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15 Cards in this Set
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laconic |
(adj.) using few words; terse |
The stoic warrior was very laconic |
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latent |
(adj.) present or potential but not evident or active (n. latency) |
The disease was deadly because it could be latent |
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laudable |
(adj.) praiseworthy; commendable (v. laud) |
The valiant soldier was laudable |
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leviathan |
(n.) a giant whale; therefore, something very large |
When fishing they saw a leviathan |
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loquacious |
(adj.) talkative; garrulous |
The little girl was very loquacious |
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lugubrious |
(adj.) weighty, mournful, or gloomy, especially to an excessive degree |
The funeral made everyone lugubrious |
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misnomer |
(n.)incorrect name or word for something |
Substitute teachers often say a misnomer when saying my name |
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mitigate |
(v.) to make less forceful; to become more moderate; to make less harsh or undesirable |
They needed a middle man to mitigate the argument |
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nefarious |
(adj.) wicked, evil |
It was evident that the witch was nefarious |
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noisome |
(adj.) harmful, offensive, destructive |
The noise pollution was noisome |
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obdurate |
(adj.) hardened against influence or feeling; intractable |
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obviate |
(v.) to prevent by anticipatory measures; to make unnecessary |
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occlude |
(v.) to close or shut off; to obstruct (n. occlusion) |
When hiding from zombies the group had to occlude the doors |
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opaque |
(adj.) not transparent or translucent; dense; difficult to comprehend, as in opaque reasoning |
The liquid was opaque and thick which made it difficult to see through |
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ossified |
(adj.) turned to bone; hardened like bone; inflexible |
The chemical reaction caused the liquid to ossified |
