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25 Cards in this Set

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abstracted
lost in thought; deeply engrossed or preoccupied
adulation
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
adversity
adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress
burgeon
to grow or develop quickly; flourish
chimera
a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
culpable
deserving blame or censure; blameworthy
decadent
characterized by decadence
entreaty
earnest request or petition; supplication
fatuous
foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly
humane
characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed
indulgent
characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive
ineptness
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit
ingrate
an ungrateful person
inundate
to flood; cover or overspread with water; deluge
miser
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money
nefarious
extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous
prattle
to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble
predilection
a tendency to think favorably of something in particular; partiality; preference
procrastinate
to defer action; delay
stoic
of or pertaining to the school of philosophy founded by Zeno, who taught that people should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity
suffrage
the right to vote, esp. in a political election
summon
to call upon to do something specified
transparent
having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen
turbulence
the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion
viable
capable of living