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59 Cards in this Set
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Askance |
With a side glance of disapproval; scornfully |
Side eye |
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Etymology |
The origin or derivation of words; a word study |
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Gregarious |
Living in groups; liking to be around others |
Opposite of Greg Adams |
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Gyration |
A revolutionary action around and axis; a winding round |
Twerking/ grinding |
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Inscrutable |
Incapable of being searched into and understood |
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Insidious |
Full of plots; sly; treacherous |
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Nefarious |
Wicked; vicious |
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Officious |
Forcing one's service or office upon another; too forward |
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Ostracized |
Banished; Shut out; barred |
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Acute |
Sharp; critical; crucial |
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Celestial |
Of or relating to the sky or visible heavens |
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Indolent |
Habitually lazy |
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Permeate |
To pass through. To spread itself; to pervade |
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Ptevaricator |
One who tells an untruth; liar |
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Sagacious |
Discerning; shrewd; wise; sage |
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Stereotyped |
Repeated without variation; lacking originality or individuality |
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Stilted |
Stiffly formal; pompous |
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Traverse |
To oppose; thwart; to pass through, to travel across |
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Tumultuous |
Marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval |
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Aphorism |
A terse saying embodying truth |
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Aplomb |
An assurance; a poise; a self-possession |
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Apocryphal |
Not authentic; not sound or genuine |
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Foment |
To arouse; to cause or incite |
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Fortuitous |
Accidental; happening by chance |
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Gourmet |
An expert in eating or drinking |
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Inextricable |
Incapable if being disentangled; unable to be extricated, insolvable |
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Ingenuous |
Novel, honorable |
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Intelligentsia |
The highly educated and cultured |
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Intercessor |
A mediator |
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Calamity |
A misfortune |
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Clemency |
A leniency A mercy |
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Destitution |
An extreme poverty |
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Emaciated |
Unnaturally thin |
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Infirmity |
A weakness |
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Interim |
A time between; the meantime |
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Interstices |
The spaces between one thing and another; cracks |
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Intrepid |
Fearless; dauntless; not shaking or trembling |
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Maudlin |
Overly sentimental; emotionally silly |
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Melancholy |
A sadness a dejection |
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Disparaging |
Belittling, abusing |
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Disparity |
An inequality; a difference |
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Momentous |
Very important |
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Prodigal |
Recklessly extravagant, lavish |
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Shoddy |
Lacking the quality claimed, of inferior material |
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Shrew |
A scolding brawling women |
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Supplicate |
To beg humbly |
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Transgression |
A breaking of the law |
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Verbose |
Using too many words |
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Verdant |
Grassy, green, lush |
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Disheveled |
Rumpled wrinkled and dirty |
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Dispersion |
A spreading or scattering or separating |
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Grievous |
Causing great pain or suffering |
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Haughty |
Too proud |
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Impediment |
An obstruction |
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Magnanimity |
A generosity |
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Requite |
To pay back |
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Simulate |
To pretend |
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Sinister |
Corrupt, wicked |
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Skeptical |
Doubtful Unbelieving |
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