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20 Cards in this Set
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Animosity (n.) |
Strong dislike; bitter hostility |
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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; to present as worthy of attention; to commit to the care of |
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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 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Out-of-date, no longer in use |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 dulling effect on |
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Suave (adj.) |
Smoothly agreeable or polite; pleasing to the senses |
