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104 Cards in this Set

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AUSTERE
strict
CATHOLICITY
liberality
EMINENTLY
prominently or being noteworthy
FLORID
gaudy, showy
APPREHENSION
anxiety or fear
BALDERDASH
slang for nonsense
CONVEYANCE
transferring of property to another
STEATHILY
secretly
INCOHERENCY
unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner
BLATANT
offensively obvious
UNOBTRUSIVE
not noticeable
BRANDISHING
waving or shaking in a threatening manner
DISINTERRED
dug up, uncovered
HAGGARD
having a worn look
ODIOUS
hateful
EDDY
a whirlpool; a circular current of water
GAUNT
having a worn look
QUALM
a sudden feeling of sickness or doubt
RUMINATE
to contemplate
AMITIES
friendship
INSCRUTABLE
mysterious, unable to be understood fully
STRINGENT
strict; imposing severe and rigorous standards
DISCONSOLATE
cheerless; hopelessly sad; forlorn
TRAVERSED
crossed over; to travel or move across
BLASPHEMY
profane or mocking abuse of god or anything sacred
EXORBITANT
excessive; extravagant
LAMENTATION
an expression of grief or sorrow; a loud cry
DISCONSOLATE
showing ill humor or impatience; in a cranky manner
DISPARITY
an apparent difference
ENIGMA
speech or writing that is difficult to understand; a puzzle
IMPEDIMENT
an obstacle; barrier
INCREDULOUS
unbelievable; doubtful; skeptical
INEXPLICABLE
not understandable; difficult to explain; baffling
PUNGENT
strong or sharp in smell or taste
ASTUTE
shrewd, crafty
AVERSIONS
dislikes
BLAZONED
proclaimed
GESTICULATED
made motions; nonverbal communications
INSURGENT
rebellious
PROVOCATION
the cause that produces another action; instigate
COGITATION
serious and careful thought, consideration, meditation
INDIFFERENT
unconcerned; having no preference or impartial; not particularly good or bad, mediocre
ENCOMPASS
contain, surround, encircle
AVERSIONS
reluctant, unwilling, averse
SURLY
bad-tempered, cross, rude, gruff, uncivil
GHASTLY
horrible or frightfully shocking; deathlike in appearance, especially pale as a ghostly; extremely unpleasant
PORTENTOUS
foreshadowing, warning, foreboding, ominous
AUGMENT
make or become greater; increase; enlarge
AFFABLE
friendly
VALIANT
brave, courageous, heroic
IMMINENT
likely to happen soon; impending
EMULATE
imitate in an effort to equal or surpass
REDRESS
set right or make up for; correct, remedy, compensate
PUISSANT
powerful, strong, mighty, potent
UNASSAILABLE
undeniable, indisputable, incapable of proving wrong; not susceptible or vulnerable to attack, impregnable
VOUCHSAFE
grant or give, especially as doing a favor
HAVOC
great destruction or confusion
INTER
place in a grave or tomb; bury
COVERT
secret, hidden, concealed, disguised
TESTY
easily annoyed, irritable, short-tempered, irrascible
COVETOUS
enviously and greedily desiring what is another's; greedy, avaricious
CYNIC
one who doubts the goodness and sincerity of human motives
APPARITION
sudden or unusual appearance; ghost, phantom, specter
EXIGENCY
situation demanding immediate attention or action; urgency, emergency
DISCONSOLATE
hopelessly sad, downcast, inconsolable, forlorn
MISCONSTRUE
misinterpret
TARRY
delay, linger, wait, stay in a place temporarily, sojourn
VENERATE
regard with great respect
SYNONYMS: respect, honor, admire, worship, revere
SADISTIC
getting pleasure from hurting others
SYNONYMS: brutal, vicious, perversely
MALAPROPRISM
ridiculous or humorous misuse of words
SYNONYMS: misusage, verbal blunder, spoonerism
PRAGMATIC
practical
SYNONYMS: sensible, workable, utilitarian
DISPARAGE
refer to something as having little importance; speaking slightingly of
SYNONYMS: degrade, minimize, downgrade, belittle
VEGETATE
lead a dull inactive, useless life
SYNONYMS: be idle, be sluggish, stagnate
ADAMANT
unyielding, inflexible, definite
SYNONYMS: firm, rigid, immovable, fixed, unchangeable, obdurate
ABOMINABLE
utterly disgusting or hateful
SYNONYMS: revolting, horrible, awful, loathsome
OMINOUS
threatening; suggestive of future evil
SYNONYMS: unfavorable, unlucky, sinister, menacing, ill-omen, foreboding
ASSENT
agreement, agree
DISSENT
disagreement; disagree
SENTENTIOUS
concise and full of meaning; using or full of proverbs and old sayings in a self-important, high-sounding, or boring way
SENTIMENT
feeling or opinion
DESPOTIC
tyrannical, oppressive
SYNONYMS: domineering, overbearing, dictatorial
GULLIBLE
easily deceived, tricked, or cheated
SYNONYMS: slyness, cunning, trickery, deception, duplicity
GUILE
deciet, treachery
SYNONYMS: slyness, cunning, trickery, deception, duplicity
EXONERATE
free from blame
SYNONYMS: free, clear, pardon, justify, release, exculpate
CLICHE
expression or idea that is stale from overuse
SYNONYMS: overused expression, platitude
TRITE
uninteresting because of overuse; lacking originality and freshness
SYNONYMS: well-worn, stale, commonplace, hackeyed
MELANCHOLY
sad, gloomy, depressed; sadness, gloom, depression
SYNONYMS: saddened, unhappy, mournful, plaintive
CHOLERIC
easily angered; grouchy; quick-tempeered
SYNONYMS: cranky, hot-tempered, irascible
PHLEGMATIC
sluggish, not easily excited
SYNONYMS: dull, unemotional, unexcitable, stolid
SANGUINE
cheerful, confident, hopeful
SYNONYMS: positive, assured, optimistic
CONSENSUS
general agreement, majority opinion, harmony
DISSENSION
strong disagreement, quarreling
INSENSIBLE
unable to feel, unaware; unconscious
INSENSITIVITY
inability to be affected by; lack of sensitivity
MAVERICK
independent person
SYNONYMS: individualist, independent thinker, nonconformist
UNDERMINE
weaken gradually; injure or destroy secretly or underhandedly; dig beneath or wear away from under
SYNONYMS: weaken, disable, cripple, undercut, sabotage
ALLEVIATE
relieve; lessen or make more bearable (pain, evil, suffering)
SYNONYMS: ease, lighten, reduce, mitigate
SOMNOLENT
sleepy, drowsy, causing sleep
SYNONYMS: sleepy, drowsy, lilling, slumberous, soporific
TRIBULATION
great suffering, misery, or distress\
SYNONYMS: ordeal, trouble, sorrow, hardship, affliction
AVERT
turn away; prevent
DIVERT
turn aside from a purpose, course, or path
SUBVERT
overthrow (something establishe), undermine
REVERT
return to a former condition
VERTIGO
dizziness