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62 Cards in this Set
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miser
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a stingy, avaricious person
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minnow
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1. any of various unrelated, small fishes.
2. a person or thing that is comparatively small or insignificant. |
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elegy
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1. a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
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vociferous
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crying out noisily; clamorous.
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garrulous
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1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, esp. about trivial matters.
2. wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech. |
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effusive
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1. unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
2. pouring out; overflowing. |
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taciturn
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1. inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
2. dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner. |
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reticent
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1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
2.reluctant or restrained. |
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munificent
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1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
2. characterized by great generosity: a munificent bequest. |
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avaricious
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characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous.
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vacillation
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1. a state of indecision or irresolution.
2. unsteady movement; fluctuation, hesitation, wavering, swing, swinging |
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impervious
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1. not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
2. incapable of being injured or impaired: impervious to wear and tear. 3. incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected: impervious to reason; impervious to another's suffering. |
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invidious
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1. calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful: invidious remarks.
2. offensively or unfairly discriminating; injurious: invidious comparisons. 3. causing or tending to cause animosity, resentment, or envy: an invidious honor. |
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spurious
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1. not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
2. Biology. (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different structure. 3. of illegitimate birth; bastard. syn. 1. false, sham, bogus, mock, feigned, phony; meretricious, deceitful. |
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flout
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to be scornful, insult
...If you don't love me, at least I shall not allow you to _____ me--deliberately, defiantly .... |
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obfuscation
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bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, mystification
There is a fine line between abstraction and _______. |
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obviate
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1. make something unnecessary
2. avoid something The anticipated closings due to snow may _____ a need to call in sick. |
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emanation
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emergence, discharge
The ______ that drifted from the rafters was a putrid smell of soiled fish and rotting wood. |
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morose
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gloomy or melancholy
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saturnine
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synonym of morose
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extemporaneous
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impromptu or performed with little preparation, unrehearsed
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ursine
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"like a bear"
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cygent
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baby swan
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ineluctable
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impossible to avoid
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bacchus
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god of wine
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ineluctable
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impossible to avoid, inescapable,
an _______ destiny |
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ineffable
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inexpressible, impossible to utter, not to be spoken because of its sacredness, unspeakable
the _______ name of the deity. ________ joy. |
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dolorous
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showing sorrow
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Anachronisms
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The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper or historical order.
Bullock carts and hand pumps seem ___ in a village whose skyline is dominated by telephone cables and satellite dishes. |
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innocuous
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harmless
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ingenuous
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artless, innocent. naive
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deletorious
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injurious to healthy, harmful
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incongruous
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not consistent, out of place
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assiduous
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constant, unrelenting, sedulous, perservering, industrious, persistent or carefully maintained
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captious
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fault-finding
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notorious
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known unfavorably
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renowned
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notable, distinquished
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hidebound
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stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible
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contentiousness
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combative, tending towards argument or strife
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ineluctable
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incapable of being evaded,
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ineffable
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impossible to utter
____ joy. _____ name of the diety. |
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curtsy
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bow is a sign of reverence
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circumlocution
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roundabout expression
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disapprobation
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disapproval, condemnation
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indigence
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poverty
employing an _______ person can serve to correct or reverse poverty |
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fetid
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having offensive odor
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moratorium
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cessation of an activity
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imperious
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authoritarian, bossy, overbearing,
domineering in a haughty manner |
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libelous
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defamatory, calumnious, injurious
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calumnious
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defamatory, slanderous
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choleric
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easily angered, bad-tempered
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morose
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describes someone who is gloomy or melancholy
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saturine
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synonymous of morse, sluggish in temperament, gloomy, dour, taciturn
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extemporaneous
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impromptu, action that is spoken or preformed with little preparation, unrehearsed
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commandeer
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to ______ something is to take it legally; whereas, to steal something is to do it illegally.
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purloin
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to take dishonestly, steal
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commandeer
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to seize, appropiate
The police officer ________ a taxi and took off after the getaway car. |
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cabal
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group of plotters
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troupe
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group of actors
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elegy
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song of lamentation
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paean
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song of joy
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prosaic
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dull, unimaginative, hard-headed, down-to-earth
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