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20 Cards in this Set
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animosity |
(n.) strong dislike; bitter hostile |
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apathy |
(n.) a lack of feeling, emotion, or interest |
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apprehensive |
(adj.) fearful or anxious, especially about the future |
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commend |
(v.) to praise, express approval |
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compatible |
(adj.) able to get along or work well together; capable of use with some other model or system |
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condolence |
(n.) an expression of sympathy |
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consecrate |
(v.) to make sacred, hallow; to set apart for a special purpose |
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decrepit |
(adj.) old and feeble; worn out, ruined |
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deride |
(v.) to ridicule, laugh at with contempt |
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ingenuous |
(adj.) innocent, simple; frank, sincere |
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multifarious |
(adj.) having a great variety; numerous and diverse |
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obsolete |
(adj.) out of date, no longer in use |
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omnivorous |
(adj.) eating every kind of food; eagerly taking in everything, having a wide variety of tastes |
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parsimonious |
(adj.) stingy, miserly; meager, poor, small |
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quandary |
(n.) A state of perplexity or doubt |
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recalcitrant |
(adj.) stubbornly disobedient, resisting authority |
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reprisal |
(n.) an injury done in return for injury |
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revel |
(v.) to take great pleasure in; (n.) a wild celebration |
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stultify |
(v.) to make ineffective or useless, cripple; to have a doling effect on |
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suave |
(adj.) smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
