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20 Cards in this Set
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amenable
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(adj) willing to follow advice or authority, traqctible, submissive, responsive; liable to be held responsible
syn: agreeable, compliant, docile ant: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant |
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berate
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(v) to scold sharply
syn: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand ant: praise, compliment, pat on the back |
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carnage
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(large-scale slaughter or loss of life
syn: butchery, bloodbath, massacre |
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credulous
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(n) too ready to believe, easily deceived
syn: gullible ant: dubious, skeptical |
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criterion
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(n) a rule, test; standard for judgment or evaluation
syn: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon |
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deplete
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(v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
syn:exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt ant: replenish, refill, restock, resupply |
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expatriate
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(v) to expand on, write at length or in detail; to move about freely
syn: elaborate, enlarge, descant,wander, roam ant: sketch roughly, sumarize, condense, adumbrate |
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extraneous
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(adj) comning from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
syn: incidental, extrinsic ant: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane |
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inception
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(n) the beginning start,earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
syn: commencement, inauguration, outset ant: completion, conclusion, termination |
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infirmity
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(n) weakness or ailment ( physical, mental, moral, etc.)
syn: affliction, malady, defect |
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jejune
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(adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile
syn: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish ant: stimulating, mature |
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obdurate
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(adj) stubborn, unyielding
syn: obstinate, adamant ant: yielding, tractable, flexible |
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potpourri
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(n) collections of dverse or miscellanious items: a general mixture; petal mixed with spices for scent
syn: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley ant: homogenous or uniform group |
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precocious
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(adj) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
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sadistic
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(adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
syn:brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish ant: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful |
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sententious
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(adj) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxim or adages; saying much in few words, pithy
syn:aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic ant: discursive, diffuse, episodic |
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supplicate
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(v) to beg earnestly and humbly
syn: plead, petition, implore, entreat |
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surfeit
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(n) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking
syn: (n) excess, glut (v) cloy, satiate ant: (n) dearth, paucity, lack |
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tortuous
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(adj) winding, twisted, crooked, highly invloved, complex, devious
syn: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine ant: direct, straight, straightforward |
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turgid
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(adj) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language
syn; inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown ant: muted, understand, unadorned, austere |
