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10 Cards in this Set
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Paramount |
D: Of chief concern or importance. Ex: My own feelings of loyalty toward him were still paramount. |
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Novel |
D: Strikingly knew or unusual Ex: If you were a novel, I wouldn't read you beyond the first page. |
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Gratuitous |
D: Given freely; unearned; unwarranted. Ex: The sentence was executed with gratuitous harshness. |
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Superfluous |
D: Extra, unnecessary. Ex: " The madness of superfluous health I have never known." |
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Conviction |
D: a fixed or strong belief Ex: There was a conviction for manslaughter. |
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Diligent |
D: Marked by painstaking effort; hardworking. Ex: The full account of his diligent investigations was never published. |
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Inherent |
D: Inborn; built in. Ex: It is inherent in every human being. |
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Electic |
D: Made up of a variety of sources or styles. Ex: A paper that i wrote for my class had a lot of electic materials involved. |
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Mollify |
D: To calm or soothe Ex: There is nothing to show that this conversion was purely political; in any case it did little to mollify his enemies. |
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Tenuous |
D: having little substance or strength; unsure; weak. Ex: The little puppy who was just born, eyes not even open yet, was so tenuous it melted our heart. |
