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innocuous
harmless
dearth
scarcity; lack
debacle
sudden breakdown; overwhelming and ruinous turn of events; calamity
debility
weakness
debonair
pleasant and gracious; refined
couch
to put into words; a sofa
covert
seret; hidden
cowers
shrinks away from in fear; crines
innovation
something new; a recent invention
decadence
a process, condition or time of cultural or moral decline; deterioration; decay
deciduous
shedding or falling off seasonally
decimate
to destroy or kill a large number
increment
an increase or addition
euphony
pleasant sound
evaanescent
tening to fade like vapor; ephemeral
crass
unrefined; common; vulgar
craven
cowardly
excerpt
to select or take out from; to extract;; a passage taken out of a book, etc.
exemplary
setting an example
exigency
a rpoblem or situation requring immediate attention
excoriate
to criticize harshly
amnesia
loss of memory
cumbersome
lumsy or difficult to manage
cupidity
extreme selfishness; greed
cursory
not thorough; hasty
cynic
one who believes that all humans are insincere and selfish; a sneering and sarcastic person
hypothetical
based on theory or supposition; assumed but not proved
amorphous
shapeless
excruciating
extremely painful; agonizing
incubus
anything greatly oppressive or discouraging; a nightmare mental burden
culcate
to teach or impress by frequent repetition; to instill
exiguous
scanty; small; insufficient
exorcised
freed from evil spirits by chanted words or other rites
exotic
strangely enticing or fascinating; not native; foreign
incumbent
required as one's duty or obligation; one holding an office or position
mundane
worldly; ordinary; uninspiring
munificent
excessively generous; lavish
mutability
tendency to change; inconsistency
hyperbole
extreme exaggeration in expression; overstatement
hypercritical
overly critical; faultfinding
hypochondriac
one who is unduly anxious over one's health
indefatigable
never tiring
expedient
suitable or advisable at the moment; opportune or useful but not necessarily right
explicit
specific; exact
execrable
detestable; revolting; abominable; deserving to be cursed
preposterous
absurd; ridiculous
credible
believable; reliable
credulous
gullible
criterion
standard for judging; requirement
console
to lessen sadness or disappointment; to comfort or cheer in distress
Author
angelinasunshine
ID
229182
Card Set
601-650
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Updated
2013-08-05T07:01:05Z
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