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54 Cards in this Set
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Replete - adj |
Completely filled or supplied with
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Voracious - adj |
Desiring or consuming great quatities |
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Eminent - adj |
Of high reputation |
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Abound - verb |
To exist in great numbers or quantities |
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Prognosticate - verb |
To predict or foretell a future event |
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Procrastinate - verb |
To delay something that you don't want to do |
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Automaton - noun |
Robot |
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Paradox - noun |
At first which seems to be self-contradictorty but which may in fact turn out to be true |
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Realm - noun |
Kingdom; special field of someone or something |
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Annals - noun |
Historical records |
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Badger - verb |
To nag, annoy , pester persistently |
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Implore - verb |
To request |
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Drudgery - noun |
Dull or boring hard work |
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Interminable - adj |
Unending |
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Perceive - verb |
To notice |
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Laconic - adj |
Express much in few words |
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Throng - noun |
Dense Crowd |
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Intrepid - adj |
Brave, adventurous, fearless |
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Accost - verb |
To approach n speak to (in rude or threatening way) |
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Reticent - adj |
Silent ; reserved |
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Furtive - adj |
behaving in a way that shows that you want to keep something secret and do not want to be noticed
Syn - stealthy
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Felon - noun |
One who has committed a felony (serious crime ) |
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Plethora - noun |
Excess |
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Hapless - adj |
Unfortunate |
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Irate - adj |
Angry |
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Pretext - noun |
An excuse |
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Fabricate - verb |
To construct a lie
Syn - make up |
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Adroit - adj |
Skilful and clever, especially in dealing with people |
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Vigilant - adj |
very careful to notice any signs of danger or trouble Syn- alert, watchful
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Gesticulate - verb |
Moving the arms energetically |
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Avid - adj |
very keen or enthusiastic about something syn - keen
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Cajole - verb |
Persuade somebody to do something by flattery
Syn - coax |
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Rudimentary - adj |
Dealing with Basic matters or ideas
Syn - basic |
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Nuance - noun |
A slight difference in meaning, sound, colour or somebody's feelings |
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Lackluster - adj |
Not interesting or exciting; dull |
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Reprimand - verb |
To show sharp disapproval Syn - rebuke |
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Caustic - adj |
critical in a bitter or sarcastic way syn - scathing |
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Wrest - verb |
To take by force |
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Loathe - verb |
To hate Syn - detest |
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Infamous - adj |
Having a bad reputation Syn - notorious |
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Jostle - verb |
To shove ( to push roughly ) hard |
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Dupe - verb |
To trick or cheat somebody |
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Incipient - adj |
Just beginning |
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Inadvertent - adj |
Unintentionally ; not deliberately |
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Ominous - adj |
suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future Syn - foreboding |
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Tremulous - adj |
Trembling |
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Repudiate - verb |
To reject; decline |
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Cessation - noun |
A stopping |
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Bristle - verb |
Stiffen with fear or anger |
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Euphemism - noun |
A less offensive term or phrase |
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Mundane - adj |
not interesting or exciting syn - dull, ordinary
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Incongruous - adj |
Strange ; inappropriate |
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Condolence - noun |
A feeling of Pity or sympathy |
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Stipulate - verb |
To Specify a condition |
