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20 Cards in this Set
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credulous
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adj. Children are CREDULOUS when it comes to Santa Claus.(easily decived, gullible, naive)
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harbinger
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noun. The robin is the HARBINGER of spring. (forerunner, object that calls out something that will happen)
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brash
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adj. Her manner was so BRASH that she got fired. (hasty and unthinking, impudent)
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erudition
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noun. The guests were impressed by thier host's ERUDITION. (deep learning, scholarship)
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covet
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verb. It is useless to COVET another person's lifestyle. (desire that which belongs to another)
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frugal
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adj. During periods of infaltion people must learn to be more FRUGAL. (thirfy, avoiding unessecary spending)
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vivacious
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adj. the VIVACIOUS young actress stole the show.(animated, spiritied, lively)
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cajole
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verb. He finally CAJOLED his father into letting him have the car. (coax)
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subversive
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adj. Thier SUBVERSIVE activities caused much strife. (intended to undermine established beliefs)
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amorphous
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adj. The jellysifh was just an AMORPHOUS blob in the water. (lacking definite form, shapless)
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punctillious
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adj. He had been taught to be PUNCTILLIOUS about thank you notes. (careful, exact)
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omnipotent
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adj. You might feel OMNIPOTENT at the age of five but you will never again. (all-powerful)
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cant
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noun. The politican's speech was full of CANT. (hypocritically pious langague)
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ignoble
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adj. No one forgave him for his IGNOBLE deed.(dishonorable)
His IGNOBLE birth was a disadvantage.(common, not of nobility) |
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sundry
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adj. We did SUNDRY errands. (various, miscellaneous)
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anomalous
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adj. he was put in an ANOMALOUS posistion when one teacher okayed his abscence and the other did not. (irregualr,abnormal, deviating from the normal order)
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taciturn
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adj. We couldn't get any information from the TACITURN famer. (uncommunicative, habitually silent)
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cynical
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adj. Most youn people are idealisitc, not CYNICAL (believing poeple are motivated byt selfishness)
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omniscient
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adj. She seemed OMNISCIENT on the subject of jazz. (knowing everyting)
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adhere
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v. The coach ADHERES to training rules no matter what. (stick like glue, follow without deviation)
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