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23 Cards in this Set
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Elucidate |
To make clear, clarify |
Math teachers need to elucidate more when doing notes. |
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Exonerate |
To clear of guilt. |
When you forgive someone, you exonerate them. |
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Sonorous |
Resonant, enriching sound, resounding in expression. |
Choirs really need to be sonorous to be outstanding. |
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Eclectic |
Diverse artistic styles, various components. |
Mr. Williams has a very eclectic way of teaching. |
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Paragon |
Best, supreme example. |
Beyonce is the paragon to describe my music taste. |
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Harbinger |
One who pioneers change, forerunner to new movement. |
Nicki Minaj is the harbinger for women in the rap game. |
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Charlatan |
Fraud, quack, phony |
Your mom is a charlatan. |
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Marinet |
Strict disciplinarian, cruel taskmaker |
P. E. Teachers are martinets |
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Sycophant |
Self-serving flatterer, parasite who lives off others good fortune. |
Auntie Ann is a sycophant |
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Penitent |
Feeling remorse for one's sins of misdeeds. |
I felt penitent when I ditched p.e. |
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Dilettante |
Lover of the arts, the literati |
Pocourante wasn't a dilettante |
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Effulgent |
Radiant, splendorous |
Pageant queens are very effulgent |
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Picayune |
Trivial, superficial, inane |
Some would call me picayune |
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Malinger |
To pretend to be I'll or injured to avoid work. |
Sometimes I malinger to get out of school |
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Quandary |
A dilemma, to equally bad choices. |
The lesser of two evils. |
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Deference |
Respect, veneration |
I have a high deference for the president |
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Diatribe |
Angus tirade, emotional outburst |
Sometimes when Tyler is being particularly irritating I go on a diatribe |
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Antiquity |
Ancient times |
Candide is from antiquity |
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Recidivism |
Tendency to relapse into criminal behavior. |
People who have been to prison have a higher recidivism |
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Torpor |
Apathetic, indifferent |
Teachers are very torpor to their students grade. |
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Pendantic |
Proudly academic, bookish, knowledgeable |
Kaila and Alex are very pedantic |
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Perfunctory |
Ordinary, boring |
Some classes are very perfunctory |
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Bucolic |
Pastoral setting, idyllic, serene atmosphere |
Bucolic is very edenic. |