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Cards Term Missionary Definition N someone who spreads religion the missionary turned all of the indians catholic. Term Meager Definition adj small amount deficiant in quality fullness or extent The meager portions of food made the man stave to death. Term tardy Definition ADJ late he was tardy to the interview so he lost his job. Term Indifferent Definition having no particular interest or concern my friends and i were indifferent abot which movie to see. Term Guise Definition N Outward apearance or pretense i put on a happy guise so that they would not know how much i really hated the food Term pretense Definition N the act of pretending with make up the old woman looked a lot younger. Term procession Definition N a group moving along in an orderly and formal manner when i lost my mom it was hard to find her because of the procesion of people. Term Insolent Definition ADJ rude of disrespectful in an insulting mannor when i asked the insolent girl to help me lift the heavy boxs she just stood there and roled her eyes at me. Term Felicitous Definition ADJ marked by happiness or good fortune I had a felicitous day when i found a 100 dollar bill. Term Auspicious Definition ADJ marked by success the most auspicious day so far was my bar mitzvah because i finaly became a man. Term benevolent Definition n characterized by or suggesting of doing good Bob the insurance sales man from mississippi smilead benevolently so he made me feel like he was a real friend Term Flat Definition N Apartment the british man said you have a beautiful flat in manhatten but he later had to explain that a flat an aparment Term touted Definition V to phrase publicly i was touted to be a computer hacker but i never felt i could so people were happy. Term stagnant Definition ADJ Motionless the water was stagnant at 11 at night till i jumped in. Term chagrined Definition N a keen feeling of mental unease or to vex or upset through humility. my grandmother chagrined my hair by calling me ugly. Term admonished Definition V. to reprove gently but earnestly when i broke my old bed my parenrts admonished me and said i had to live with it. Term Reproach Definition v to express disapproval when i showed my parents my girl friend and said she wasn't jewish they reproached me and said What aren't there enough jewish girls in the world. Term prodigal Definition ADJ recklestly extravagent When i saw someone pay 100,000 dollars for a jacket i thought that that was very prodigal of him when there are children starving in malasha Term Frank Definition Adj openly honest Thought that the street vendor was not being frank about the quality of sun glasses. Term irrevocable Definition ADJ impossible to change revers or recover when i deleted the huge english paper i was so mad that all my work was irrevocable since it was gone forever. Term irrevocable Definition ADJ impossible to change revers or recover when i deleted the huge english paper i was so mad that all my work was irrevocable since it was gone forever. Term irrevocable Definition ADJ impossible to change revers or recover when i deleted the huge english paper i was so mad that all my work was irrevocable since it was gone forever. Term mundane Definition Adj dull the mundane meeting made me fall into a deep slumber. Term inviolable Definition ADJ secure from violation Inviolabe room in the house made the man feel so safe but he still got robbed. Term sullied Definition v to soil or make dirty the man sullied his new cloths when a car went by a big puddle. Term acquiesced Definition V. to accept passivly After offering my sister a bribe she acquesied and got me what i wanted. Term covenant Definition N a binding agreement with god i had a covenant that if i got all a's i would never say a curse again Term humility Definition N. not boastful the smart man had hymulity and never boasted so no on new of how smart he was. Term nirvana Definition the final goal of buddihim perfectition when u reach nirvana u shall always be happy Term Uncanny Definition strange or mysterious in an unsettling way i have a friend who looks like brad pitt and people are always asking for his autograph. Term insidiously Definition ADJ proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects sexually transmitted diseases can be insidious and sometimes without symptoms. Term Forlorn Definition ADJ pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely forlorn figures at bus stops.