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41 Cards in this Set
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burgeon |
to grow and flourish |
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bolster |
to hearten, support, or prop up |
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augment |
to make greater in size, extent, or quality, to supplement |
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transient |
passing quickly in time or space |
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expedient |
appropriate to a purpose; convenient; speedy |
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brevity |
quality or state of being brief in duration (briefness) |
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distend |
to swell out or expand from internal pressure, as when overly full |
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prodigious |
enormous |
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profundity |
great depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning |
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redouble |
to make twice as great; to double |
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scintillating |
brilliant |
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averse |
strongly disinclined |
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demure |
modest and reserved |
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diffidence |
timidity or shyness |
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innocuous |
having no adverse effects; harmless |
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placid |
calm or quiet; undisturbed |
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concord |
agreement |
antonym: discord |
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dogmatic |
stubbornly attached to insufficiently proven beliefs |
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fastidious |
carefully attentive to detail; difficult to please |
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intransigence |
refusal to moderate a position or to compromise |
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jocular |
characterized by or given to joking |
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affable |
easy-going; friendly |
kind of like laughable |
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alacrity |
promptness in response; cheerful readiness; eagerness |
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sanguine |
cheerfully confident; optimistic |
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byzantine |
extremely complicated or devious |
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cantankerous |
ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable |
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contentious |
quarrelsome |
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deleterious |
having a harmful effect |
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exacerbate |
to increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate |
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flippant |
disrespectfully humorous or casual |
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insolent |
insulting in manner or speech |
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nefarious |
flagrantly wicked; vicious |
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pernicious |
extremely or irrevocably harmful; deadly |
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rancorous |
marked by bitter, deep-seated ill will |
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repugnant |
arousing disgust or aversion; offensive or repulsive |
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tawdry |
gaudy and cheap |
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arboreal |
relating to and resembling a tree/ trees |
el arbol |
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invocation (n) |
a call (usually upon a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration |
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stratify |
to layer or separate into layers |
stratum: layer of sedimentary rock |
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variegated |
having streaks, marks, or patches of different colors; variecolored |
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verdant |
green with vegetation |
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