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24 Cards in this Set
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Capticious |
Easily displeased Adj |
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Fulsome |
Excessive, over the top Adj. |
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Laudatory |
Expressing praise Adv. |
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Incipient |
At an early stage Adj |
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Profligate |
To morally corrupt Verb |
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Hoary |
Gray or white with age Adj |
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Counterintuitively |
Contrary to intuition Adv |
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Indigent |
Impoverished Adj |
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Impecunious |
Impoverished Adj |
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Obsequious |
Someone who, as a means of flattery, will do anything another person wants Adj. |
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Deprecating |
Showing disapproval Adj. |
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Reticent |
Reserved in expression Adj. |
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Unctuous |
Excessively smug Adj. |
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Seminal |
Influential or original Adj. |
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Inveighed |
To speak or write against something with great hostility Verb |
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Paean |
A tribute or homage. Expressing praise. Noun |
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Aggrandized |
To make something look greater or stronger Verb |
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Avarice |
Greed; to show greed Noun or verb |
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Pusillanimous |
Timid; cowardly in nature Adjective |
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Vacillated |
Waiver Verb |
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Constancy |
Faithfulness Adj. |
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Ribald |
Vulgar Adj. |
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Diluvial |
Of or relating to a flood Noun |
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Reading comprehension steps...5 of them |
1. Read the passage strategically 2. Analyze the question stem 3. Research the relevant text in the passage 4. Make a prediction 5. Evaluate the answer choices |
