AVID CARDS
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- LEVITY
- sluggishness; laziness; drowsiness; indifference
- PEDANTIC
- boringly scholarly or academic
- CENSURE
- to condemn severely for doing something bad
- REPREHENSIBLE
- worthy of blame or censured
- PEDESTRIAN
- unimaginative; banal
- PRECEPT
- a rule to live by; a principle establishing a certain type of action/behavior
- MORSE
- gloomy; sullen
- MUNDANE
- ordinary; pretty boring
- SLOTH (SLOTHFUL)
- laziness; sluggishness
- SOPORIFIC
- sleep inducing; extremely boring; very sleepy
- UTOPIA
- ideal society
- VAPID
- without inveliness; dull; spiritless
- INDIFFERENT
- not caring; apathetic
- EXTOL
- to praise highly; to lent
- GLUT
- surpluses; an overabundance
- COPIOUS
- abundant; plentiful
- PRECLUDE
- to prevent something from ever happening
- TANGIBLE
- touchable
- AMIABLE
- friendly and agreeable in disposition; good natured and likeable
- BELLIGERENT
- - inclined / eager to fight; hostile or aggressive
- AQUIESCE
- to comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree
- DISPARAGE
- to belittle; to say uncomplimentary things about, usually in a somewhat indirect way
- BREVITY
- briefness
- SUPERFICIAL
- on the surface only; shallow; not through
- INANE
- silly, senseless
- PROFOUND
- deep (as in understanding, intelligence, respect, etc)
- DEBAUCHERY
- wild living, excessive intemperance
- INCORRIGIBLE
- incapable of being reformed
- TIRADE
- prolonged bitter speech
- DEFAME
- to libel or slander; to ruin the good
- DISCRIMINATING
- treat others differently becuase of thier looks
- PERVASIVE
- quality/ability to permeate
- EMPHATICALLY
- Without doubt, emphasizing
- INADVERTENTLY
- Lack of care
- IMPERMISSIBLE
- not allowed
- INCOMPETENT
- not qualified
- CONTEMPORARY
- current, modern
- LIBERATING
- to set free
- CURTAIL
- to cut short reduce
- DEBUNK
- to expose or ridicule the falseness
- DEVIANCE
- different
- VIABLE
- capable of success or containing effectiveness; practicable
- SUBTLETIES
- things/qualities/conditions that are not immediately obvious; fine distinctions
- SUBURBAN
- of, relating to, or characteristics of a residential area outlying a city
- MORES
- the accepted customs and usages of a particular group
- PASSIVITY
- the quality of being submissive, of being subjected, to an action without responding (watching TV)
- ADAGE
- a wise old saying
- RAPPORT
- a relationship of mutual trust or affinity
- COGENT
- convincing appealing to the intellect or power of reasoning
- DUPLICITY
- the act of being two-faced; deception
- FURTIVE
- secretive sly
- FUTILE
- useless hopeless
- Nebulous
- cloudy, misty, hazy
- Intangible
- something that can’t be touched, sensed, perceived
- Compelling
- forceful, exerting a great deal of pressure or force
- Profuse
- plentiful
- Plethora
- a superabundance: and excess
- Convoluted
- intricate; complex(usually in a confusing way)
- Enigma
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; a difficult problem or riddle
- Eccentric
- departing from a recognized conventional, or established norm or pattern; strange.
- Metropolis
- a major city, especially the chief city of a country or region
- Gluttonous
- indulging in something to excess; voracious
- Contemptuous
- manifesting or feeling the attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior of worthless; scornful
- Opulent
- possessing or exhibiting great wealth
- Impoverished
- reduced to poverty
- Amalgam
- a combination of diverse elements a mixture
- Demeaned
- to lower in character, quality or value; debase
- Scanty
- barely sufficient or adequate
- Holistic
- concerned with wholes rather that analysis or separation into pares
- Sanguine
- cheerfully confidence; optimistic
- Articulate
- expressing one self easily in clear and effective language
- Coronation
- the act or ceremony of crowning a sovereign
- Sovereign
- having supreme rank or power
- Stellar
- of or relating to a star performer
- Affluent
- generously supplied with money property or possessions; rich and prosperous
- Burgeoning
- growing or flourishing
- Pronounced
- strongly marked; distinct
- Euphemism
- pleasant or inoffensive expression used in place of an unpleasant or offensive one.
- Equivocal
- intentionally ambiguous intentionally confusing
- Egregious
- extremely bad
- Misanthropic
- hating mankind
- Mendacious
- lying dishonest
- Congenial
- agreeably suitable; pleasant
- Eminent
- well known and respected; standing out from all others in quality or accomplishment outstanding
- Exhort
- to urge strongly; to give a serious warning to