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56 Cards in this Set

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acclaim
high praise
accolage
high praise, special distinction
accommodating
helpful, obliging, polite
accord
an agreement
accost
to confront verbally
accretion
slow growth in size or amount
acerbic
biting, bitter in tone or taste
acquiesce
to agree without protesting
acrimony
bitterness, discord
acument
keen insight
acute
1)sharp, severe
2) having keen insight
adamant
impervious, immovable, unyielding
adept
extremely skilled
demagogue
a leader who appealst to a people's prejudices
demarcation
the making of boundaries or categories
demean
to lower the status or stature of something
demure
quiet, modest, reserved
denigrate
to belittle, diminish the opinion of
denounce
to criticize publicly
deplore
to feel or express sorrow, disapproval
depravity
wickedness
deprecate
to belittle, depreciate
derelict
abandoned, run-down
deride
to laugh at mockingly, scorn
derivative
taken directly from a source, unoriginal
desecrate
to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
desiccated
dried up, dehydrated
desolate
deserted, dreary, lifeless
iridescent
showing rainbow colors
irreverence
disrespect
irrevocable
incapable of being taken back
jubilant
extremely joyful, happy
judicious
having or exercising sound judgement
juxtaposition
the act of placing two things next to each other from implicit comparision
knell
the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death
kudos
praise for an achievement
laceration
a cut, tear
laconic
terse in speech or writing
languid
sluggish from fatigue or weakness
larceny
obtaining another's property by theft or trickery
largess
the generous giving of lavish gifts
soluble
able to dissolve
solvent
a substance that can dissolve other substances
somnolent
sleepy, drowsy
sophomoric
immature, uninformed
sovereign
having absolute authority in a certain realm
speculative
not based in fact
spurious
false but designed to seem plausible
stagnate
to became or remain inactive, not develop, not flow
staid
sedate, serious, self-restrained
stingy
not generous, not inclined to spend or give
stoic
unaffected by passion or feeling
stolid
expressing little sensibility, unemotional
strenuous
requiring tremendous energy or stamina
strident
harsh, loud
stupefy
to astonish, make insensible