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22 Cards in this Set
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Sullen
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Bad tempored, sulky, gloomily ill-humored
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Flippant
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Lacking proper seriousness
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Decorum
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good taste in manners, orderliness
He had no idea of funeral decorum. |
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Dissonance
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harsh in sound, inharmonious (lack of harmony)
The harsh dissonances give a sound which is quite untypical of the Renaissance. |
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Prodigy
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high gifted child, marvel
A Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day. |
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Subjugate
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to conquer, bring under control
The invaders had soon subjugated most of the native population. |
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Recondite
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profound, secret
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Reciprocate
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mutual, interchangeable
Perhaps I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own. |
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Frenetic
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frantic, frienzied
I frenetically ran home in time. |
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Parallel
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Uniform distance away, counterpart, matching
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Infer
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to conclude
From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing. |
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Spurious
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False, counterfeit, forged, illogical
Separating authentic and spurious claims. |
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Pathological
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pertaining to disease, deviating from the norm
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Debauched
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to corrupt, seduce from virtue
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Prodigal
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Wasteful, reckless with money
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Ostentatious
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trying to attract attention, pretentious, showy
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Piquant
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Pleasantly tart-tasting, stimulating
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Satire
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form of literature including irony, sarcasm
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Impromptu
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without previous preparation, off the cuff, spur of the moment
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Plumb
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vertical
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Substantive
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substantial, essential, pertaining to the substance, of considerable amount
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Surreptitiously
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Secret, sneaky, hidden
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