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22 Cards in this Set
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dowdy
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pronunciation: 1
adjective: poorly dressed, shabby; lacking smartness and good taste |
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discursive
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pronunciation: 2
adjective: passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
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denizen
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pronunciation: 1
noun: an inhabitant, resident; one who frequents a place |
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censurable
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pronunciation: 1
adjective: deserving of blame or correction |
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contingent
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pronunciation: 2
adjective: likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance; noun: a representative group forming part of a larger body |
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abstemious
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pronunciation: 2
adjective: moderate, sparing (as in eating and drinking); characterized by abstinence and self-discipline |
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florid
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pronunciation: 1
adjective: highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, overdecorated, showy |
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foist
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pronunciation: --
verb: to impose by fraud; to pass off as worthy or genuine; to bring in by stealth, dishonesty, or coercion |
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corroborate
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pronunciation: 2
verb: to confirm, make more certain |
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disseminate
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pronunciation: 2
verb: to scatter widely |
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sear
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pronunciation: --
verb: to make or become dry and withered; to char or scorch the surface of; to harden or make unfeeling |
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accentuate
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pronunciation: 2
verb: to emphasive, place stress on |
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perceptive
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pronunciation: 2
adjective: having sympathetic insight or understancing, capable of keen appreciation |
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specious
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pronunciation: 1
adjective: deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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palpable
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pronunciation: 1
adjective: capable of being touched or felt; easily seen, heard, or recognized |
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pernicious
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pronunciation: 2
adjective: extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
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quail
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pronunciation: --
verb: to shrink back in fear, lose heart in a difficult or dangerous situation |
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satiate
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pronunciation: 1
verb: to satisfy completely; to fill to excess; adjective: full, satisfied |
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gauche
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pronunciation: --
adjective: awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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inculcate
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pronunciation: 1
verb: to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
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heresy
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pronunciation: 1
noun: an opinion different from accepted belief; the denial of an idea that is generally held sacred |
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salient
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pronunciation: 1
adjective: leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous; noun: a projection or bulge, a land form that projects upward or outward |
