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28 Cards in this Set
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Adhere |
Stick completely to a surface/substance or believe in and follow practices of |
Adhesive Tape or Adhere to Buddhism |
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Aloof |
Not friendly; cool distant |
She's aloof, she doesn't like people |
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Ambiguous |
Open to more than one interpretation; double meaning |
I'm ambiguous to different hobbies and different people |
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Analyze |
Examine in detail, purposes of explanation and interpretation |
I analyzed my messages and realized my spelling errors. |
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Anecdote |
A short amusing interesting story about a real incident/person |
That 'real story' was an antedote for me, it healed me. |
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Antagonize |
Cause someone to be hostile |
Your antagonizing the antagonist and he's getting angry! |
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Anticipate |
Expect or predict, regard as possible |
I anticipated your arrival said the host |
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apprehensive |
Anxious or fearul something bad will happen |
His expression was apprehensive but he said nothing about the danger ahead. |
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Arcane |
mysterious or secret |
the restaurant was so arcane that we had to be blindfolded before entering. |
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Assert |
state a fact/belief and forcefully |
assert courage and stop thinking of Fear |
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Assess |
Evaluate/estimate the ability or quality of |
I'll come get you in the morning, so we can assess your skills |
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Attribute |
Regard something as being caused by someone or something. |
To attribute blame for some past disaster is rarely useful |
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Bear |
To endure an ordeal/difficulty |
I cant bear to see you happy with someone else |
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Befall |
(of something bad) happen to someone |
If any mishap befalls on the queen she will blow |
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Burgeon |
began to grow/increase rapidly; flourish |
My heart burgeoned as I saw his sweet smile |
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coherent |
logical and consistent |
I need a coherent strategy to go to school, go to work, study, clean myself, and get a good nights sleep in time. |
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compassion |
concern for sufferings and misfortunes of others |
I showed so much compassion towards him after he hurt his head |
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compensate(for) |
make up for something unwelcome or unpleasant |
I compensated him because I hit his car and left a dent |
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complement |
a thing that completes a whole |
I chose a pair of black Vans to complement my all black outfit |
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compose |
write or create; make up |
I composed a song after a breakup just like Taylor Swift would |
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condescending |
having or showing a a feeling of superiority |
She had a condescending tone which made made it sound like she was "better than us" |
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consecutive |
following continuously; in unbroken and logical sequence |
For 5 consecutive days I was late to work because of my sucky sleep habits. |
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contour |
an outline, representing a form or shape of something |
My contour of my cheek bones were on point
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contract |
decrease in size, number, range |
They contracted some money from my paycheck, now I'm short for my bills. |
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contradict |
be in conflict with |
No one dared to contradict her because she can blackmail everyone here. |
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correlate |
have a mutual relationship or connection |
We correlate to each other. Maybe that's why our relationship is so strong. |
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corollary |
a direct or natural consequence or result |
It was a sad corollary that I had expected for some time now |
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critical |
having the potential to be disastrous; at a point of crisis |
The punch was so critical that he passed out |
