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13 Cards in this Set
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ruthless (adj)
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cruel; merciless
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Cruel and Unusual
-less The butcher was ruthless when it came to butchering his meat. |
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contempt (n)
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scorn; disrespect
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Cruel and Unusual
The kid showed contempt towards a statue of our founding fathers. |
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callous (adj)
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hardened; insensitive
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Cruel and Unusual
Mr. Scrooge showed his callous sense of Christmas spirit when Bob Cratchet asked for a holiday. |
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sadistic (adj)
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taking pleasure in the pain of others
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Cruel and Unusual
The sadistic child enjoyed wathcing bull fighting. |
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supercilious (adj)
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full of haughty arrogance
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Cruel and Unusual
super- The violinist was brimming with supercilious self-confidence. |
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idiosyncrasy (n)
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a peculiar trait or habit
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Cruel and Unusual
The girl had an idiosyncrasy of tapping her foot on the floor as a sign of great stress. |
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anomaly (n)
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unusual event
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Cruel and Unusual
The blood drive at the park the other day was quite an anomaly. |
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fetter (v)
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to tie up; the chain
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Cruel and Unusual
The girl fettered her dog to the fence. |
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notorious (adj)
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famous for bad things
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Cruel and Unusual
The boy was notorious for smoking behind the baseball fields during school. |
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decry (v)
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to speak out against
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Cruel and Unusual
de- The town official decried over the over pollution in the city. |
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vilify (v)
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to slander; to defame
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Cruel and Unusual
vilis The news reporter vilified the celebrity's lastest wrong doing. |
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heinous (adj)
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cruel and unusual
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Cruel and Unusual
The kid heinously dragged the stray cat home by its tail. |
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revile (v)
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to denounce abusively
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Cruel and Unusual
vilis The court reviled the criminal by giving him the death penalty. |
