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(121 cards)
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Tenacious
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To do something with fullest potential
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Pertinacious
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To do something with fullest potential
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Indefatigable
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To do something with fullest potential
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Diligent
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Sincere, to do something with fullest potential
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Reckless
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To be careless
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Impetuous
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To be careless
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Foolhardy
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To be careless
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Precipitous
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To be careless
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Exemplary
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The best and the most useful invention
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Irreproachable
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The best and the most useful invention
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Exceptional
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The best and the most useful invention
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Impeachable
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The best and the most useful invention
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Exculpate
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Free someone of the blame, absolve, exonerate, acquit
Verb
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Virile
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MA: Veer
MEANING: full of strength, power and masculinity, intrepid, gallant, valiant, brave, sexual appeal
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Precarious
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MA: done without care
MEANING: not securely held in position, dangerously likely to fall or collapse, insecure, unsteady, uncertain
IDIOM: Built on sand
Adjective
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Capacious
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MA: Spacious
MEANING: Having a lot of room, Spacious, commodious, roomy
IDIOM: elbow room
Adjective
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Loft
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MA: Lift for lofty building
MEANING: tall, giant, towering, soaring
Adjective
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Inebriate
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Drunken, intoxicated
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Obviate
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prevent, anticipate
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Phlegmatic
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calm, having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.
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apathetic
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uninterested, indifferent
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Conspicuous
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Clearly visible
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Incorrigible
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Irreparable, not able to be changed or reformed.
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Penchant
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a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something, fondness
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ecstatic
feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement
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Proffer
Offer
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Insolent
showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
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benevolent
well meaning and kindly
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Pauper
A very poor person
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Livid
Furiously angry
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Entail
involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence, necessitate
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To sear
To dry or to scorch or to fry quickly
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Seer
A person who can predict the future
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Penury
Destitute, the state of being very poor; extreme poverty, penniless
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Old English is also known as
Anglo Saxon
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Alleviation
the action or process of making suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe.
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Zealotry
Excess of zeal, overenthusiastic, fanatical, a religious zealot
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fanaticism
the quality of being fanatical, zeal
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parochial
narrow-minded
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Shun
Avoid
| Idiom- to show a cold shoulder
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Flutter
(of a bird or other winged creature) fly unsteadily or hover by flapping the wings quickly and lightly
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Pod
Group of dolphins
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Porpoise
fully aquatic marine mammals
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Covet
To want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else
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Howl
Making a howling sound
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complacent
showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.
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affluent
having a great deal of money; wealthy, prosperous
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diffident
modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence, timid
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Discourteous
Rude, impolite, ill-mannered
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catastrophe
an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster
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abhor
regard with disgust and hatred, hate
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Credible
Believable
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credulous
having or showing too great a readiness to believe things, gullible, naive
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Vacillation
the inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision
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inoculation
immunization, vaccination
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Remorse
distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions
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Steadfast
Firm, determined
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Effeminacy
Effeminacy is the embodiment of traits in a boy or man that are more often associated with feminine behavior, mannerism, style, or gender roles rather than with traditionally masculine behavior, mannerisms, style or roles
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Boorishness
Rude and not considering other people's feelings
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Arrogant
Haughty, having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities
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Modest
Humble, moderate
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Eccentric
Unconventional, uncommon, slightly strange
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Peculiar
Strange, unusual,odd
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Sheer
Complete, total, absolute
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nadir
the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation
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Zenith
Top, peak, paramount, plinth
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Shallow
Less deap
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Misanthrope
One who hates mankind
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Philanthropist
a person who seeks to promote the welfare of others, especially by the generous donation of money to good causes, benefactor
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Misogynist
a person who dislikes, despises, or is strongly prejudiced against women, women-hater, anti-feminist
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Humanitarian
concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare, compassionate, humane
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perseverance
continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition
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Vigour
physical strength and good health, robustness
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Optimistic
A person who looks at the bright side of things, cheerful, positive
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Pessimist
tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen, gloomy, negative, defeatist
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Cynic
a person who believes that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere
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Sycophant
someone who praises powerful or rich people in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them, toady, creep, crawler
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inconceivable
unbelievable
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Incomprehensible
not able to be understood; not intelligible, indecipherable
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complacent
self-satisfied
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quarrel
argument
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Incorrigible
That which cannot be corrected
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Indelible
Which cannot be removed, ineradicable
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Illegible
unreadable, indecipherable
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Ethnology
the study of different societies and culture
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anthropology
the study of human race, it's culture and society, and its physical development
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Archaeology
the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artefacts and other physical remains
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Stickler
A person on insists on something
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disciplinarian
a person who believes in or practises firm discipline, martinet
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Boaster
someone who is known for boasting—bragging, especially in a way that exaggerates or shows excessive pride about the boaster's skills, possessions, or accomplishments
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exterminate
destroy completely, kill
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evade
escape or avoid
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Imposter
A person pretending to be somebody he is not
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rogue
That does not behave in the usual or acceptable way
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Polyandry
The custom or practice of having more than one husband at same time
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polygyny
polygamy in which a man has more than one wif
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polyphony
music in which several different tunes are played or sung at the same time
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Polychromy
the art of painting in several colours
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Poly
Many
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Teetotaller
a person who never drinks alcohol
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antiquarian
A person interested in collecting, studying and selling of old things
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Crank
a person who has strange ideas and behaves in strange ways
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radical
believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social, economic, or political change
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muffled
not loud because of being obstructed in some way; muted
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quay
a stone or metal platform lying alongside or projecting into water for loading and unloading ships, dock, wharf, pier
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aerodrome
A small airport or airfield
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euphemism
Polite term , substitute
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fit as a fiddle
in very good health
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Inference
Conclusion
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Pathetic
Pitiful, arousing pity, especially through vulnerability or sadness
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Maestro
a man who is very skilled at playing or conducting, conductor
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Neophytea
a person who is new to a subject or activity, beginner, learner
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baptism
A Christian ceremony in which water is poured over someone's head or the person is briefly covered completely by water, and is named as a Christian
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Sophomore
a second-year university or high-school student
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Splinter
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece, silver, shiver, chip, shater
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Stub
the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use, butt, end, tail
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Repudiate
refuse to accept; reject.
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Eschew
deliberately avoid using; abstain from, shun
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Scorn
treat with a great lack of respect, or to refuse something because you think it is wrong or not acceptable
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Entomology
Study of insects
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abdication
resignation, retirement
