHa! |
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Arbitrary
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to make unexplainable choices
I don't know why I took Arabic |
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Arboreal
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Pertaining to trees
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Arcane
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(adj)mysterious
The ACNE one face is ARcane... |
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Ascetic
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(n)(v)modest life
The one who wants to get rid of his ASS is AScetic |
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Asinine
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stupid and dumb
Never say an ASIAN is ASInine |
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assiduous
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work really hard
My assistant is Assiduous |
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astute
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smart
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audacious
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(adj) fearless
you need AUDacious to AUDItion |
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august
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feel admiration
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auspicious
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(adj) favorable, looking good
AUspicious is AWEsome!!=] |
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austere
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serious and moral
AUStine sometimes can be Austere |
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bacchanal
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(adj)person who likes party
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banal
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(adj) bore,common
don't ear BANAna! It is BANAL |
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bantam
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little, short, tiny
Ban=Ben , tam=Tamed. Ben is so short that cannot be tamed |
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beget
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cause, produce
be,get , get it? |
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benevolent
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sweet, kind
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benign
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harmless, mild
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bent
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interests
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berate
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(verb) criticize
beRATE= give RATING |
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bigamist
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(n) somone with two different spouses
Bi=two |
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blase (an accent on e)
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(adj) bored with life
Live in the BASEment is BlASE |
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boorish
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rude, bad attitude
boo ya! Ok that's rude |
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brevity
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brieft
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bromidic
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worn out, common, overused
THere is no more BROMINE in the classroom. WHat? Because it is Bromidic |
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bumptious
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push forward, 自大的
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burgeon
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developing, growing
OMG!! the burger is Burgeon@@ |
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cache
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(V) hiding (n) place
Quick! CACHE the CARDS in the CAR!! |
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cacophony
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nasty harsh sound
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cadaver
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dead body
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cajole
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flattering
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calumious
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(adj) gossiping
I hate people who CALumnious that I take CALculus |
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cantankerous
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not really nice to live with
Can someone lives in a TANK? No. Because it is canTANKerous |
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capacious
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spacious
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capitulate
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(adj) give up
China CAPITALate the CAPITAL |
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capricious
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unpredictable
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captious
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(adj) find fault with
Ms Hinkle is CAPtious, "Darius! take off you CAP!" |
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catatonic
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mental
OMG. She speaks CATALAN? Yea, she has some Catatonic problems. |
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celerity
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(adj) quickness, speed
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chagrined
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(adj) full of worries
Chalet just Chargrined |
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chastise
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critise
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clamor
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(n) loud, annoying noice
clAMOR like the sound of haMMER |
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clandestine
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hidden
Stop hiding your intestine!! |
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coddle
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treat somone gently
Myles DOODlEY. Please be coddle |
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coerce
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force
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complacent
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(adj) don't work hard,happy with the level of achievement
If you have a PLACE, you are comPLACEnt |
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compunction
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sense of shame, regret
I am so COMPUNCTION that I forgot to use PUNCTUATION. |
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conducive
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useful
Conductor is Conducive... |
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conundrum
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(n) problem
COUNT down in Time square without a DRUM is really a CONUNDRUM |
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covert
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under-cover
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cower
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coward to cower
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cursory
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(adj)incomplete, quickly done
Are you CURIOUS that why I am so dumb? Because I always done work Cursory. |
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Daft
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(noun)
Stupid Daft of snow white? |
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Dearth
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(noun)
shortage Someone is the oldest and has not died yet. His life is NOT dearth |
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Decorous
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(adj)
proper De-take away, corous meaing choral, I think is bad behaviour |
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Defame
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(verb)
trash someone's good name |
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Defunct
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(adj) expired,out of order
DE FUNK singer is DEFUCT |
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Delectable
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(adj)
highly pleasing Delectable meaning that person is NOT Delectable |
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Deleterious
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(adj)
harmful |
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Depraved
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(adj)
wicked, corrupt |
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Derision
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(n)
making fun of someone Stop making fun of my name, my name is DIckson, and not Derision |
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Derivation
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(adj)
isn't orginal Derive from another thing |
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Dilapidated
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(adj)
broken down |
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Dilatory
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(adj)
slow and late Dila= Delay.. Kind of |
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Diminutive
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(adj)
not tall, tiny Diminish meaning... you get it. |
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Dissension
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(n) caused arguments
Students DICUSS the DISSension |
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Divisive
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(adj) destructive
remeber in Things Fall Apart? The British divided the Africans and wanted to colonize them. So.. THat is destructive |
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Dogmatic
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(adj)
固執己見的 |
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Dolt
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(n)
stupid person |
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Dour
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(adj)
陰鬱的 When u r Dour, u r being dull |
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Duplicitous
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(adj) can't be too sure where they stand
2-faced DUPLICitous people are DUPLICATed |
