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14 Cards in this Set
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Compunction |
A feeling of guilt or moral scruples that prevents or follows the doing of something bad |
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Exhortation |
Emphatically urging someone to do something |
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Prognosticate |
Make a prediction about; tell in advance |
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Distaff |
Connotation: Work or other matters regarded as the concern of women Denotation: a tool used in spinning of fibers to keep them untangled |
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Stolid |
(of a person) calm, dependable, showing little emotion or animation |
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Inchoate |
Embryonic, rudimentary, just begun and not fully formed |
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Inveterate |
Established in a habit, unlikely to change |
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Potentate |
A powerful ruler, important person |
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Occlude |
To stop up; cut off the flow |
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Pertinacious |
Holding firmly to a course of action or a set of beliefs |
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Opprobrium |
A state of shame or disgrace; scorn, contempt |
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Elegy |
A sorrowful poem or speech |
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Expansive |
Open around others, inclined to talking |
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Retiring |
Reserved, shy |
