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122 Cards in this Set
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Prosaic
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Consisting of Prose,
Lacking Imagination. Dull Matter of fact - straight forward |
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Incumbent
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Imposed obligation/ Duty
Holding specific office |
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Pragmatic
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Practical
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Skew
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Distort
Oblique course of action - turn at angle |
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Eschew
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To avoid / Shun
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Unflappable
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Persistently calm.
Not easily upset or excited |
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Veracious
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Truthful
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Odious
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Arousing dislike
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Odium
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Widespread hatred
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Tether
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Rope, chain etc holding animal in place
Extent or limits of ones resources, endurance, etc. |
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Cartographer
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Makes maps or charts
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Prolific
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Producing offsprings/fruits in great abundance
Fertile |
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Profligate
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Recklessly wasteful / extravagant
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Verve
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Energy, enthu, vitality
esp in artistic performances |
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Panache
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Verve
Bunch of feathers on plume / helmet |
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Credulity
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A tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true.
GULLIBILITY |
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Depravity
Depraved |
Moral corruption/degradation
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Impenitent
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Not sorry/ un repentant
NOT penitent un remorseful |
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Munificent
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Like amma,
Generous in giving adj - munificent gifts |
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Cartographer
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Makes maps or charts
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Prolific
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Producing offsprings/fruits in great abundance
Fertile |
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Profligate
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Recklessly wasteful / extravagant
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Verve
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Energy, enthu, vitality
esp in artistic performances |
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Panache
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Verve
Bunch of feathers on plume / helmet |
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Credulity
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Disposition to behave too readily
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Depravity
Depraved |
Moral corruption/degradation
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Impenitent
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Not sorry/ un repentant
NOT penitent |
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Munificent
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Like amma,
Generous in giving adj - munificent gifts |
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Blasé
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SURFEITED with pleasure because of frequent indulgence hence sensibilities deadened
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Allay
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Reduce intensity
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Ethereal
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Light, insubstantial, intangible
Highly refined and delicate - heavenly / spiritual |
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Affable
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Likeable
Easy to speak to and approachable |
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Sere
Sear |
Dry and wither
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Antiquity
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Quality of being old
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Analgesic
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Medication reducing pain
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Besmirch
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To stain
Sully Squalid Soil, dirty |
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Mellifluous
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Flowing with sweetness
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Ineffable
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Incapable of being expressed
taboo |
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Brevity
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Brief expression, laconic
Concise, TERSENESS |
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Transient
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Passing with time- transitory
Ephemeral |
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Opportune
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Suited or right for purpose.
eg - opportune campsite Opportune arrival |
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Lithe
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Thin
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Taciturn
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Silent
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Beatific
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blissfully happy
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Ubiquitous
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Omnipresent
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Oligarchy
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Power only with few people
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Mephitic
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foul smelling,
poisonous/ NOXIOUS PESTILENTIAL harmful to animals/crops |
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Specious
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good/right but lacking merit
Pleasing but deceptive Not what it looks like - wear your Specs!!!! |
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Appellation
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Naming or labelling someone or something
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Peruse
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Read thoroughly
examine in detail |
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Ancillary
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Subordinate
Auxiliary subsidiary |
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Doohickey
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Gadget
Dingus thingumbob |
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Bezoar
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Concentration found in intestines of animals thought to be antidote to poison
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Anecdote
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Example from ones life
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Concede
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Acknowledge opponent's victory
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Rebuke
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Reprimand
Reprove Sharp stern disapproval |
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Collude
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join together esp in devious plan
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Pique
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to wound
arouse emotion ( piqued) |
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Ennui
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blasé
Utter weariness/discontent due to boredom/satiety/lack of interest |
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Frangible
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Like fragile - easily breakable
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Domicile
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Residence
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Swathe
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To bandage, wrap up
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Exalt
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to raise in ranks
to stimulate (as in shakespeare exalted me) to intensify in colour(they exalt each other) to praise or EXTOL |
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EXTOL
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to praise
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Dissolute
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Loosen morals
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Dissipate
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Scatter
eg seeds dissipate |
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Dullard
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Stupid dull person
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poseur
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Fake to impress acts as something he is not
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Culpable
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Blame worthy
like culprit |
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Progenitor
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Ancestor
Pioneer |
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Germane
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Relevant
essential |
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Salubrious
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Health or life giving
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Extraneous
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irrelavant, unrelated
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Halcyon
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Prosperous happy calm
positive mythical bird |
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Inveterate
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Long and firmly established (activity habit interest) - unlikely to change
Ingrained deep seated |
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Disconsolate
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Without consolation/confort
Unhappy DESOLATE |
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Desolate
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adjective. forlorn - lonely - solitary - desert - deserted
verb. devastate - ravage |
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Banal
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Trite commonplace hackneyed
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Bane
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something that causes problems or misery
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Conflagration
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Large fire
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Perquisite
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An exclusive right.
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Exacting
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demanding
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Nugatory
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null
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Feckless
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incompetent, lazy
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Adept
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Skillful
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Squalid
Sullied |
Dirty dirty dirty!
soiled foul BESMIRCH |
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Argot
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jargon
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Portent
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Sign/warning
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Unobtrusive
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Not blatant.
Inconspicuous |
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Deleterious
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Harmful
Damaging |
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Dubious
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Full of doubt
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Begrudging
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Holding a grudge therefore very RESENTFUL and ENVIOUS
like Divya |
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Recalcitrant
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Then she tries to RESIST AUTHORITY/CONTROL which in this case is nature
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Bellicose
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Then Vericose veins start to pop up on her forehead
as she gets AGGRESSIVELY HOSTILE |
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Truculent
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Then she tries to get AGGRESSIVE and miserably fails
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Belligerant
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Like Bellicose - hostile agressive
A nation or person engaged in war or conflict |
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Milieu
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Surrounding, environment
in which a thing develops or grows |
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Tenous
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Weak Fine Slender Slight Thin
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Indignant
Indignation |
Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment
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Trepidation
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A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen
Trembling motion. |
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élan
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Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness.
2. Distinctive style or flair. Like Ellen DeGeneres |
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Asperity
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rigor, severity
roughness of surface : unevenness; also : a tiny projection from a surface Harshness of sound. Don't like Asperity of Rap. roughness of manner or of temper : harshness <asked with some asperity just what they were implying> |
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Didactic
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intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
inclined to teach/lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker. teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson. |
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didactics, ( used with a singular verb ) the art or science of teaching.
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( used with a singular verb ) the art or science of teaching.
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Panegyric
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a eulogistic oration or writing; also : formal or elaborate praise
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Benign
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Gracious, favourable, positive, nice, ect
In medical - harmless tumor |
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Postulate
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Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.
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Tirade
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A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation: "a tirade of abuse".
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Masticate
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Cows Food
Got it? lol |
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Parenthetical
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In parenthesis
inverted commas |
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Prevarication
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a false or deliberate misstatement; lie
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Baseness
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No values
conterfeit |
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Pugnacious
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inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
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Avarice
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insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth.
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Repudiate
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To reject, deny, disown, refuse to acknowledge.
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Recapitulate
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To repeat in concise form.
to repeat main points. |
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Pervasive
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To be present throughout. Or to spread throughout
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Vexation
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1. The act of annoying, irritating, or vexing.
2. The quality or condition of being vexed; annoyance. 3. A source of irritation or annoyance. |
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Vex
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To annoy, as with petty importunities; bother. See Synonyms at annoy.
2. To cause perplexity in; puzzle. 3. To bring distress or suffering to; plague or afflict. 4. To debate or discuss (a question, for example) at length. 5. To toss about or shake up. |
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Jettison
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To discard
toss overboard |
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Defatigable
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unable to be tired or fatigued out.
Unflagging. |
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Orthographic
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Spelled correctly
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