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159 Cards in this Set
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Resentment |
Indignation; bitterness; displeasure |
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Reserve |
Self-control; formal but distant |
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Resigned |
Accepting one's fate |
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Resilient |
Elastic; having the power of springing back |
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Resolution |
Determination; resolve |
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Resolve |
Determination; firmness of purpose; decide; settle; solve |
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Respite |
Interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment |
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Resplendent |
Dazzling; glorious; brilliant |
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Restraint |
Moderation of self-control; obstinately resisting control; restriction |
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Reticene |
Reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence |
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Retract |
Withdraw; take back |
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Retrospective |
Looking back on the past |
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Reverent |
Respectful; worshipful |
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Revoke |
Cancel; retract |
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Rhetorical |
Related to words; insincere in language |
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Ridicule |
To laugh at in contempt, belittle |
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Rigor |
Severity |
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Rigorous |
Severe; harsh; demanding; exact |
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Robust |
Vigorous; strong |
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Rudimentary |
Not developed; elementary; crude |
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Ruthless |
Pitiless; cruel |
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Sacrilegious |
Desecrating; profane |
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Sage |
Person celebrate for wisdom |
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Salient |
Prominent |
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Salutary |
Tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome |
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Sanctimonious |
Displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness |
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Sanction |
Approve; ratify |
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Sane |
Rational and sensible |
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Sarcasm |
Scornful remark; stinging rebuke |
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Satirical |
Mocking |
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Saturate |
Saturate |
Soak thorough |
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Savory |
Tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable |
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Scanty |
Meager; insufficient |
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Scapegoat |
Someone who bears the blame for other |
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Scorn |
Looking down on other, belittle |
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Scrupulous |
Conscientious; extremely thorough |
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Scrutinize |
Examine closely and critically |
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Seclusion |
Isolation; solitude |
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Sedentary |
Requiring sitting |
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Serenity |
Calmness; placidity |
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Servile |
Slavish; cringing |
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Sever |
Cut; separate |
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Shrewd |
Clever; astute |
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Shun |
Keep away from |
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Sinister |
Evil |
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Skeptic |
Doubter; person who suspends judgement until the evidence supporting a point of view has been examined |
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Skinflint |
Stingy person; miser |
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Skirmish |
Minor fight |
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Slander |
Defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements |
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Sluggish |
Slow; lazy; lethargic |
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Solemnity |
Seriousness; gravity |
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Solitude |
State of being alone; seclusion |
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Solvent |
Able to pay all debts |
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Somber |
Gloomy; depressing; dark; drab |
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Soothe |
To calm; to relieve pain |
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Sophisticated |
Wordly-wise and urbane; complex |
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Soporific |
Sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness |
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Sovereign |
Efficacious; supreme or paramount; selfgoverning |
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Sparse |
Not thick; thin; scattered |
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Spiteful |
Baleful; evil |
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Spontaneity |
Lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint |
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Sporadic |
Occuring irregularly |
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Spurious |
False; counterfeit; forged; illogical |
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Spurn |
Reject; scorn |
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Squander |
Waste |
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Stagnant |
Motionless; stale; dull |
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Static |
Unchanging; lacking movement |
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Statute |
Law enacted by the legislature |
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Steadfast |
Loyal; unswerving |
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Stealth |
Slyness; sneakiness; secretiveness |
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Steep |
Soak; saturate |
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Sterotype |
Fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture, often reflecting prejudice |
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Stingy |
Overly frugal |
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Stoic |
Impassive; unmoved by joy or grief |
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Stolid |
Dull; impassive |
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Strident |
Loud and harsh; insistent |
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Stringent |
Binding; rigid |
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Stupefy |
Make numb; stun; amaze |
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Stymie |
Present and obstacle |
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Subdue |
Less intense; quieter |
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Subjective |
Occuring or take place within the subject; unreal |
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Sublime |
Exalted or noble and uplifting; utter |
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Submissive |
Yielding; timid |
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Subordinate |
Occupying a lower rank; inferior; submissive |
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Subsequent |
Following; later |
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Subservient |
Behaving like a slave; servile; obsequious |
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Subside |
Settle down; descend; grow quiet |
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Subsidiary |
Subordinate; secondary |
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Substantial |
Ample; solid; in essentials |
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Substantiate |
Establish by evidence; verify; support |
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Subtlety |
Perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy |
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Succinct |
Brief; terse; compact |
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Succulent |
Juicy; full of richness |
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Suffragist |
Advocate of voting rights (for women) |
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Superficial |
Trivial; shallow |
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Superfluous |
Unnecessary; excessive; overabundant |
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Supersede |
Cause to be set aside; replace |
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Supplant |
Replace; usurp |
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Suppress |
Stifle; overwhelm; subdue; inhibit |
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Surfeit |
Satiate; stuff; indulge to excess in anything |
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Surpass |
Exceed |
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Surreptitious |
Secret; furtive; sneaky; hidden |
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Susceptible |
Impressionable; easily influenced |
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Sustain |
Experience; support; nourish |
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Swindler |
Cheat |
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Sycophant |
Servile flatterer; bootlicker |
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Taciturn |
Habitually silent; talking little |
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Tactile |
Pertaining to the organs or sense of touch |
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Tangential |
Peripheral; only slightly connected; digressing |
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Tangible |
Able to be touched; real; palpable |
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Tantamount |
Equivalent in effect or value |
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Temper |
Moderate; tone down or restrain; toughen (steel) |
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Temporal |
Not lasting forever; limited by time; secular |
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Tenacity |
Firmness; persistence |
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Tentative |
Hesitant; not fully worked out or developed |
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Terrestrial |
Earthly (as opposed to celestial);pertaining to the land |
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Terse |
Concise; abrupt; pithy |
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Therapeutic |
Curative |
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Threadbare |
Worn through til the threads show; shabby and poor |
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Thrifty |
Careful about money |
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Thrive |
Prosper; flourish |
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Thwart |
Baffle; frustrate |
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Timidity |
Lack of self-confidence or courage |
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Tirade |
Extended scolding; denunciation |
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Torpor |
Lethargy; sluggishness |
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Tranquility |
Calmness; peace |
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Transient |
Momentary; temporary; staying for a short time |
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Transparent |
Easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely |
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Treacly |
Sticky sweet; cloyingly sentimental |
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Trepidation |
Fear; nervous apprehension |
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Trifling |
Trivial; unimportant |
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Trite |
Hackneyed; commonplace |
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Trivial |
Unimportant; trifling |
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Truncate |
Cut the top off |
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Turbulence |
State of violent agitation |
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Turmoil |
Great commotion and confusion |
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Ubiquitous |
Being everywhere; omnipresent |
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Unanimity |
Complete agreement |
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Uncanny |
Strange; mysterious |
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Underlying |
Fundamental; lying below |
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Undermine |
Weaken; sap |
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Underscore |
Emphasize |
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Unequivocal |
Plain; obvious; unmistakable |
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Unerringly |
Infallibly |
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Unfathomable |
Impenetrable; incomprehensible |
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Uniformity |
Sameness; monotony |
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Unkempt |
Disheveled; uncharted for in appearance |
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Unparalleled |
Novel; never seen before |
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Unprecendented |
Novel; unparalleled |
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Untenable |
Indefensible; not able to be maintained |
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Unwarranted |
Unjustified; groundless; undeserved |
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Unwavering |
Firm; determined |
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Unwiedly |
Awkward; cumbersome; unmanagable |
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Unyielding |
Firm; determined |
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Upbraid |
Severely scold; reprimand |
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Usurp |
Seize another's power or rank |
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Vacillate |
Waver; fluctuate |
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Valiant |
Bold and brave |
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Vaporize |
Turn into vapor |
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