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15 Cards in this Set
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abeyance
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(n) deferral; delay; dormancy; postponement; remission; temporary suppression/suspension
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acme
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(n) highest point; summit; apex; peak; highest level/degree attainable
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assuage
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(v) to make something unpleasant better; allay; appease; ease; mitigate; mollify; passify
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variegated
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(adj) varied; marked with different colors; diversified
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volatile
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(adj) easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive;
capricious; erratic; fickle; inconsistent in constant; mercurial |
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querulous
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(adj) inclined to complain; irritable; peevish; puling; sniveling; whiny
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emulate
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(v) to copy; try to equal or excel
ape; imitate; simulate |
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eulogy
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(n) speech in praise of someone
encomium; elegy; panegyric |
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chaos
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(n) great disorder; confused situation
clutter; confusion; disarrangement; disarray; disorganization;jumble; muddle; scramble; snarl; turmoil |
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stentorian
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(adj) extremely loud
clamorous; noisy |
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tirade
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(n) long harsh speech; verbal attack
diatribe; fulmination; harangue; obloquy; revilement; vilification |
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intransigent
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(adj) uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
implacable; inexorable; irreconcilable; obstinate; remorseless; rigid; unbending; unrelenting |
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euphemism
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(adj) use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distasteful one
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impecunious
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(adj) poor
destitute; impoverished; indigent; needy; penniless |
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aberrant
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(adj)deviating from normal
abnormal; anomalous; deviant; divergent; errant irregular |
