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100 Cards in this Set
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Admonish |
Tell someone to change because their behavior is wrong |
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Diminish |
Smaller or less important or to make somebody do this |
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Grueling |
Very tiring because you gave a lot of effort for a long time |
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Infamous |
Famous for being bad |
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Obsequious |
To eager to please people and agree with them |
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Seethe |
Feel bad emotional especially anger so strongly that you were shaking |
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Duplicity |
Dishonest behavior that is intended to deceive someone |
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Incensed |
Extremely angry |
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Indignation |
Anger and surprise because you feel insulted or unfairly treated |
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Blighted |
Spoil or damage something especially by preventing people from doing what they want to do |
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Hone |
Improve your skill even when you're already the best |
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Inevitable |
Certain to happen |
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Peruse |
Reading the careful way |
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Rancor |
Hatred or anger towards someone when you cannot forgive them |
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Acrimonious |
Meeting or argument full of angry remarks because people feel very strongly about something |
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Allegations |
Statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal which has not been proved |
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Arrogance |
Thinking you are important than other people so you behave impolitely |
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Aversion |
Strong dislike of something or someone |
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Differentiate |
Recognize or express the difference between things or people |
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Monotonous |
Boring because there's no variety |
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Oblivion |
State of being completely forgotten |
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Abstract |
Based on general ideas or principles rather than specific examples or real events |
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Emulate |
Do something or behaving the same way as someone else especially when you admire them |
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Feign |
Pretend to have a particular feeling or to be sick or asleep |
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Nondescript |
Not having any special qualities |
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Opportune |
Time that is very appropriate to do something |
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Sovereign |
King Queen or monarchy |
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Surfeit |
Amount of something that is too large or more than you need |
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Tedious |
Continues for a long time is not interesting |
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Virile |
Male qualities such as strength current and sexual attractiveness |
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Accessible |
Easy to reach |
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Civility |
Polite behavior that most people consider normal |
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Civility |
Polite behavior that most people consider normal |
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Notorious |
Famous or well-known for being bad |
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Consummate |
Very skillful complete and perfect in every way to make such as an agreement complete |
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Deterrent |
Something that makes someone less likely to do something by making him realize it will be difficult or have bad results |
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Euphoria |
Extreme happiness |
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Repudiate |
Disagree strongly with someone or something and refused to have any association with it |
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Acute |
Very serious or severe or to notice things quickly and to think intelligently |
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Bland |
Without any excitement a strong opinion or special character |
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Entreat |
Ask someone in a very emotional way to do something for you |
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Gregarious |
Friendly and enjoys being with other people |
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Pernicious |
Very harmful evil but often in a way that is difficult to notice |
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Satirical |
A way of talking or writing about something for example politics politicians see you deliberately make it funny so they will see their faults |
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Transcend |
To go above or beyond the limits of something |
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Transcend |
To go above or beyond the limits of something |
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Sporadically |
Happening often but not regularly or continuously |
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Truculently |
Easily made angry and willing to argue with people |
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Acclaim |
Praise for a person's achievements publicly |
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Fiasco |
Completely unsuccessful in a way that is embarrassing or disappointing |
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Gloat |
Annoying way to show you are proud of your success or happy about someone else's failure |
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Gloat |
Annoying way to show you are proud of your success or happy about someone else's failure |
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Noxious |
Harmful are poisonous |
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Gloat |
Annoying way to show you are proud of your success or happy about someone else's failure |
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Noxious |
Harmful are poisonous |
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Pensive |
Thinking about something a lot especially when this makes you seem worried or sad |
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Gloat |
Annoying way to show you are proud of your success or happy about someone else's failure |
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Noxious |
Harmful are poisonous |
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Pensive |
Thinking about something a lot especially when this makes you seem worried or sad |
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Euphonious |
Words or sounds that are pleasant to listen to |
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Innocuous |
Not offensive dangerous or harmful |
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Innocuous |
Not offensive dangerous or harmful |
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Lassitude |
Tiredness and lack of energy or interest |
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Lucrative |
A job or activity that earns a lot of money |
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Clientele |
Those who regularly visit a store |
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Fictitious |
Not true or real |
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Fictitious |
Not true or real |
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Indictment |
Charging someone with a crime |
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Fictitious |
Not true or real |
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Indictment |
Charging someone with a crime |
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Salient |
Important and noticeable parts of something |
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Fictitious |
Not true or real |
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Indictment |
Charging someone with a crime |
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Salient |
Important and noticeable parts of something |
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Parsimonious |
Unwilling to spend money |
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Prodigiuos |
Very large in a surprising and impressive way |
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Remunerative |
Making a lot of money |
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Remunerative |
Making a lot of money |
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Ruse |
Something done to deceive someone |
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Remunerative |
Making a lot of money |
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Ruse |
Something done to deceive someone |
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Sanctimonious |
Behaving as if you are morally better than everyone |
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Remunerative |
Making a lot of money |
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Ruse |
Something done to deceive someone |
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Sanctimonious |
Behaving as if you are morally better than everyone |
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Destitute |
Having no money food or place to live |
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Remunerative |
Making a lot of money |
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Ruse |
Something done to deceive someone |
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Sanctimonious |
Behaving as if you are morally better than everyone |
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Destitute |
Having no money food or place to live |
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Fervent |
Believing or feeling something very strongly and sincerely |
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Lackadaisical |
Not showing enough interest and not putting in enough effort |
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Lackadaisical |
Not showing enough interest and not putting in enough effort |
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Quandary |
Difficult problem or situation about what you were uncertain on what to do |
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Affluence |
Having plenty of money nice houses and expensive things |
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Affluence |
Having plenty of money nice houses and expensive things |
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Amiable |
Friendly and easy to like |
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Austerity |
Bad economic conditions in which people do not have much money to spend |
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Blandishments |
Pleasant things you say that are intended to persuade or influence someone |
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Zenith |
Most successful point in the development of something |