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