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33 Cards in this Set
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Baffle (v.)
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bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate
His unusual behavior never ceases to baffle me. |
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Baffling (adj.)
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frustrating; bewildering
The unusual anomaly is baffling scientists. |
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Cinema (n.)
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movies; motion-picture industry
The love-struck couple walked together to the late night cinema. |
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Cinematography (n.)
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art of making motion pictures
He is studying cinematography in college, hoping to become a director of a movie. |
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Despise (v.)
Antonym: admire |
look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior
The murder is despised by the victims family. |
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Despicable (adj.)
Antonym:laudable |
worthy of contempt; contemptible
The despicable serial killer proceeded to kill thirty three people in his psychotic rampage. |
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Ebullient (adj.)
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overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious
The employee was very ebullient when he received a raise. |
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Ebullience (n.)
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exuberance
Her expression exploded with ebullience when she won a new car. |
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Exaggerate (v.)
Antonym: minimize |
overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth ; magnify
The prosecutor tended to exaggerate the defendants actions. |
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Exaggeration (n.)
Antonym: understatement |
overstatement
The exaggeration of the products usefulness brought in many customers. |
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Exhort (v.)
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arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
He would exhort passengers to wear seat belts. |
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Exhortation (n.)
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urgent recommendation or advice
The extreme amount of exhortation the people at the training room, did more worse than good. |
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Expertise (n.)
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specialized skill or technical knowledge; know-how; expertness
The computer expertise actually used google in the back room to fix computers, because he knew nothing about them in reality. |
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Finicky (adj.)
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excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
The finicky gadget tended to break down on the worst of times. |
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Gall (v.)
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make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
My little brother galled me everyday, with his persistent annoyance. |
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Gall (n.)
Antonym: meekness |
brazen boldness; nerve
The gall and bold person had the nerve to challenge the dictator. |
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Inane (adj.)
Antonym: deep; profound |
lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid
The inane desk job sucked the joy and happiness from the bored office worker. |
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Inanity (n.)
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foolishness; shallowness
His inanity surprised me when he thought the clouds were cotton candy. |
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Indemnify (v.)
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compensate for loss, damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
You must indemnify me for the damage you have done to my house. |
intead of condemn, indemn!
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Occident (n.)
Antonym: Orient |
wast; countries of America and Europe
Occident got together to help solve some of the worlds problems. |
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Occidental
Antonym: oriental |
western
The occidental culture spread throughout the east. |
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Peruse (v.)
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read; look at fairly attentively; study
She perused through the large stack of books. |
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Perusal (n.)
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reading; study
I have to go through four hours of perusal in order to prepare for the test. |
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Scuffle (v.)
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struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
The scuffle occurred when they argued about who was stronger. |
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Scuffle (n.)
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brawl; fight
The kids got into an all-out scuffle with everyone fighting each other over silly things. |
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Spurn (v.)
Antonym: accept |
thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject
All evidence was spurned when people were on a witch hunt for the culprits. |
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Stipend (n.)
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fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship winner
She received a higher stipend after a month of hard work. |
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Surveillance (n.)
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close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
The surveillance camera watched the airport for suspicious activity. |
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Tepid (adj.)
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moderately warm; lukewarm
The ocean water was surprisingly tepid, contrary to how they believed it would be. |
opposite frigid, kind of
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Tepidly (adv.)
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unenthusiastically; lukewarmly He tepidly dragged himself to work after staying up all night watching TV. |
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Wager (v.)
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risk (something) on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
The young person decided to wager all of his money in one bet. |
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Wager (n.)
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bet
The wager made the old man broke. |
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Wane (v.)
Antonym: wax |
decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink
The power of the great nation started to wane when its ruler died. |
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