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23 Cards in this Set
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The Bureau of child guidance has been the salvation for some maladjusted children. |
Poorly adjusted, disturbed |
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Our algebra class is a heterogeneous one in which bright students are juxtaposed. |
Dissimilar |
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Senator Thorpe was perspicuous enough to realize that the scurrilous charge would have little effect upon the voters. |
Acutely perceptive, shrewd, bad |
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Although the lawyer acknowledge that the two cases were hardly analogous he still felt that he had a good precedent on his side. |
Comparable, similar |
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The actress ran the gamut of the emotions in a poignant performance that thrilled the audience. |
Range |
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The distaff side |
Women |
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Irritability is one of the salient features of a neurotic personality. |
Suffering from a nervous disorder. |
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After a decade of connubial acrimony, the couple decided to consult with a marriage counselor. |
10 years |
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If a miner were to ponder over high mortality rate in his occupation he might want to quit. |
Death |
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Ethan Frome soon learned that his querulous wife was susceptible to a variety of ailments. |
Easily affected, unusually liable |
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There was no paucity of witnesses to describe the phenomenon of the flying saucer. |
unusual occurrence |
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On the qui vive |
On the alert |
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Reporters were expecting the candidate to enunciate his policy on the escalation of the war. |
To utter, proclaim |
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His profligate son made the parsimonious old crank even more irascible. |
Irritable |
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Since Alice is so gregarious it surprise me to learn that she was also an introspective girl. |
Looking into ones own feelings. |
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Mr. Ford is proud to be called a teacher but he demurs at the title of pedagogue. |
Teacher |
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In an attempt to show how assiduous he was, the executive spent an inordinate amount of time on his report. |
Excessive |
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To get one's back up |
To become angry |
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Don Ricardo hope that his son perpetuate the family business but manual was too involved with chimerical schemes to want to run a restaurant. |
Serving to pay back |
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If the draconian regulations are to continue unabated they will have catastrophic results. |
Disastrous |
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Dr. Meyers prescribed medication to neutralize the acid condition that had incapacitated my uncle. |
To counteract |
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As a prelude to his victory speech, the mayor announced that he considered large vote to be a mandate from the people. |
An authoritative order or command. |
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To bring home the bacon |
To earn a living, to succeed |
