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20 Cards in this Set
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adj. willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submisive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
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amenable
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v. to scold sharply
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berate
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n. large-scale slaughter or loss of life
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carnage
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adj. too ready to believe, easily decieved
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credulous
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n. a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation
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criterion
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v. to use up as a result of spending or comsumption; to diminish greatly
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deplete
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n. a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent
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potpourri
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v. to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
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expatiate
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adj. coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant.
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extraneous
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n. the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
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inception
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adj. showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
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precocious
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n. a weakness or ailment(physical, mental, moral, etc.)
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infirmity
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adj. lacking in nutritive value; lacking in intrest or substance; immature, juvenile
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jejune
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adj. delighting in cruelty, excessively crule
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sadistic
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adj. stubborn, unyielding
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obdurate
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adj. self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages' saying much ina few words, pithy
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sententious
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v. to beg earnestly and humbly
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supplicate
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n. an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust; v. to feed or supply with anything to excess
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surfeit
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adj. winding, twisted,crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
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tortuous
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adj. swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language.
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turgid
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