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50 Cards in this Set
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Harsh or bitter in disposition, speech, or manner |
Acrimonious |
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Irrelevant to the present topic; a nonessential part |
Extraneous |
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Involving untrue information that harms someone's reputation |
Libelous |
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Physically or morally harmful |
Noxious |
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Lacking in courage; characterized by weakness of spirit |
Pusillanimous |
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Petulant |
Syn Querulous |
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Clandestine |
Syn Surreptitious |
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Under |
sub- |
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Heart |
CORD |
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Sound, voice |
PHON |
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Place where, that which |
2-ory, -orium |
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Courageous |
Ant Pusillanimous |
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Open |
Ant Surreptitious |
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Turn away in mind or feeling; opposed to |
Averse |
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Showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or decision |
Circumspect |
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The elements or parts of; composed |
Constituent |
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Censurable |
Syn Culpable |
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Conceal |
Ant Manifest |
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Discernible |
Syn Overt |
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Sociable |
Ant Recluse |
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Corresponding |
Syn Respectively |
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A looking back on the past; a review of something past |
Retrospect |
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Recollection |
Syn Retrospect |
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To hold |
TEN, TIN, TAIN |
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State, quality, act of |
-ety |
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Extravagant actions |
Antics |
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Frolics |
Syn Antics |
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Causing death, destruction, or ruin; very harmful |
Baneful |
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Toxic |
Syn Baneful |
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A request or favor; a blessing |
Boon |
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Fortune |
Syn Boon |
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Government through bureaus run by nonelective officials; government officials collectively |
Bureaucracy |
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A person who delights in an art or science in an amateurish or superficial way; a superficial amateur |
Dilettante |
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Master |
Ant Dilettante |
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Exhibiting unstable behavior |
Flighty |
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Dependable |
Ant Flighty |
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Too bright or glaring; showy |
Garish |
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A long, noisy, or scolding speech |
Harangue |
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Tirade |
Syn Harangue |
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Tearfully or effusive sentimental |
Maudlin |
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Composed of various colors or elements |
Motley |
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Dappled |
Syn Motley |
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One who makes ostentatious display of knowledge; one who gives undue attention to trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs |
Pendant |
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A long-lasting feud or conflict |
Vendetta |
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Good, well |
Eu- |
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Beside, alongside |
Para- |
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Backward, behind |
Retro- |
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Time |
CHRON |
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To please, to appease |
PLAC |
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To carry |
PORT |