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20 Cards in this Set
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Amenable
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(adj) willing to accept what someone says or does without arguing
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Berate
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(v) to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong
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Carnage
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(n) when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a war
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Credulous
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(adj) always believing what you are told, and therefore easily deceived
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Criterion
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(n) a standard that you use to judge something or make a decision about something
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Deplete
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(v) to reduce the amount of something that is present or available
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Expatiate
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(v) to speak or write in detail about a particular subject
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Extraneous
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(adj) not belonging to or directly related to a particular subject or problem
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Inception
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(n) the start of an organization or institution
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Infirmity
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(n) bad health or a particular illness
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Jejune
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(adj) ideas that are too simple; boring; lacking substance
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Obdurate
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(adj) very determined not to change your beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a way that seems unreasonable
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Potpourri
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(n) a mixture of pieces of dried flowers and leaves kept in a bowl to make a room smell pleasant
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Precocious
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(adj) a child that shows intelligence or skill at a very young age, or behaves in an adult way
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Sadistic
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(adj) cruel and enjoying making other people suffer
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Sententious
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(adj) telling people how they should behave
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Supplicate
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(v) to ask for something, especially from someone in a position of power or from God
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Sufeit
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(n) an amount of something that is too large or that is more than you need (v) to provide with an amount of something that is too large or that is more than needed
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Tortuous
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(adj) a path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along; complicated and long and therefore confusing
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Turgid
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(adj) boring and difficult to understand; full and swollen
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