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34 Cards in this Set
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Bolster |
Support, strengthen |
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Deride |
Mock someone, laugh at in contempt |
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Stately |
Majestic, Elegant, Magnificent - 'Tetley' : Most magnificent tea in India |
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Impromptu |
Done without any preparation |
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Precipitate |
Accelerate the occurrence |
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Exacerbate |
Make something worse, increase bitterness or violence |
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Austere |
Strict in manner and attitude, uncompromising - Stone Cold Steve Austin |
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Succinct |
Brief, clearly expressed, expressed in few words - Sounds like 'Hint' which always brief |
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Perturb |
Make anxious, cause to be worried, disturb - Sounds like disturb |
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Tawdry |
Cheap, gaudy |
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Superfluous |
More than required - Superfluous -> Superflow -> Overflow |
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Detested |
To feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike - Got tested - no one likes that |
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Antipathy |
Aversion; hatered |
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Fervor |
Great warmth, love, passion |
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Cynicism |
A belief that people are motivated purely by self interest |
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Culpability |
Guilt or blame that is deserved |
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Arduous |
Laborious, requiring great exertion - Arduous -> Hardous -> Hard word to do |
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Unsavory |
Tasteless; unpleasant |
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Odious |
Causing hatred, hateful, detestable - Odor - bad odor - everyone hates that |
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Eclectic |
Selecting or choosing from different sources - Elect |
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Motley |
Exhibiting great diversity of elements - Multi |
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Tenuous |
Thin as thread, slim - Tennis : Most tennis players are thin and slim |
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Noxious |
Injurious to health - Toxic |
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Inclement |
Severe, rough, harsh - In + climate : Bad climate |
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Terse |
Neatly concise, brief - Mother Teresa written only as Teresa, concise |
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Anomalous |
Irregular, abnormal |
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Cardinal |
Prime importance - Heart : Most important part of human body |
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Spurious |
Not genuine, fake |
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Intelligible |
Clear, comprehensive, capable of being understood |
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Obstinate |
Firmly and stubbornly adhesive to one's purpose or opinion |
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Scrupulous |
Having moral and ethical standards, careful - Think of sculptures, they are made with great care |
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Debacle |
A sudden downfall or rout |
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Unmarred |
Undamaged - Unmarred - No + Maar |
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Mitigate |
To lesson the force or intensity |