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20 Cards in this Set
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Insular |
Ignorant of uninterested in culture |
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Sycophant |
A person who kisses up to someone important in order to gain an advantage |
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Connoisseur |
An expert judge in matters of taste |
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Callous |
Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others |
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Arable |
( of land) Used or suitable for growing crops |
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Pliable |
1.) Easily bent, flexible 2.) Easily influenced |
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Articulation |
The action of putting an idea into words or feeling |
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Heterogeneity |
heterogeneity is diversity |
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Spontaneity |
The condition of being spontaneous, behavior or action. |
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Profundity |
Great depth of knowledge or thought |
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Intonation |
1.) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking 2.) Accuracy of pitch in the playing of music |
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Reprehensible |
Deserving censure or condemnation |
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Palliative |
Reliving pain or allevating a problem without dealing wtih the underlying case. |
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Depreciatory |
Tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value |
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Forebode |
Act as a warning of (something bad) |
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Litigious |
Concerned with lawsuits 1.) unreasonably prone to go to law to settle disputes |
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Profusely |
Profusely is another way of saying "excessively" |
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Compendious |
Containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way |
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Viscous |
Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid; |
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Fascinate |
Draw the attention and intrest of (someone) |
