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69 Cards in this Set
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Querulous
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(adj) likes complaining
If a model is querulous, I won't care-a-less |
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Quixotic
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(adj) 不能實現的
If someone is quiXOTIC, then he has TOXIC |
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Raconteur
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(n) someone who likes to talk
A raconteur likes RECOunT a story well |
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Raze
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(v) tear down
Use a razor to raze you head-0- |
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Recidivist
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(n) commit crimes again
Recidivist likes to re-divide the law |
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recuse
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(v) objection
recuse means like to excuse |
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Redress
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(v) set situation right
My mum is ok if she re-dress herself or wearing red |
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Remonstrate
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(v) object, protest
When I want to reMONSTRATE, I grab a sign and demonstrate |
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Repose
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(v) place in a very peaceful way
Don't ask me to Re-pose my Position because it is comfortable |
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Repudiate
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(v) disconnect with sb.
Good luck repudiating a bad reputation |
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Resplendent
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(adj) beautiful
ReSPLENDent means SPLENDID |
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Reticent
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(adj) not likely to talk
50 cent is not reticent |
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Revere
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(v) respect
u have to reSERVE a table for showing reVERE to Lady Gaga |
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Rotund
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(adj) fat
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Rue
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(v) regret
You rue about Ruining things |
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Ruminate
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(v) think think and think again
I have to think about my Roomate=-= |
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Sallow
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(adj)look sick , not so good
Sallow means you look Yellow -0- |
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Sanguine
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(adj) hopeful, optimistic
Grandpa sings when she is sanguine |
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Sardonic
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(adj) ironic mean
Sarah is Sardonic |
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Scourge
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(n)災禍
You need Courage to overcome scourge |
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Sensationalism
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something about sensational
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Serpentine
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(adj) shaped like curve
Serpentine: shaped like intestine |
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Servile
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(adj) slavery
Serve someone like slave is Servile |
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Slander
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(n) say evil to someone
Slander is vebal slam |
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Solicitous
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(adj) 熱心的
Solicitous people solicit your feelings |
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Solvent
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(adj) to have money to pay your debts
Solvent is water and able to wash your debt!!!-0- |
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Specious
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(adj) appearing to be true but not
Be suspicious; we're a specious species |
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Spiel
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(n)overblown lies
Spiel is Splie lmao again |
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Staid
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(adj) unemotional
Staid pronounced as STAY |
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Steadfast
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(adj)steady
Steady fast!!! |
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Stealth
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(n) sneaky , sly
If you are going to steal, be stealthy and heathy |
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Stoic
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(adj) no feelings
Stoic like Stolid like solid lmao |
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Stolid
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(adj) will not change
Stolid is just like solid |
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Strident
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(adj) harsh screaming!!
Ms hinkle sounds Strident in Tri-state area |
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Stupefied
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(adj)stunned, stupid
Stupefied means Stupidfield |
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Sublime
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(adj)really well, absolute the best
Sublime is superior |
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Supplant
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(v) remove by force
You plant yourself at somone's spot |
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Surfeit
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(n) excess amount
If you find a sea with a surfeit of waves, surf it |
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Surreal
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(adj) feels like in a fantasy
Sure real. Liar! |
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Surreptitious
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(adj)sneaky
I used it in my essay remember? |
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Sycophant
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(n)拍馬者
Syco phant make me sick |
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Tautology
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(n) repetition
You weren't taught repeat yourself with tautology |
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Temerity
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(n)risk, brashness
Tener risk, means Temerity |
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Tempestuous
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(adj) violent, stormy
Temperature is so high!!! |
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Tenacious
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(adj) 堅韌的, persistent
The tenacious tennis player served ten aces |
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Timorous
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(adj) timid, anxious
TIMorous=TImid |
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Toady
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(n) 拍馬
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Tome
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(n) big book
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Tractable
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(adj) easy to manage
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Transient
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(adj) short lived, staying a very short while
A transient persin is often in transit |
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Truculent
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(adj) Hostile, brutal
Truculence is like being hit by a truck |
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Truncated
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(adj) shortened, chopped
A tree trunk is a truncated tree |
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Ubiquitous
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(adj) something that seems to exist everywhere
Something ubiQUITous is not QUIT |
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Unkempt
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(adj) unclean
Unkempt is unclean |
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Urbane
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(adj) sophisticated, elegant
Urbane=Urbanan, like Champagne |
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Vacillate
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(v) always change minds
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Vacuous
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(adj) stupid inane
She's as vacuous as a new vacuum bag |
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Vapid
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(adj) lifeless, boring
Vapid=lifeless as vapor |
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Verbose
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(adj) like to talk
Verbose people use many verbs |
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Veritable
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(adj) nothing sneaky to conceal, sure, real
Very little bull |
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Vilify
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(v)誹謗
To vilify is to make a villain out of someone |
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Virtuoso
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(n) talented, well above the rest
A virtuoso is oh so good |
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Volition
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(n)意志
volition is voluntary |
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Voluble
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garrulous, talkative
Voluble people speak volumes |
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Wheedle
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(v) 以甜言蜜語誘惑;用甜言蜜語欺騙
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Winsome
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(adj) charming, engaging
You have to win people with a winsome smile |
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Wizened
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(adj) looking quite old
the old wizard was wizened |
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Zealous
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(adj) passionate, fired up
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Zenith
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(n) the highest point
When a star is at its zenith, you can barely seenith lame. |
