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40 Cards in this Set
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Egrigious |
extremely bad |
The children were egrigious |
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Odious |
instilling hatred or intense displeasure |
I am odious towards olives and soda |
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Prosaic |
plain; lacking liveliness
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The movie was prosaic |
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Vex |
to confuse or annoy |
Most days my little brother is vex. |
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Capricious |
subject to whim; fickle |
The young girl's capricious tendencies made it difficult for her to focus on achieving her goals |
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Assidious |
hard working; diligent |
The long distance runners are assidious. |
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Feral |
wild; savage |
The stray dog was feral |
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Decry |
to criticize openly |
Some adults decry their children |
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Burnish |
to polish; shine |
My mother burnished the silverware |
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Zephyr |
a gentle breeze |
While walking outside, the wind was zephyr, peaceful. |
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Cerebral |
Of or relating to the brain |
There was cerebral spinal fluid in the boy's skull. |
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Susceptible |
Yielding readily or capable of |
The problem was not susceptible of a solution |
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Impediment |
Something immaterial that interferes with action or progress |
It remained a scientific impediment to the experiment. |
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Woe |
misery resulting from affliction |
"Woe is me" said the boy after suffering a blow to the chest. |
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Whimper |
Cry weakly or softly. |
The boy whimpered. |
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Perseverance |
Persistent determination |
The runner's perseverance was inspiring |
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Persistent |
never ceasing |
The runner was persistent |
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Ambidextrous |
equally skillful with both hands |
I'm ambidextrous |
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Minion |
Servile or fawning dependent |
The man had his minions doing all the muddy jobs |
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Decrepit |
worn and broken down by hard use |
The old book looked decrepit |
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Half-breed |
offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races |
Those romances always featured a love affair between a virginal white school teacher or preacher's wife and a half-breed Indian Warrior |
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Vow |
Promise |
I vow to protect this family |
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Pummel |
strike usually with fist |
I pummel my brother when I don't get my way |
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Stroll |
walk leisurely and with no apparent aim |
I took a stroll through a park on a crisp Sunday afternoon |
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Bureau |
an administrative unit of government |
You must always pick fights with the sons and or daughters of any Indian who work for the bureau of Indian Affairs |
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Impending |
to lose time; about to occur |
I couldn't sleep because I kept thinking about my impending doom |
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Rummage |
search haphazardly |
I rummaged through the boxes to find my favorite shirt |
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Petrify |
to change into stone |
As I stood on the sidewalk I saw something and I was so petrified in fear |
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Articulate |
characterized by clear expressive language |
The music was so articulate |
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Tautology |
A statement necessarily true |
Are you going to bore with your tautologies or are you going to say something? |
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Illiterate |
not able to read or write |
The kid seemed like an illiterate idiot. |
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Dilate |
to make or become wider |
Her eyes dilated in the dark |
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Redundancy |
repetition of an act needlessly |
That show was a redundancy |
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Secede |
withdraw from an organization politely |
The manager seceded politely |
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Monotonous |
sounded or spoken in a tone with unvarying pitch |
The girl sounded very monotonous |
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Mode |
a particular functioning condition or arrangement |
I'm in my zen mode trying to make this whole thing just a spiritual experience |
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Subtle |
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze |
They dropped a subtle hint that the boy would need a mint |
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Earnest |
showing sincere and intense conviction |
I wanted to make fun of her but she was so earnest |
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Taut |
pulled or drawn tight |
The runner's muscles were very taut |
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Retroactive |
affecting things past |
The house was very retroactive |
