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30 Cards in this Set
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devastate |
reduce to chaos or disorder or helplessness; to bring to ruin |
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pliable |
supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking; adjustable to varying condition |
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prevalent |
generally or widely accepted practiced or favored |
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spontaneous |
arising from a momentary impulse; developing or occurring without apparent external influence |
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stability |
strength to stand or endure |
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prestige |
commanding positions in people’s minds; standing or estimation in the eyes of people; weight or credit in general opinion |
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demented |
suffering from or exhibiting cognitive dementia insane |
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evasion |
the act or art of avoidance or escaping |
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symmetry |
balanced proportions |
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simultaneously |
existing or occurring at the same time |
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contingent |
likely but not certain to happen, possible; dependent on uncertain events or conditions; happening by chance |
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corroborate |
to confirm, make more certain, bolster, substantiate, verify |
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discursive |
passing aimlessly from one place or subject to another, rambling, roving, nomadic |
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disseminate |
to scatter or spread widely |
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florid |
highly colored, reddish; excessively ornate, showy |
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deteriorate |
become progressively worse |
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diligent |
having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties |
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curtail |
to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
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pertinent |
having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
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pulverize |
to reduce(as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles |
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stupor |
a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
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subside |
to sink or fall to the bottom; to become quiet or less |
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parry |
to academy or turn aside soemthing |
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rhapsody |
a miscellaneous collection,a highly emotional utterance, a highly emotional literary work |
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vigil |
an event or period of time when a person or group stays in a place and quietly waits, prays, etc. |
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gauche |
awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy |
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inculate |
to impress on the mind by repetition, teach persistently and earnestly |
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salient |
leaping, jumping, or springing forth; prominent, standing out, conspicuous |
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specious |
deceptive, apparently good or valid but lacking real merit |
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pernicious |
extremely harmful; deadly, fatal |
