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20 Cards in this Set
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Amendable |
Open and responsive to suggestion, cooperative |
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Berate |
Scold or criticize |
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Carnage |
The killing of a large number of people |
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Credulous |
Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things |
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Criterion |
A principle or standard by which something may be judged or decided |
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Deplete |
Use up the supply or resources of |
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Expatiate |
Speak or write at length or in detail |
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Extraneous |
Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with |
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Inception |
The establishment or staring point of an institution or activity |
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Infirmity |
Physical or mental weakness |
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Jejune |
Naive, simplistic, and superficial |
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Obdurate |
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action |
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Potpourri |
A mixture of things, especially a musical or literary medley |
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Precocious |
Having developed certain abilities or proclivities at an earlier age than usual |
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Sadistic |
Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others |
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Sententious |
Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner |
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Supplicate |
Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly |
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Surfeit |
An excessive amount of something |
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Tortuous |
Full of twists and turns |
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Turgid |
Swollen and distended or congested |
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