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60 Cards in this Set
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Abstract (noun) |
Not concrete; non-figurative |
He presented abstract concepts with empirical data. |
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Superfluous (adjective) |
Extra; unnecessary |
But how cast off all the superfluous, devilish burden of my outer man? |
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Prosaic (adjective) |
Unimaginative; dull; ordinary |
I had the prosaic job of shopping for groceries at the supermarket today. |
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Transitory (adjective) |
short-lived; temporary |
Their obsession was only a transitory one, for it was gone in merely a week. |
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Ambiguous (adjective) |
Open to more than one interpretation; unclear |
Her songs are intentionally ambiguous. |
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Inherent (adjective) |
Inborn; built-in |
While I was dumbfounded, inherent pragmatism caused me to further prompt. |
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Auspicious (adjective) |
Favorable; promising |
The totally not sketchy at all money-making scheme seemed very auspicious. |
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Benevolent (adjective) |
well-meaning; generous |
I see a benevolent individual has donated a significant amount in memory of my mother. |
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Candor (noun) |
Sincerity; openness |
The quality in the Senator's arsenal of attractions is an unrelenting candor. |
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Comprehensive (adjective) |
Broad or complete in scope or content |
The sources were presented in a comprehensive list. |
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Contemporary (adjective/noun) |
Current, modern; from the same time |
Memes are considered contemporary and part of this generation's culture. |
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Maverick (noun) |
One who resists adherence to a group |
Several people went maverick and protested against the law. |
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Apathetic (adjective) |
Feeling or showing little emotion |
I can sometimes be apathetic and practically be dead inside. |
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Stoic (adjective/noun) |
Indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive |
Many people have been through enough stuff to be stoic for a majority of their day. |
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Esoteric (adjective) |
Known only to a select group |
Many religions contain their esoteric discussions and subjects. |
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Plausible (adjective) |
Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible |
They came up with a plausible reason for people being lazy. |
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Ambivalent (adjective) |
Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain |
"I have a true ambivalence towards good and evil." -Shadow the Hedgehog |
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Innovative (adjective) |
Introducing something new |
Memes are an innovative form of modern humour. |
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Dubious (adjective) |
Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
Their sources were very dubious since they made no sense and contradicted each other. |
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Objectivity (noun) |
Judgement uninfluenced by emotion |
Smart people use objectivity to make their decisions. |
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Paramount (adjective/noun) |
Of chief concern or importance |
His happiness was of paramount importance. |
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Novel (adjective) |
Strikingly new or unusual |
He hit on a novel idea to solve his financial problems. |
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Gratuitous (adjective) |
Given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
People are often spoiled with gratuitous rewards to please them. |
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Conviction (noun) |
A fixed or strong belief |
The words lacked the conviction she intended in them. |
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Aesthetic (adjective) |
Having to do with the appreciation of beauty |
Maybe it was time they started paying more attention to the aesthetic value of things.
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Diligent (adjective) |
Marked by painstaking effort; hard-working |
He was diligent in the matter of temperature control. |
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Eclectic (adjective) |
Made up of a variety of sources and styles |
He is not a systematic thinker, but is too much affected by the eclectic notion of reconciling all philosophies. |
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Mollify (verb) |
To calm or soothe |
The doctor mollified the terrified patient who was having a hardcore panic attack.
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Tenuous (adjective) |
Having little substance or strength; unsure; weak |
The guy who got fired yesterday put tenuous effort into his job.
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Alleviate (verb) |
To ease a pain or burden |
Everyone thought he was crazy with his methods of alleviation, but they really did work despite them being exceedingly awkward. |
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Dismal (adjective) |
Depressing; dreary |
I recently went through an experience that made me dismal for several hours. I'll tell you about it later in the flashcard set. |
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Commence (verb) |
To begin; start |
"Let us commence the process to party-hardy." |
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Victuals (noun) |
Food supplies; provisions |
They lived on victuals while they were stranded; it was more ideal than cannibalism. |
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Ransom (noun/verb) |
The sum or price paid or demanded or to redeem from captivity, detention, etc., by paying a demanded price |
We were forced to pay a ransom for our stolen wolpertingers. |
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Enchantment (noun) |
The art, act, or an instance of magical influence |
My pickaxe in Minecraft has an enchantment on it that lets me harvest more diamonds from their ore deposits. I lost my pick when a creeper killed me. |
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Raspy (adjective) |
Harsh; grating |
As I lay dying, I couldn't help but be annoyed by how raspy my voice sounded as I spoke my last words: "I forgot your lactose-free milk." |
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Counterfeit (noun/verb/adjective) |
Made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; forged |
My favorite TV ship died recently and it just so happened to involve a counterfeit restaurant currency that got someone briefly arrested. I cried. Things haven't been the same since. |
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Temperance (noun) |
Moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control |
I struggled to keep temperance when I wanted to break a chair after my favorite ship died and after the tears stopped. |
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Abolish (verb) |
To do away with |
After feeling the pain, I wanted to abolish the concept of the ship dying so my sadness could end. |
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Hail (verb) |
To call out to in order to greet, stop, or attract attention |
I want to hail the creators of the show my ship died in so I can tell them to get the two people back together. Please. |
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Loll (verb) |
Sit, lie or stand in a lazy, relaxed way |
Not long after the ship died, I fell into crippling depression and lolled around the house, |
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Solemn (adjective) |
Formal, serious; not cheerful |
I was constantly solemn since my emotional pain numbed my thoughts. |
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Disposition (noun) |
A tendency to act in a specified way |
It had become a common disposition for me for a few hours; I occasionally found myself staring off into nothing. |
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Speculate (verb) |
To form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence |
After my emotions died down a little, I decided to speculate whether or not the ship would reunite later on. |
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Brash (adjective) |
Vulgarly self-assertive; hasty, rash |
Sometimes, when I'd talk about it around other people, I'd become angry about it, making me seem rather brash. |
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Abreast (adverb) |
Side by side and facing the same way |
I thought there was no way I could stand abreast with this decision. It hurt so much. |
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Pensive (adjective) |
Reflecting; in serious thought |
I was frequently pensive at the thought of all this. It brought a lot of thoughts to my head. |
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Vindicate (verb) |
Free from blame |
For a while, I refused to vindicate the creators of the show; they wrote the script, why wouldn't it be their fault? |
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Lament (noun) |
To mourn (a loss or death) |
Constantly I lamented about this whole mess |
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Bygone (noun) |
A thing dating from an earlier time |
After a while, I decided to let bygones be bygones and try to feel better; that is, before other circumstances surfaced. |
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Vulnerable (adjective) |
Susceptible to physical or emotional injury |
At this time, I was still a little vulnerable from mourning the dead ship, but I was still a little confident that it would return. |
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Reserved (noun) |
The keeping of one's feelings, thoughts, or affairs to oneself; self-restraint |
Half of the dead ship had disappeared for career trash, and the other half was sent into crippling depression. after he got over it (which took a while), he attended a New Year's masquerade party and ran into an old friend who had non-mutual feelings for him. |
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Feigned (verb) |
To give a false appearance of |
Their looks were feigned due to the masks, so they did not recognize each other. That made it especially awkward, especially since his old friend kissed him at midnight. After everyone took off their masks, things got REALLY awkward, and the girl took off out of embarrassment. |
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Levity (noun) |
Lightness of manner of speech; especially when inappropriate |
He put a lot of effort into avoiding her, but that didn't exactly work out since they ended up seeing each other in several places after that. If he was ever forced to talk to her, he used significant amounts of levity to avoid making a mess of things. |
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Plagiaristic (adjective) |
Copied and passed off as your own |
Most of his emotions were plagiarized; he was constantly putting on a fake smile since he was REALLY bad at talking to people, especially in awkward situations. |
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Marred (adjective) |
Something that has been damaged, disfigured, or blemished |
The two of them had been equally marred about something. He was still upset about the dead ship that had happened not terribly long ago, and she was upset at how he had misinterpreted her feelings and turned her down. |
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Perpetual (adjective) |
Continuing without interruption; prolonged |
This awkwardness was prolonged for a really long time. Like, seriously. It was almost painful to watch. |
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Bizarre (adjective) |
Out of the ordinary; odd |
My thoughts about this were anything but bizarre; it's very common for me to invest heavy emotions into pointless things. |
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Acute (adjective) |
Keenly perceptive or discerning; extremely sharp or severe |
Soon after the awkwardness began, they resolved it and became friends again. My acute sense of hatred towards their indirect flirtation make me wanna break more chairs. It was too soon, only half a season had passed since the first ship died and this one began. |
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Reproach (verb) |
To bring shame upon; disgrace |
I knew I was angry for the silliest reason, and I knew I was reproaching myself during this entire thing. I couldn't help it. To be continued.... |
