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20 Cards in this Set
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allocate |
assign, allot, apportion to set apart or designate for a special purpose; to distribute |
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ardent |
intense, zealous, fervent, avid very enthusiastic; impassioned |
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assiduous |
industrious; unremitting, sedulous persistent; attentive; diligent |
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brash |
rash, impetuous, brazen, impertinent prone to act in a hast manner; impudent, bold |
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capricious |
impulsive, fickle, unpredictable, mercurial subject to whims or passing fancies |
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chastise |
discipline, censure to inflict physical punishment as a means of correction; to scold severely |
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copious |
ample, profuse, bountiful abundant; plentiful; wordy; verbose |
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deviate |
diverge, veer, swerve to turn aside; to stray from a norm; one who departs from a norm; differing from a norm; heterodox; unconventional |
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emaciated |
gaunt, withered, shriveled unnaturally thin |
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exult |
revel, glory to rejoice greatly |
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gnarled |
knotty, misshapen, contorted knotted; twisted; lumpy |
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indemnity |
compensation, restitution, reparation a payment for damage or loss |
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inkling |
clue, intimation, suggestion a hint; a vague notion
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limpid |
lucid, intelligible clear; transparent; readily understood |
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omnipotent |
all powerful almighty; having unlimited power or authority |
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palatable |
edible, appetizing, attractive agreeable to the taste or ones sensibilities; suitable for consumption |
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poignant |
heartrending, bittersweet, melancholy deeply affecting; touching; keen or sharp in taste or smell |
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rancor |
animosity, enmity, bitterness bitter resentment or ill will |
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sophomoric |
pretentious, superficial, fatuous immature and over confident; conceited
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spontaneous |
unpremeditated, unplanned, impromptu arising naturally; not planned or engineered in advance |
