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15 Cards in this Set
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1. Asperity (n) |
harshness of tone or manner
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2. Bane (n) |
– a cause of great distress or annoyance
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3. Buffoon (n) |
– a ridiculous but amusing person
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4. Doleful (adj) |
– expressing sorrow
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5. Extrovert (n) |
– an outgoing, overtly expressive person
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6. Garish (adj) |
– obtrusively bright and showy
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7. Hierarchy (n) |
– a system or organization in which people or groups are rankedone above the other according to status or authority
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8. Imbue (v) |
– inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
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9. Instigate (v)
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– bring about or initiate
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10. Penchant (n) |
– a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to dosomething
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11. Rambunctious (adj) |
– uncontrollably exuberant; boisterous
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12. Repertoire (n) |
– a stock of plays, dances, or pieces that a company or a performerknows or is prepared to perform
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13. Rudiment (n) |
– the first principles of a subject
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14. Undermine (v) |
– damage or weaken
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15. Unremitting (adj) |
– never relaxing or slackening; incessant
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