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41 Cards in this Set
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equine
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describes anything bearing the characteristics of horses
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bovine
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slugish and dull
Anything cow like |
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lupine
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ravenour (extremely hungry)
or rapacious (greefily taking by force. |
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ursine
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bear-like
usually physical description |
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porcine
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resembling a pig. either physical or emotional.
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simian
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anyone who resembles and ape or a monkey
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serpentine
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snake like in behavior. "sly and tempting" or physically resembling a snake
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pachyderm
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adjecitve meaning thick skinned.
from animals like elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus |
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avian
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having a characteristics of birds. Large structure for holding birds in confinement
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herpetology
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study or reptiles and amphihbians
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laconic
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comes from greek place "sparta" meaning famed for fighting not talking.
also describes a writing style |
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taciturn
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syn: laconic
derives from latin meaning silence |
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lapidary
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characterizes precision of wording. describes writing more than speaking.
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pithy
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compliment for a style of word use.
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succinct
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concise speaking writing.
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terse
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bried, to the point.
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garrulous
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taking a great deal, taking too much, going on and on
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pratling
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chattering meaninglessly
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glib
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speaking without enough thoughts.
insincere |
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prolix
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wordiness of manner, a pourning forth of too many words, too many phrases.
not of insincerity |
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maundering
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keep going when one could have won praise for being more concise.
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indigenous
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describes people or things that are native to a region.
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interloper
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intrude where they arn't wanted.
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extraneous
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coming from the outside.
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inherent
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stuck into the nature of the thing or person. integral to it's being.
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germane
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relevant or suitable or closely connected
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paraih
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social outcast, someone not accepted in his or her society
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endemic
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native/ common to/ specific region/ abstract area.
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intrinsic
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inward.
Syn: innate |
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ostracize
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making other a pariah. expelling a person from a community either literally or figuratively.
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tangential
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slightly touching or barely connected.
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ominous
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a forshadowing of the future always describes the threatening, the manacing
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portetous
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1) describes something carrying a sign, a potent, of the threats of the future.
2)pretentiously weighty, the pompous |
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inauspicious
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unfavorable.
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imminent
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describes something about to occur. POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE
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impending
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the near arrival of the event.
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minatory
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threatening.
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presage
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forewarning. an ominous feeling, a prediction.
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bode or forbode
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propitiate
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describes actions to sppease or calm forces that might oppose a favorable outcome.
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harbinger
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forerunner, an early warning or messenger of what's to come.
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