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23 Cards in this Set
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fraudulent |
deceitful; portrayed as genuine but is really an impostor |
uses: "documents, copies, schemes" |
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frivolous |
lacking in seriousness or importance |
uses: "lawsuits, person, suggestions" |
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furtive |
secret in an underhanded way, stealthy |
uses: "manners, glances, movements" |
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guileless |
without deceit |
the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth, honest
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hone |
to sharpen, to make more intense, to make more effective |
uses: "skills, knives" |
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impertinent |
insolently rude, not within the proper bounds of good taste or manners |
uses: "remarks, person, details" being disrespectful |
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impudent |
disrespectful, characterized by improper bold behaviour |
uses: "attitude, speech, acts" |
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indigenous |
native to a certain area |
uses: "tribes, culture, habitats" |
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infallible |
incapable of error |
uses: "humans, machinery" |
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ingenuity |
cleverness, infallibleness, infallibly |
uses: "problem solving, device" incapable of error |
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innate |
existing from birth, inborn |
uses: "skills, characteristics, capacities" |
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inordinate |
exceeding reasonable limits, excessive |
sentence: "a [large] ______ of [something]" |
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irascible |
irratable, easily angered, cranky, cross |
uses: "attitude, temper, response" |
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lament |
to mourn or to express sorrow in a demonstrative manner |
uses: "mourning, absence, sadness" |
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malevolence |
ill will or evil intentions |
uses: "hate, intentions, power" |
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melancholy |
depression of [the] spirit |
uses: "state, emotion, feelings" |
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oblique |
slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading |
uses: "pronunciation, explanation, meaning" |
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oblivion |
state of being forgotten |
uses: "emotion, loss" |
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ominous |
portending evil or harm ; threatening |
uses: "feelings, encounters" |
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palette |
board on which a painter mixes paint |
uses: "colours, art, taste" |
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palliate |
to ease pain, guilt, or intensity |
uses: "effects, feeling" |
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piety |
devotion and reverence to God |
uses: "devotion, church, prayer" |
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placid |
peaceful, calm |
uses: "place, feeling, welcoming" |
