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10 Cards in this Set
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desecrate
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(v.) to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
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(They feared that the construction of a golf course would desecrate the preserved wilderness.)
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desiccated
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(adj.) dried up, dehydrated
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(The skin of the desiccated mummy looked like old paper.)
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diaphanous
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(adj.) light, airy, transparent
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(Sunlight poured in through the diaphanous curtains, brightening the room.)
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diffident
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(adj.) shy, quiet, modest
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(While eating dinner with the adults, the diffident youth did not speak for fear of seeming presumptuous.)
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discursive
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(adj.) rambling, lacking order
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(The professor’s discursive lectures seemed to be about every subject except the one initially described.)
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dissemble
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(v.) to conceal, fake
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(Not wanting to appear heartlessly greedy, she dissembled and hid her intention to sell her ailing father’s stamp collection.)
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dither
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(v.) to be indecisive
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(Not wanting to offend either friend, he dithered about which of the two birthday parties he should attend.)
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ebullient
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(adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic
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(She became ebullient upon receiving an acceptance letter from her first-choice college.)
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effrontery
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(n.) impudence, nerve, insolence
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(When I told my aunt that she was boring, my mother scolded me for my effrontery.)
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effulgent
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(adj.) radiant, splendorous
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(The golden palace was effulgent.)
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