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10 Cards in this Set
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Venerable
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Worthy of respect because of advanced age.
On the holidays venerable grandmother, now past ninety, is treated with great respect. |
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Puerile
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Foolish of a grown person to say or do.
Sometimes when my family is driving around mean people stick a finger up at us, I consider it puerile. |
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Levity
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Lack of proper seriousness.
At school assemblies some people talk and giggle around me; leity when a teacher has to move one of us. |
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Frugal
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Not wasteful.
My frugal attitude allows me to save alot of money. |
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Antipathy
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Feeling of intense dislike.
I feel antipathy when certant people start to yell at me. |
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Avocation
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A hobby.
Basketball is an avocation that gives me a lot of exersize. |
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Charlatan
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One who poses as an expert in a skill or profession for which he is not qualified.
The man over there is a charlatan posing as a police man. |
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Doughty
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Brave; strong and able
The doughty solder ran into battle facing man power greater than his. |
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Elucidate
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To make clean.
You may elucidate after a long nap. |
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Indolent
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Lazy
I was very indolent about turning the chanel on the T.V. |
