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22 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity (n) |
To do s.t with alacrity (enthusiasm) |
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Prosaic (adj) |
The prosaic side of life (mundane) |
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Veracity (n)- veracious (adj) |
To question the veracity of a story (truthfulness) |
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Paucity (n) |
A paucity of job (lack of) |
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Maintain (v) |
To maintain a claim (assert) |
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Contrite (adj) |
To look contrite (remorseful)- a look of contrition |
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Laconic (adj) |
A laconic comment (with few words) |
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Pugnacious (adj) |
To answer pugnaciously (verbally competitive) |
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Disparate (adj) - disparity (n) |
Two things are disparate (different)- the wide disparity between rich and poor |
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Egregious (adj) |
Egregious behaviour (extremely bad) |
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Innocuous (adj) |
An innocuous question (harmless) |
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Candid (adj) |
To be candid, I ... (Candour) |
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Erratic (adj) |
Erratic behaviour/ rainfall (unpredictable) |
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Bleak (adj) |
A bleak landscape (empty)- the future looks bleak for industy |
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Profuse (adj) |
Profuse bleeding/ apologies (produced in large amounts) |
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Extant (adj) |
Extant remains of s.t (existent) |
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Contentious (adj) |
A contentious topic/ meeting (like to argue) |
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Auspicious ( adj)- inauspicious |
An auspicious start (promising) |
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Enervate (v) |
An enervating disease/climate (making weak and tired) |
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Equivocate (v) - equivocal (adj) |
Seem to be equivocating (speak vaguely)- s.t is equivocal (ambiguous) |
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Ambivalent (about/towards s.t) (adj) |
An ambivalent attitude towards s.t (both good and bad feeling) |
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Sedulous (adj) |
Sedulous attention to details (diligent- showing great effort) |
