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32 Cards in this Set
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Desecrate |
To violate the sacredness of a thing or place |
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Eschew |
To shun/avoid |
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Florid |
Flowery |
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Impetuous |
Hastily done |
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Mawkish |
Characterized by sick sentimentality |
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Odious |
Instilling hatred |
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Paucity |
Small in quantity |
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Reprove |
To scold/ rebuke |
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alacrity |
eagerness, speed |
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Obstreperous |
noisy |
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Parsimony |
stinginess |
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replete |
full,, abundant |
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Sanguine |
optomistic |
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tenuous |
having little substance or strength |
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upbraid |
to criticize or scold |
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Venerate |
to honor |
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clemency |
mercy |
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deride |
to laugh at mockingly |
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Ephemeral |
short-lived |
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fetid |
having a foul odor |
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Impervious |
incapable |
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Licentious |
displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints |
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Maudlin |
weakly sentimental |
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portent |
an omen |
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Anathema |
a cursed or detested person |
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Cogent |
intellectually convincing |
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pathos |
an emotion of sympathy |
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reprobate |
evil |
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Scurrilous |
coarse |
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Timorous |
timid, fearful |
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upsurp |
To seize by force, take possession of without right |
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veracity |
Truthfulness, accuracy |
