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Cards (25)

  • aversion:
    a) a strong dislike
    b) something strongly disliked
  • condone: to regard or treat (something bad) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless; to excuse
  • placid: peacefully free of interruption or disturbance; peaceful, calm
  • overt: open to view, NOT secret
  • juncture:
    a) an instance of joining; union
    b) joint, connection
    c) an important point of time
  • feasible: possible or capable of being done
  • hue: color or shade
  • speculatively: in a way that is based on opinion or guessing WITHOUT all the facts
  • futile: producing no results, useless, unsuccessful, unproductive
  • acute:
    a) keen, sensitive, sharp, perceptive
    b) needing immediate attention, critical, urgent, dire, pressing
    c) causing intense mental or physical distress
    d) ending in a sharp point, such as angle less than 90 degrees
  • furtive: acting in secret or concealing one's intentions, stealthy, surreptitious
  • Mutual: a situation, feeling, or action that is experienced by two or more people or groups
  • reproach:
    cause of shame, disgrace, disapproval
    to criticize severely or angrily; to express disapproval of
  • Encase: to close or shut in as if by barriers; to enclose
  • sheer:
    a) very thin and easy to see through, gauzy, transparent
    b) to intrude; interrupt
  • succinctly: brief, precise expresssion without wasted words
  • Noncommital: giving NO clear indication of feeling, opinion, attitude or decision
  • oblique: neither perpendicular or nor parallel, slanting, sloping
  • brazen: shameless, disrespectful, rude boldness
  • idiosyncrasy: a strange, peculiar, or unusual way of behaving or habit
  • Recrimination: an accusation in response to one from someone else
  • ferret:
    to search for something that is lost or hidden among a lot of things
    a small, domesticated polecat, usually albino, brown, or silver-gray animal
  • oblivion: the state of being unaware or unconscious; being completing forgotten or unknown
  • clamber: to climb somewhere with difficulty or awkwardly using both hands and feet
  • enticing: attractive, tempting, alluring, intriguing