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20 Cards in this Set
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affable
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adj.
courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to genial amicable agreeable cordial |
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aggrandize
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v.
to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater augment amplify enhance exalt |
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amorphous
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adj.
shapeless, without definite form; of no particula type or character; without organization, unity or cohesion formless unstructured nebulous inchoate |
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aura
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n.
that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality ambience atmosphere |
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contraband
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n.
illegal traffic, smuggled goods ADJ. illegal, prohibited ADJ. illicit bootleg unlawful |
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erudite
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adj.
scholarly, leraned, bookis, pedantic profoundly educated well-read |
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gossamer
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adj.
thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; N. a very thin, light cloth adj. filmy diaphanous sheer airy feathery gauzy |
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infer
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V. to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply
gather deduce presume guess speculate |
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inscurtable
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adj.
incapable of bein understood; impossible to see through physically impenetrable incomprehensible enigmatic |
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insular
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adj.
relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience narrow-minded parochial provincial |
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irrevocable
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adj.
incapable of being changed or called back irreversible unrecallable unalterable |
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propensity
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n.
a natural inclination or predilection toward natural bent proclivity penchant |
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querulous
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adj.
peevish, complaining, fretful |
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remonstrate
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v.
to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to reason against expostulate |
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repudiate
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v.
to disown, reject, or deny the validity of disavow abjure renounce |
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resilient
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adj.
able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly springy elastic buoyant bouncy |
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reverberate
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v.
to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeadtedly rumble thunder boom echo |
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scurrilous
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adj.
coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language) foul-mouthed obscene filthy abusice vituperative |
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sedulous
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adj.
persisten, showing industry and determination assiduous tireless indefatigable |
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sleazy
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adj.
thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable inferior cheesy tawdry tatty |
