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13 Cards in this Set
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Piddling |
(adj.), insignificant; trifling; petty Suffix: -ing Piddle (verb), piddling (adj.), He was paid a piddling amount of money. |
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Ingratiate (verb) |
To try to force oneself into the good graces of another Root: grat- pleasing; prefix: in- into; suffix: ate- cause, make Ingratiation (noun); ingratiate (verb), ingratiatory (adj.) |
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Exulted (verb) |
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Adulation (noun) |
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Plodding (verb) |
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Gait (verb)
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Engulf (verb)
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Scapegoat (noun) |
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Malingerer (noun) |
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Malcontent (noun) |
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Abomination (noun) |
A feeling of disgust; or something that creates a feeling of disgust. Root: omin; suffix: tion Abomination (noun), abominably (adj.) |
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Longetivity (noun) |
A long duration of life or occupation Suffix- ity- state of, quality Longevity (noun), longevous (adj.) FDR's longevity as president will never be matched. |
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Baffle (verb) |
to confuse; bewilder; perplex Baffler (noun), baffle (verb), baffling (adj.), bafflingly (adv.) That decision continues to baffle some law enforcement officials nearly two decades later. |
