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20 Cards in this Set
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Alacrity |
a cheerful readiness, brisk and eager action |
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Alleviate |
to relieve, make more bearable |
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Antithesis |
the direct opposite, a sharp contrast |
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Appal |
to fill with dismay or horror |
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Bellicose |
arlike in manner or temperament, quarrelsome |
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Disparage |
to belittle, speak slightingly of, to undervalue |
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Dissonant |
not in harmony, dissagreeing, at odds |
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Droll |
Amusingly odd |
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Edict |
an order issued by someone in authority |
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Elucidate |
To clarify |
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Laud |
To praise |
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Loll |
to act in a lazy manner, to lounge, to recline, droop |
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loquacious |
talkative, wordy, fond of talking |
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Magnanimous |
generous in forgiving,above small meanness |
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Mandatory |
Required |
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Nondescript |
ordinary, not outstanding, not easily classified |
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Phlegmatic |
slow-moving, sluggish, unemotional |
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Rescind |
To cancel |
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Vivacious |
Lively, full of energy |
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Whet |
to sharpen, put an edge on, to make keen or eager |